Mbabane weather in September

In September, Mbabane sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 57 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of September to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Mbabane's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mbabane's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 57 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:54 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Mbabane is capital of Eswatini.

Density: 508/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1902

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 23°C through the month.

A typical September day in Mbabane reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 2°C warmer than 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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13

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

Mbabane weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	217	19.7	13.5	5.3
Feb	25° / 17°	176	16.6	12.9	5.5
Mar	25° / 16°	159	16.8	12.2	6.0
Apr	23° / 14°	78	11.3	11.4	6.9
May	22° / 11°	32	5.5	10.7	8.0
Jun	20° / 8°	18	3.5	10.4	8.1
Jul	20° / 8°	18	3.9	10.5	7.9
Aug	22° / 10°	32	5.5	11.1	7.9
Sep	23° / 12°	57	9	11.8	7.4
Oct	24° / 13°	112	15.7	12.6	6.1
Nov	24° / 15°	171	18.6	13.3	5.4
Dec	25° / 16°	208	19.9	13.6	5.2

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	79	78	77	77	76	76	75	74	74	73	72	71	70	70	69	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	64	63	62	62	61	60	60
Cloudier (%)	21	22	23	23	24	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	38	39	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Mbabane gets around 57 mm of rain over 9 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 30% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	22	23	23	23	24	25	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	23
3	23
4	23
5	24
6	25
7	25
8	26
9	26
10	27
11	28
12	28
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	38
29	38
30	39

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 81% 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 (%)	95	94	94	94	93	93	92	91	91	90	89	88	87	86	85	83	82	80	79	77	76	73	72	71	69	67	65	63	62	61
Comfortable (%)	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20	22	23	25	26	27	29	30	32	33	34	35
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	93	7	0
6	93	7	0
7	92	8	0
8	91	9	0
9	91	9	0
10	90	10	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	87	13	0
14	86	14	0
15	85	15	0
16	83	16	1
17	82	17	1
18	80	19	1
19	79	20	1
20	77	22	1
21	76	23	1
22	73	25	2
23	72	26	2
24	71	27	2
25	69	29	2
26	67	30	3
27	65	32	3
28	63	33	4
29	62	34	4
30	61	35	4

Wind in September

Winds average 9 km/h in September, the windiest month of the year.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of September to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 42 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:51 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:38
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:12	5:39
2	11.5	6:10	5:39
3	11.5	6:09	5:40
4	11.5	6:08	5:40
5	11.6	6:07	5:41
6	11.6	6:06	5:41
7	11.6	6:05	5:41
8	11.6	6:04	5:42
9	11.7	6:03	5:42
10	11.7	6:01	5:43
11	11.7	6:00	5:43
12	11.7	5:59	5:44
13	11.8	5:58	5:44
14	11.8	5:57	5:44
15	11.8	5:56	5:45
16	11.8	5:54	5:45
17	11.9	5:53	5:46
18	11.9	5:52	5:46
19	11.9	5:51	5:46
20	12.0	5:50	5:47
21	12.0	5:49	5:47
22	12.0	5:47	5:48
23	12.0	5:46	5:48
24	12.1	5:45	5:49
25	12.1	5:44	5:49
26	12.1	5:43	5:50
27	12.1	5:42	5:50
28	12.2	5:40	5:50
29	12.2	5:39	5:51
30	12.2	5:38	5:51

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in January across the year — September's 5.07 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)	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
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23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Mbabane

In seasonPeak

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

Mbabane's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Is September a good time to visit Mbabane?

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

7.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Mbabane for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Mbabane in September

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

In September, Mbabane sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mbabane in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mbabane peaks around December 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 5 (moderate).

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)	12	13	12	7	6	5	5	7	9	9	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	7	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Mbabane 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 Mbabane is worst in July — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.9× the cleanest month (January, 11 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	13	18	26	34	36	43	40	32	21	18	13
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	34	Moderate
Jun	36	Poor
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mbabane?

Mbabane sits at 26.3°S, 31.1°E, 1,209 m above sea level, in Eswatini. The nearest listed city is Lobamba, 18 km away.

Topography around Mbabane

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mbabane has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 462 m around an average of 1,241 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 991 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,718 m.

The land around Mbabane is covered by trees (47%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

462 m

trees 47%

16 km

991 m

grassland 57%

80 km

1,718 m

grassland 44%

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

September weather nearby: Lobamba 18 km · Redhill 31 km · Manzini 32 km · Fernie 35 km · Empuluzu 36 km · Lukwatini 42 km · Nhlazatje 46 km · Barberton 59 km

Eswatini travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,108; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 38%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 12.5; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 33.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
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 Mbabane (-26.3167°, 31.1333°, elevation 1,209 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	23	11
2	23	11
3	23	11
4	23	11
5	23	11
6	23	11
7	23	11
8	23	11
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	24	12
13	24	12
14	24	12
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	24	12
19	24	12
20	24	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	24	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	23
3	23
4	23
5	24
6	25
7	25
8	26
9	26
10	27
11	28
12	28
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	38
29	38
30	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	93	7	0
6	93	7	0
7	92	8	0
8	91	9	0
9	91	9	0
10	90	10	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	87	13	0
14	86	14	0
15	85	15	0
16	83	16	1
17	82	17	1
18	80	19	1
19	79	20	1
20	77	22	1
21	76	23	1
22	73	25	2
23	72	26	2
24	71	27	2
25	69	29	2
26	67	30	3
27	65	32	3
28	63	33	4
29	62	34	4
30	61	35	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	23
3	23
4	23
5	24
6	25
7	25
8	26
9	26
10	27
11	28
12	28
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	38
29	38
30	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	93	7	0
6	93	7	0
7	92	8	0
8	91	9	0
9	91	9	0
10	90	10	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	87	13	0
14	86	14	0
15	85	15	0
16	83	16	1
17	82	17	1
18	80	19	1
19	79	20	1
20	77	22	1
21	76	23	1
22	73	25	2
23	72	26	2
24	71	27	2
25	69	29	2
26	67	30	3
27	65	32	3
28	63	33	4
29	62	34	4
30	61	35	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	78	22
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	73	27
11	72	28
12	71	29
13	70	30
14	70	30
15	69	31
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	66	34
22	66	34
23	65	35
24	64	36
25	63	37
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	23
3	23
4	23
5	24
6	25
7	25
8	26
9	26
10	27
11	28
12	28
13	29
14	29
15	30
16	30
17	30
18	31
19	31
20	32
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	35
25	36
26	36
27	37
28	38
29	38
30	39

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	95	5	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	94	6	0
5	93	7	0
6	93	7	0
7	92	8	0
8	91	9	0
9	91	9	0
10	90	10	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	87	13	0
14	86	14	0
15	85	15	0
16	83	16	1
17	82	17	1
18	80	19	1
19	79	20	1
20	77	22	1
21	76	23	1
22	73	25	2
23	72	26	2
24	71	27	2
25	69	29	2
26	67	30	3
27	65	32	3
28	63	33	4
29	62	34	4
30	61	35	4