Kercha weather in September

In September, Kercha sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 52 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Kercha's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kercha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:20 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.84 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; 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 22°C through the month.

A typical September day in Kercha reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 25°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)	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14

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

Kercha weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 9th-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° / 11°	9	1.8	11.7	8.1
Feb	28° / 12°	14	2.1	11.8	7.6
Mar	27° / 13°	52	8.8	12	6.7
Apr	24° / 14°	122	21.5	12.1	4.8
May	22° / 14°	155	25.9	12.3	4.2
Jun	21° / 14°	73	17.1	12.3	5.0
Jul	20° / 13°	60	15.2	12.3	5.1
Aug	21° / 13°	51	13.6	12.2	5.5
Sep	22° / 13°	52	11.2	12	6.2
Oct	22° / 13°	116	23.2	11.9	4.7
Nov	23° / 12°	52	12.2	11.7	6.5
Dec	25° / 11°	12	3.2	11.7	8.2

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	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 (%)	23	23	25	25	26	27	29	31	31	33	34	34	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	35	35	34	34	33	33	31	31	30	28
Cloudier (%)	77	77	75	75	74	73	71	69	69	67	66	66	65	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	65	65	66	66	67	67	69	69	70	72

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

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Kercha gets around 52 mm of rain over 11.2 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 39% and peaks near 55% 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 (%)	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	36	37	39	41	43	45	47	50	52	55

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

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 53% 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 (%)	58	58	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	58	56	55	53	52	50	47	45	42	39	36	34	31	28
Comfortable (%)	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	41	42	43	44	46	47	49	52	53	56	59	62	64	66	69
Humid (%)	1	1	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	2	3	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	41	1
2	58	41	1
3	60	40	0
4	60	40	0
5	60	40	0
6	60	40	0
7	60	40	0
8	61	39	0
9	61	39	0
10	61	39	0
11	61	39	0
12	60	40	0
13	60	40	0
14	60	40	0
15	59	41	0
16	59	41	0
17	58	42	0
18	56	43	1
19	55	44	1
20	53	46	1
21	52	47	1
22	50	49	1
23	47	52	1
24	45	53	2
25	42	56	2
26	39	59	2
27	36	62	2
28	34	64	2
29	31	66	3
30	28	69	3

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 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:14 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)	12.1	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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14

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

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.37 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in February across the year — September's 4.84 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Kercha

In seasonPeak

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

Kercha's rainy season runs April–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Kercha?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Kercha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kercha in September

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

In September, Kercha sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kercha in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kercha peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 11 (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)	14	15	16	15	13	12	12	14	14	14	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Kercha 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 Kercha is worst in December — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.6× the cleanest month (August, 22 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)	33	32	27	25	23	28	27	22	24	27	33	36
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	33	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kercha?

Kercha sits at 5.8°N, 38.4°E, 1,959 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Hagere Maryam, 25 km away.

Topography around Kercha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kercha has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 688 m around an average of 2,055 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,098 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,300 m.

The land around Kercha is covered by trees (86%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and shrubs (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

688 m

trees 86%

16 km

1,098 m

trees 84%

80 km

2,300 m

trees 42%

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

September weather nearby: Hagere Maryam 25 km · Yirga Ch’efē 49 km · Kele 54 km · Shakiso 55 km · Wenago 62 km · Kibre Mengist 65 km · Dīla 72 km · Ch’iko 90 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 Kercha (5.7801°, 38.4089°, elevation 1,959 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	21	13
2	21	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	13
19	22	13
20	22	13
21	22	13
22	22	13
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	22	13
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	41	1
2	58	41	1
3	60	40	0
4	60	40	0
5	60	40	0
6	60	40	0
7	60	40	0
8	61	39	0
9	61	39	0
10	61	39	0
11	61	39	0
12	60	40	0
13	60	40	0
14	60	40	0
15	59	41	0
16	59	41	0
17	58	42	0
18	56	43	1
19	55	44	1
20	53	46	1
21	52	47	1
22	50	49	1
23	47	52	1
24	45	53	2
25	42	56	2
26	39	59	2
27	36	62	2
28	34	64	2
29	31	66	3
30	28	69	3

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	41	1
2	58	41	1
3	60	40	0
4	60	40	0
5	60	40	0
6	60	40	0
7	60	40	0
8	61	39	0
9	61	39	0
10	61	39	0
11	61	39	0
12	60	40	0
13	60	40	0
14	60	40	0
15	59	41	0
16	59	41	0
17	58	42	0
18	56	43	1
19	55	44	1
20	53	46	1
21	52	47	1
22	50	49	1
23	47	52	1
24	45	53	2
25	42	56	2
26	39	59	2
27	36	62	2
28	34	64	2
29	31	66	3
30	28	69	3

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	58	41	1
2	58	41	1
3	60	40	0
4	60	40	0
5	60	40	0
6	60	40	0
7	60	40	0
8	61	39	0
9	61	39	0
10	61	39	0
11	61	39	0
12	60	40	0
13	60	40	0
14	60	40	0
15	59	41	0
16	59	41	0
17	58	42	0
18	56	43	1
19	55	44	1
20	53	46	1
21	52	47	1
22	50	49	1
23	47	52	1
24	45	53	2
25	42	56	2
26	39	59	2
27	36	62	2
28	34	64	2
29	31	66	3
30	28	69	3