Colbún weather in September

In September, Colbún sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 90 mm of precipitation across 7.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Colbún's 8th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Colbún's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 90 mm; 7.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:47 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 8th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 15°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical September day in Colbún reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 2°C warmer than August and about 3°C cooler than October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6

Colbún weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 13°	8	1.2	0	14.1	8.7
Feb	27° / 13°	13	1.6	0	13.4	8.7
Mar	24° / 11°	19	1.9	0	12.3	8.9
Apr	20° / 8°	68	4.8	0	11.1	7.3
May	16° / 6°	178	8.8	0	10.1	5.0
Jun	13° / 4°	264	12.4	0.1	9.6	3.4
Jul	13° / 3°	195	10.6	0.5	9.8	3.5
Aug	14° / 4°	162	10.2	0.1	10.7	4.3
Sep	17° / 6°	90	7.6	0.1	11.8	5.6
Oct	19° / 7°	60	6.1	0	12.9	6.9
Nov	22° / 9°	25	3.5	0	13.9	8.2
Dec	25° / 11°	22	2.3	0	14.4	8.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	45	46	47	48	49	50	52	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	52	51	52	52	52	52	53
Cloudier (%)	55	54	53	52	51	50	48	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	48	48	48	48	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	52	48
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	53	47

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Colbún gets around 90 mm of rain and snow over 7.6 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 26% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	23
22	23
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	21
29	21
30	21

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of September feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in September

Winds average 7 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 8:09 AM to 7:25 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 7:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:09	8:08	8:06	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:00	7:59	7:57	7:56	7:54	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:40	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:30	7:28	7:27	7:25
Sunset (PM)	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	8:09	7:22
2	11.2	8:08	7:22
3	11.3	8:06	7:23
4	11.3	8:05	7:24
5	11.4	8:03	7:25
6	11.4	8:02	7:25
7	11.4	8:00	7:26
8	11.5	7:59	7:27
9	11.5	7:57	7:28
10	11.5	7:56	7:29
11	11.6	7:54	7:29
12	11.6	7:53	7:30
13	11.7	7:51	7:31
14	11.7	7:50	7:32
15	11.7	7:48	7:33
16	11.8	7:47	7:33
17	11.8	7:45	7:34
18	11.9	7:44	7:35
19	11.9	7:42	7:36
20	11.9	7:40	7:36
21	12.0	7:39	7:37
22	12.0	7:37	7:38
23	12.0	7:36	7:39
24	12.1	7:34	7:40
25	12.1	7:33	7:40
26	12.2	7:31	7:41
27	12.2	7:30	7:42
28	12.2	7:28	7:43
29	12.3	7:27	7:44
30	12.3	7:25	7:44

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.01 kWh/m² to a high of 8.72 kWh/m² in January across the year — September's 4.7 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.1	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Colbún

In seasonPeak

None of Colbún's seasonal hazards are active in September. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Colbún's rainy season runs May–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Colbún?

Our two travel scores rate September for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.0

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Colbún for sightseeing.

What to pack for Colbún in September

From September's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In September, Colbún sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Colbún in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Colbún peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	9	5	3	2	3	4	6	8	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Colbún in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Colbún is worst in May — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	18	12	17	21	13	13	13	13	12	10	8
Level	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	12	Good
Apr	17	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Colbún?

Colbún sits at 35.7°S, 71.4°W, 260 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is San Clemente, 19 km away.

Topography around Colbún

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Colbún.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Colbún has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m around an average of 252 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,280 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,893 m.

The land around Colbún is covered by cropland (38%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (42%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

243 m

cropland 38%

16 km

1,280 m

trees 42%

80 km

3,893 m

trees 35%

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← August Colbún year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: San Clemente 19 km · Linares 24 km · San Javier 31 km · Talca 37 km · Longaví 39 km · Parral 63 km · Molina 66 km · Sagrada Familia 77 km

Chile travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 48% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,995; 2025
Happiness: 6.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 14.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 517
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Colbún (-35.6949°, -71.4057°, elevation 260 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	52	48
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	23
22	23
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	21
29	21
30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	52	48
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	23
22	23
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	21
29	21
30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	16	5
5	16	5
6	16	5
7	16	5
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	17	5
17	17	5
18	17	6
19	17	6
20	17	6
21	17	6
22	17	6
23	17	6
24	17	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	18	6
29	18	6
30	18	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	47	53
4	48	52
5	49	51
6	50	50
7	52	48
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	54	46
13	55	45
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	54	46
19	54	46
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	51	49
26	52	48
27	52	48
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	31
5	31
6	30
7	30
8	29
9	29
10	28
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	25
17	24
18	24
19	23
20	23
21	23
22	23
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	21
29	21
30	21

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100