Hāyk’ weather in September

In September, Hāyk’ sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 59 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Hāyk’'s 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hāyk’'s year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 59 mm; 12 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:14 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; 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 25°C through the month.

A typical September day in Hāyk’ reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and about 1°C warmer 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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	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	25	15
2	25	15
3	25	15
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	25	14
17	25	14
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14

Hāyk’ weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 6th-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	22° / 10°	43	8.3	11.4	7.1
Feb	23° / 11°	44	7.9	11.6	7.3
Mar	24° / 13°	106	14.6	11.9	6.5
Apr	25° / 14°	113	15	12.2	6.3
May	26° / 15°	47	7.9	12.5	7.2
Jun	28° / 15°	9	2	12.6	7.6
Jul	26° / 15°	101	15.6	12.6	5.9
Aug	25° / 15°	131	20.9	12.4	5.4
Sep	25° / 14°	59	12	12.1	6.8
Oct	24° / 12°	33	6.1	11.7	8.0
Nov	23° / 10°	25	3.7	11.5	8.3
Dec	22° / 10°	25	4.7	11.3	8.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. 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 (%)	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	80	80
Cloudier (%)	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	80	20
30	80	20

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Hāyk’ gets around 59 mm of rain over 12 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 41% and peaks near 55% 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 (%)	55	54	53	52	51	50	48	47	45	44	43	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	34	34	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	54
3	53
4	52
5	51
6	50
7	48
8	47
9	45
10	44
11	43
12	41
13	40
14	39
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34

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 90% 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 (%)	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92
Comfortable (%)	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

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

Wind in September

Winds average 6 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 6 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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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
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10	6	calm
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12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
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24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	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 6:14 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:08 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	12.2	12.2	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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:14	6:28
2	12.2	6:14	6:27
3	12.2	6:14	6:26
4	12.2	6:14	6:26
5	12.2	6:14	6:25
6	12.2	6:14	6:24
7	12.2	6:14	6:24
8	12.1	6:14	6:23
9	12.1	6:14	6:22
10	12.1	6:14	6:22
11	12.1	6:14	6:21
12	12.1	6:14	6:20
13	12.1	6:14	6:20
14	12.1	6:14	6:19
15	12.1	6:14	6:18
16	12.1	6:14	6:17
17	12.1	6:14	6:17
18	12.0	6:14	6:16
19	12.0	6:14	6:15
20	12.0	6:14	6:15
21	12.0	6:13	6:14
22	12.0	6:13	6:13
23	12.0	6:13	6:13
24	12.0	6:13	6:12
25	12.0	6:13	6:11
26	12.0	6:13	6:11
27	11.9	6:13	6:10
28	11.9	6:13	6:09
29	11.9	6:13	6:09
30	11.9	6:13	6:08

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.31 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — September's 5.93 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)	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	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	5.9	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Hāyk’

In seasonPeak

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

Hāyk’ sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

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Is September a good time to visit Hāyk’?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Hāyk’ for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Hāyk’ in September

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

In September, Hāyk’ sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Hāyk’ 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 Hāyk’ peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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)	12	13	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	14	Extreme
Jun	13	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Hāyk’ 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 Hāyk’ is worst in September — around 42 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	32	33	35	32	36	42	39	41	42	31	29	31
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	32	Moderate
Feb	33	Moderate
Mar	35	Moderate
Apr	32	Moderate
May	36	Poor
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	41	Poor
Sep	42	Poor
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Hāyk’?

Hāyk’ sits at 11.3°N, 39.7°E, 1,968 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Dessie, 19 km away.

Topography around Hāyk’

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hāyk’ has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 601 m around an average of 2,033 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,819 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,645 m.

The land around Hāyk’ is covered by cropland (46%) and shrubs (35%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and shrubs (35%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%), cropland (33%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

601 m

cropland 46%

16 km

1,819 m

cropland 40%

80 km

3,645 m

shrubs 39%

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

September weather nearby: Dessie 19 km · Kombolcha 25 km · Batī 38 km · Mersa 41 km · Harbu 44 km · Sifra 50 km · Weldiya 60 km · Kemisē 68 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 Hāyk’ (11.3°, 39.6833°, elevation 1,968 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	25	15
2	25	15
3	25	15
4	25	14
5	25	14
6	25	14
7	25	14
8	25	14
9	25	14
10	25	14
11	25	14
12	25	14
13	25	14
14	25	14
15	25	14
16	25	14
17	25	14
18	25	14
19	25	14
20	25	14
21	25	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	54
3	53
4	52
5	51
6	50
7	48
8	47
9	45
10	44
11	43
12	41
13	40
14	39
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	54
3	53
4	52
5	51
6	50
7	48
8	47
9	45
10	44
11	43
12	41
13	40
14	39
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	84	16
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	85	15
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	55
2	54
3	53
4	52
5	51
6	50
7	48
8	47
9	45
10	44
11	43
12	41
13	40
14	39
15	38
16	37
17	36
18	35
19	35
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	33
25	33
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34

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