San Carlos weather in September

In September, San Carlos sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 226 mm of rain across 28.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in September, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is San Carlos's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see San Carlos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 226 mm; 28.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:56 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 91%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.3; out of 10

San Carlos is lungsod sa Colombia, Departamento de Córdoba.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical September day in San Carlos reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with 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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

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

How September really feels in San Carlos

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

2 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in September is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

San Carlos weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 10th-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	33° / 24°	28	7.3	11.5	3.9
Feb	34° / 25°	33	7.3	11.7	3.0
Mar	34° / 25°	70	15	11.9	2.5
Apr	33° / 25°	170	24.5	12.2	2.2
May	32° / 25°	265	29.1	12.4	2.2
Jun	32° / 24°	238	27.4	12.5	2.2
Jul	32° / 24°	240	27.9	12.5	2.3
Aug	32° / 24°	233	28.1	12.3	2.2
Sep	32° / 24°	226	28.3	12.1	2.3
Oct	31° / 24°	218	29.1	11.8	2.3
Nov	31° / 24°	168	26	11.6	2.6
Dec	32° / 24°	88	17.9	11.5	3.4

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	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 (%)	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	96	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

San Carlos gets around 226 mm of rain over 28.3 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 94% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	95
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the miserable band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Oppressive (%)	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28
Miserable (%)	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72

Wind in September

Winds average 5 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
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21	5	calm
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24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of September to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 5:50 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:57	6:08
2	12.2	5:57	6:07
3	12.2	5:57	6:06
4	12.1	5:57	6:06
5	12.1	5:57	6:05
6	12.1	5:57	6:05
7	12.1	5:57	6:04
8	12.1	5:57	6:03
9	12.1	5:57	6:03
10	12.1	5:56	6:02
11	12.1	5:56	6:02
12	12.1	5:56	6:01
13	12.1	5:56	6:00
14	12.1	5:56	6:00
15	12.1	5:56	5:59
16	12.0	5:56	5:59
17	12.0	5:56	5:58
18	12.0	5:55	5:57
19	12.0	5:55	5:57
20	12.0	5:55	5:56
21	12.0	5:55	5:55
22	12.0	5:55	5:55
23	12.0	5:55	5:54
24	12.0	5:55	5:54
25	12.0	5:55	5:53
26	12.0	5:55	5:52
27	12.0	5:54	5:52
28	11.9	5:54	5:51
29	11.9	5:54	5:51
30	11.9	5:54	5:50

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in March across the year — September's 4.77 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)	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit San Carlos?

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

2.3

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in San Carlos.

What to pack for San Carlos in September

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

In September, San Carlos sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in San Carlos in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in San Carlos peaks around June 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in San Carlos 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 San Carlos is worst in March — around 27 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 14 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)	16	20	27	27	24	21	23	19	16	15	14	16
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	20	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	24	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	23	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	16	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is San Carlos?

San Carlos sits at 8.8°N, 75.7°W, 15 m above sea level, in Colombia. The nearest listed city is Ciénaga de Oro, 12 km away.

Topography around San Carlos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around San Carlos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 356 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 602 m.

The land around San Carlos is covered by grassland (84%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

162 m

grassland 84%

16 km

356 m

grassland 76%

80 km

602 m

grassland 72%

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

September weather nearby: Ciénaga de Oro 12 km · Cereté 14 km · Montería 20 km · Cotorra 29 km · Sahagún 33 km · Planeta Rica 45 km · Chinú 48 km · Momil 49 km

Colombia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 / 240 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $8,562; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 74%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 24.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 15.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 480
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 San Carlos (8.7958°, -75.6995°, elevation 15 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	32	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	95
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	95
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	4	96
15	4	96
16	3	97
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	93
2	93
3	93
4	93
5	93
6	93
7	93
8	93
9	94
10	94
11	94
12	94
13	94
14	94
15	94
16	94
17	94
18	95
19	95
20	95
21	95
22	95
23	95
24	95
25	94
26	94
27	94
28	94
29	94
30	94

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	23	77
11	23	77
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	25	75
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72