Tomé weather in September

In September, Tomé sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 60 mm of rain across 6.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 Tomé's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tomé's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 60 mm; 6.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:53 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 8th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Tomé is city in Chile.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 15.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 4,292/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1544

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical September day in Tomé reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 1°C warmer than August and about 1°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Tomé weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	19° / 14°	6	1.2	14.2	8.2
Feb	19° / 14°	11	1.4	13.4	8.1
Mar	18° / 13°	18	2.5	12.3	7.5
Apr	16° / 11°	49	5.2	11.1	5.7
May	14° / 10°	133	9.4	10.1	4.1
Jun	13° / 9°	188	13.4	9.5	3.1
Jul	12° / 8°	147	11.6	9.8	3.1
Aug	12° / 8°	122	10.9	10.6	3.4
Sep	14° / 9°	60	6.7	11.8	4.2
Oct	15° / 10°	39	5.7	12.9	5.1
Nov	17° / 11°	18	2.6	14	6.6
Dec	18° / 13°	14	2.2	14.5	7.6

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	49	49	50	52	54	55	55	56	58	58	58	59	59	58	59	59	59	59	59	59	59	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	60	60
Cloudier (%)	51	51	50	48	46	45	45	44	42	42	42	41	41	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	52	48
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	60	40
30	60	40

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Tomé gets around 60 mm of rain over 6.7 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 23% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	31	30	30	29	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

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 15 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 8:16 AM to 7:31 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 7:51 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	11.3	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)	8:16	8:15	8:13	8:12	8:10	8:09	8:07	8:06	8:04	8:02	8:01	7:59	7:58	7:56	7:55	7:53	7:51	7:50	7:48	7:47	7:45	7:44	7:42	7:41	7:39	7:37	7:36	7:34	7:33	7:31
Sunset (PM)	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:43	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	8:16	7:27
2	11.2	8:15	7:28
3	11.3	8:13	7:29
4	11.3	8:12	7:29
5	11.3	8:10	7:30
6	11.4	8:09	7:31
7	11.4	8:07	7:32
8	11.5	8:06	7:33
9	11.5	8:04	7:34
10	11.5	8:02	7:34
11	11.6	8:01	7:35
12	11.6	7:59	7:36
13	11.7	7:58	7:37
14	11.7	7:56	7:38
15	11.7	7:55	7:38
16	11.8	7:53	7:39
17	11.8	7:51	7:40
18	11.9	7:50	7:41
19	11.9	7:48	7:42
20	11.9	7:47	7:43
21	12.0	7:45	7:43
22	12.0	7:44	7:44
23	12.0	7:42	7:45
24	12.1	7:41	7:46
25	12.1	7:39	7:47
26	12.2	7:37	7:48
27	12.2	7:36	7:48
28	12.2	7:34	7:49
29	12.3	7:33	7:50
30	12.3	7:31	7:51

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 8.68 kWh/m² in December across the year — September's 4.75 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)	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5
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	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.1	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.4	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Tomé

In seasonPeak

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

Tomé'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 Tomé?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Tomé for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tomé in September

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

In September, Tomé sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Tomé in September

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in September — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in January at about 15°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	14
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	14	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	14	Bracing

UV index in Tomé in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tomé peaks around January 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 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)	12	11	9	5	3	2	3	3	5	8	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Tomé 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 Tomé is worst in February — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Tomé's WHO annual average of 15.5 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	14	31	15	18	26	15	14	14	13	11	8	8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	26	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Tomé?

Tomé sits at 36.6°S, 73.0°W, 16 m above sea level, in Chile. The nearest listed city is Penco, 14 km away.

Topography around Tomé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tomé has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m around an average of 80 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 908 m.

The land around Tomé is covered by trees (47%) and water (32%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and water (43%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

329 m

trees 47%

16 km

485 m

trees 48%

80 km

908 m

trees 41%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

September weather nearby: Penco 14 km · Talcahuano 19 km · Hualpén 23 km · Concepción 25 km · Coelemu 27 km · San Pedro de la Paz 28 km · Chiguayante 35 km · Hualqui 40 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 Tomé (-36.6176°, -72.9559°, elevation 16 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	13	8
2	13	8
3	13	8
4	13	8
5	13	8
6	13	8
7	13	8
8	13	8
9	13	8
10	13	8
11	13	9
12	13	9
13	13	9
14	14	9
15	14	9
16	14	9
17	14	9
18	14	9
19	14	9
20	14	9
21	14	9
22	14	9
23	14	9
24	14	9
25	14	9
26	14	9
27	14	9
28	14	9
29	14	9
30	14	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	52	48
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	60	40
30	60	40

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	52	48
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	60	40
30	60	40

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	50	50
4	52	48
5	54	46
6	55	45
7	55	45
8	56	44
9	58	42
10	58	42
11	58	42
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	59	41
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	59	41
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	60	40
30	60	40

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

	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