Weldiya weather in September

In September, Weldiya sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 43 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 52% 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 Weldiya's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Weldiya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 43 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:14 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Weldiya is city in Amhara, Ethiopia.

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 22°C through the month.

A typical September day in Weldiya reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	11	11	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	12	12	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	22	11
2	22	11
3	22	11
4	22	11
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
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10	22	11
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25	21	12
26	21	12
27	21	12
28	21	12
29	21	12
30	21	11

Weldiya weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-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	20° / 9°	69	12.6	11.4	6.1
Feb	21° / 9°	76	11.9	11.6	6.2
Mar	21° / 11°	189	19.6	11.9	5.3
Apr	21° / 11°	167	18.1	12.3	5.5
May	23° / 12°	60	9.3	12.5	7.2
Jun	24° / 12°	36	6.2	12.7	7.8
Jul	22° / 12°	288	22.9	12.6	4.9
Aug	21° / 11°	253	24.4	12.4	4.6
Sep	22° / 12°	43	9.6	12.1	6.8
Oct	21° / 11°	25	5.3	11.7	7.5
Nov	20° / 9°	34	5.8	11.5	7.4
Dec	20° / 8°	39	6.9	11.3	7.1

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 18%.

	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 (%)	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	82	82	82	81
Cloudier (%)	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	81	19

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Weldiya gets around 43 mm of rain over 9.6 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 33% and peaks near 61% 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 (%)	61	58	56	53	51	48	46	43	41	38	36	34	32	30	29	27	26	25	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	58
3	56
4	53
5	51
6	48
7	46
8	43
9	41
10	38
11	36
12	34
13	32
14	30
15	29
16	27
17	26
18	25
19	24
20	23
21	22
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	22
30	22

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
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	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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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 6:14 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	12.2	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	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08

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

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in May across the year — September's 5.88 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)	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	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	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
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28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Weldiya

In seasonPeak

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

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

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Is September a good time to visit Weldiya?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Weldiya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Weldiya in September

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

In September, Weldiya sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Weldiya 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 Weldiya peaks around March 19 at about 15 (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)	12	13	15	14	13	13	11	13	13	13	10	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Weldiya 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 Weldiya is worst in June — around 38 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)	29	30	32	28	33	38	34	37	38	29	26	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	30	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	33	Moderate
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	34	Moderate
Aug	37	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	26	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Weldiya?

Weldiya sits at 11.8°N, 39.6°E, 1,892 m above sea level, in Ethiopia. The nearest listed city is Mersa, 19 km away.

Topography around Weldiya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Weldiya has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 735 m around an average of 1,988 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,302 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,515 m.

The land around Weldiya is covered by cropland (40%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (39%) and cropland (37%) within 16 km, and shrubs (34%), grassland (31%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

735 m

cropland 40%

16 km

2,302 m

shrubs 39%

80 km

3,515 m

shrubs 34%

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

September weather nearby: Mersa 19 km · Sifra 53 km · Hāyk’ 60 km · Lalibela 63 km · Alamata 66 km · Korem 76 km · Dessie 77 km · Batī 85 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 Weldiya (11.8277°, 39.5916°, elevation 1,892 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	11
2	22	11
3	22	11
4	22	11
5	22	11
6	22	11
7	22	11
8	22	11
9	22	11
10	22	11
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12	22	12
13	22	12
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16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	21	12
23	21	12
24	21	12
25	21	12
26	21	12
27	21	12
28	21	12
29	21	12
30	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	58
3	56
4	53
5	51
6	48
7	46
8	43
9	41
10	38
11	36
12	34
13	32
14	30
15	29
16	27
17	26
18	25
19	24
20	23
21	22
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	22
30	22

	Dry (%)
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	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	58
3	56
4	53
5	51
6	48
7	46
8	43
9	41
10	38
11	36
12	34
13	32
14	30
15	29
16	27
17	26
18	25
19	24
20	23
21	22
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	22
30	22

	Dry (%)
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	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	75	25
3	76	24
4	77	23
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	80	20
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	84	16
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	84	16
24	84	16
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	82	18
30	81	19

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	58
3	56
4	53
5	51
6	48
7	46
8	43
9	41
10	38
11	36
12	34
13	32
14	30
15	29
16	27
17	26
18	25
19	24
20	23
21	22
22	22
23	22
24	22
25	22
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	22
30	22

	Dry (%)
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	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100