Āyana weather in September

In September, Āyana sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 561 mm of rain across 29.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-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 3% of the time in September, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Āyana's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Āyana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 561 mm; 29.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:26 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 9th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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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 Āyana reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 24°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Āyana weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 15°	22	3.5	11.5	7.5
Feb	29° / 16°	25	4.2	11.7	6.3
Mar	29° / 17°	70	9.1	11.9	5.6
Apr	28° / 17°	112	11.6	12.2	5.6
May	26° / 16°	319	23.1	12.4	4.6
Jun	23° / 15°	507	29.8	12.6	3.6
Jul	22° / 14°	571	31	12.5	3.3
Aug	22° / 14°	591	31	12.3	3.3
Sep	23° / 14°	561	29.7	12.1	3.6
Oct	24° / 14°	353	24.5	11.8	4.7
Nov	25° / 14°	84	10.3	11.5	6.9
Dec	26° / 15°	25	4.6	11.4	7.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%. 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 (%)	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	20	20	21	21	23
Cloudier (%)	93	93	92	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	87	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	82	80	80	79	79	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	12	88
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	15	85
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	23	77

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Āyana gets around 561 mm of rain over 29.7 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 98% and peaks near 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	98	98	97	97	96	95	95	94	93	92

	Rain chance (%)
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	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	98
22	98
23	97
24	97
25	96
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	93
30	92

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the humid band about 51% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	4
Comfortable (%)	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	50	51	51	52	53	53
Humid (%)	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	49	48	47	46	45	44	43

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	50	50
2	0	49	51
3	0	49	51
4	0	49	51
5	0	49	51
6	0	48	52
7	0	48	52
8	0	48	52
9	0	47	53
10	0	47	53
11	0	47	53
12	0	47	53
13	0	47	53
14	0	47	53
15	0	47	53
16	0	47	53
17	0	47	53
18	0	47	53
19	0	47	53
20	1	47	52
21	1	47	52
22	1	48	51
23	1	48	51
24	2	49	49
25	2	50	48
26	2	51	47
27	3	51	46
28	3	52	45
29	3	53	44
30	4	53	43

Wind in September

Winds average 3 km/h in September, the calmest month.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	4	calm
2	3	calm
3	3	calm
4	3	calm
5	3	calm
6	3	calm
7	3	calm
8	3	calm
9	3	calm
10	3	calm
11	3	calm
12	3	calm
13	3	calm
14	3	calm
15	3	calm
16	3	calm
17	3	calm
18	3	calm
19	3	calm
20	3	calm
21	3	calm
22	3	calm
23	3	calm
24	3	calm
25	3	calm
26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	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 6:27 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:21 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	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.0	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)	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:27	6:39
2	12.2	6:27	6:38
3	12.2	6:27	6:38
4	12.2	6:27	6:37
5	12.2	6:27	6:37
6	12.1	6:27	6:36
7	12.1	6:27	6:35
8	12.1	6:27	6:35
9	12.1	6:27	6:34
10	12.1	6:27	6:33
11	12.1	6:27	6:33
12	12.1	6:27	6:32
13	12.1	6:27	6:31
14	12.1	6:26	6:31
15	12.1	6:26	6:30
16	12.1	6:26	6:29
17	12.0	6:26	6:29
18	12.0	6:26	6:28
19	12.0	6:26	6:28
20	12.0	6:26	6:27
21	12.0	6:26	6:26
22	12.0	6:26	6:26
23	12.0	6:26	6:25
24	12.0	6:26	6:24
25	12.0	6:25	6:24
26	12.0	6:25	6:23
27	12.0	6:25	6:22
28	11.9	6:25	6:22
29	11.9	6:25	6:21
30	11.9	6:25	6:21

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.66 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in March across the year — September's 5.68 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)	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Āyana

In seasonPeak

In September, Āyana sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Āyana's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Āyana?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Āyana.

What to pack for Āyana in September

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

In September, Āyana sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Āyana in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Āyana peaks around March 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 10 (extreme).

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	11	15	15	13	12	13	14	13	12	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	13	Extreme
Aug	14	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Āyana 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 Āyana is worst in February — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.8× the cleanest month (May, 15 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)	50	57	43	25	15	21	21	18	18	23	29	36
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	57	Unhealthy
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	25	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	21	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Āyana?

Āyana sits at 9.9°N, 36.6°E, 2,048 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Gutin, 35 km away.

Topography around Āyana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Āyana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 171 m around an average of 2,028 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 907 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,546 m.

The land around Āyana is covered by cropland (29%), trees (26%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (36%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

171 m

cropland 29%

16 km

907 m

cropland 36%

80 km

2,546 m

trees 40%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

September weather nearby: Gutin 35 km · Shambu 64 km · Nek’emtē 89 km · Shendi 92 km · Dibate 96 km · Burē 103 km · Gimja Bēt Maryam 111 km · Ginja Bet 112 km

Ethiopia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E / F / L; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $933; 2025
Happiness: 4.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 14%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.5; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 28.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 499
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 Āyana (9.8833°, 36.6167°, elevation 2,048 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	22	14
2	22	14
3	22	14
4	22	14
5	22	14
6	22	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	12	88
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	15	85
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
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	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	98
22	98
23	97
24	97
25	96
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	93
30	92

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	50	50
2	0	49	51
3	0	49	51
4	0	49	51
5	0	49	51
6	0	48	52
7	0	48	52
8	0	48	52
9	0	47	53
10	0	47	53
11	0	47	53
12	0	47	53
13	0	47	53
14	0	47	53
15	0	47	53
16	0	47	53
17	0	47	53
18	0	47	53
19	0	47	53
20	1	47	52
21	1	47	52
22	1	48	51
23	1	48	51
24	2	49	49
25	2	50	48
26	2	51	47
27	3	51	46
28	3	52	45
29	3	53	44
30	4	53	43

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	12	88
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	15	85
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
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	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	98
22	98
23	97
24	97
25	96
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	93
30	92

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	50	50
2	0	49	51
3	0	49	51
4	0	49	51
5	0	49	51
6	0	48	52
7	0	48	52
8	0	48	52
9	0	47	53
10	0	47	53
11	0	47	53
12	0	47	53
13	0	47	53
14	0	47	53
15	0	47	53
16	0	47	53
17	0	47	53
18	0	47	53
19	0	47	53
20	1	47	52
21	1	47	52
22	1	48	51
23	1	48	51
24	2	49	49
25	2	50	48
26	2	51	47
27	3	51	46
28	3	52	45
29	3	53	44
30	4	53	43

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	12	88
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	15	85
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
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	99
18	99
19	99
20	99
21	98
22	98
23	97
24	97
25	96
26	95
27	95
28	94
29	93
30	92

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	0	50	50
2	0	49	51
3	0	49	51
4	0	49	51
5	0	49	51
6	0	48	52
7	0	48	52
8	0	48	52
9	0	47	53
10	0	47	53
11	0	47	53
12	0	47	53
13	0	47	53
14	0	47	53
15	0	47	53
16	0	47	53
17	0	47	53
18	0	47	53
19	0	47	53
20	1	47	52
21	1	47	52
22	1	48	51
23	1	48	51
24	2	49	49
25	2	50	48
26	2	51	47
27	3	51	46
28	3	52	45
29	3	53	44
30	4	53	43