Rodez weather in September

In September, Rodez sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 95 mm of rain across 9.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Rodez's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rodez's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 95 mm; 9.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:35 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical September day in Rodez reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 4°C cooler than August and about 5°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)	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

How September really feels in Rodez

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

September sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Rodez weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 1°	94	12.7	3.3	9	0.8
Feb	8° / 1°	77	10.9	3.1	10.2	1.3
Mar	12° / 3°	85	12.2	2	11.6	2.9
Apr	14° / 5°	110	13.3	0.8	13.2	3.8
May	18° / 9°	109	13.5	0.1	14.6	5.3
Jun	22° / 12°	88	11.2	0	15.3	6.5
Jul	25° / 14°	76	9.6	0	15	7.2
Aug	25° / 14°	83	10.4	0	13.8	7.1
Sep	21° / 11°	95	9.7	0	12.3	6.5
Oct	16° / 8°	95	11.9	0.1	10.8	4.8
Nov	11° / 4°	100	12.3	0.9	9.4	2.3
Dec	8° / 2°	97	12.4	2.2	8.7	1.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. 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 (%)	57	57	58	58	56	56	57	56	56	55	54	53	52	52	51	51	50	48	48	48	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	43
Cloudier (%)	43	43	42	42	44	44	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	50	52	52	52	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	57

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Rodez gets around 95 mm of rain over 9.7 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 33% 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 (%)	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	39

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	29
4	29
5	29
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	31
10	31
11	32
12	32
13	32
14	33
15	33
16	34
17	34
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	36
25	37
26	37
27	38
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 71% 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 (%)	57	59	60	62	63	65	66	67	68	68	70	70	70	71	72	72	73	74	74	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	81
Comfortable (%)	29	28	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17
Humid (%)	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	29	14
2	59	28	13
3	60	28	12
4	62	27	11
5	63	27	10
6	65	26	9
7	66	26	8
8	67	25	8
9	68	25	7
10	68	25	7
11	70	24	6
12	70	24	6
13	70	24	6
14	71	24	5
15	72	23	5
16	72	23	5
17	73	23	4
18	74	22	4
19	74	22	4
20	76	21	3
21	76	21	3
22	77	20	3
23	77	20	3
24	78	19	3
25	78	19	3
26	79	19	2
27	80	18	2
28	80	18	2
29	81	17	2
30	81	17	2

Wind in September

Winds average 10 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 7:22 PM to 6:26 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)	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:37	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:50	6:51	6:52
Sunset (PM)	7:22	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:14	7:12	7:10	7:09	7:07	7:05	7:03	7:01	6:59	6:57	6:55	6:53	6:51	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:39	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:28	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	6:17	7:22
2	13.0	6:18	7:20
3	13.0	6:19	7:18
4	12.9	6:21	7:16
5	12.9	6:22	7:14
6	12.8	6:23	7:12
7	12.8	6:24	7:10
8	12.7	6:25	7:09
9	12.7	6:27	7:07
10	12.6	6:28	7:05
11	12.6	6:29	7:03
12	12.5	6:30	7:01
13	12.5	6:31	6:59
14	12.4	6:33	6:57
15	12.4	6:34	6:55
16	12.3	6:35	6:53
17	12.2	6:36	6:51
18	12.2	6:37	6:49
19	12.1	6:39	6:47
20	12.1	6:40	6:45
21	12.0	6:41	6:43
22	12.0	6:42	6:41
23	11.9	6:43	6:39
24	11.9	6:45	6:38
25	11.8	6:46	6:36
26	11.8	6:47	6:34
27	11.7	6:48	6:32
28	11.7	6:50	6:30
29	11.6	6:51	6:28
30	11.6	6:52	6:26

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.42 kWh/m² in July across the year — September's 4.25 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)	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.3	Bright
14	4.3	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.0	Bright
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.5	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Rodez?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Rodez for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rodez in September

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

In September, Rodez sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Rodez in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rodez peaks around July 16 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	6	7	8	9	7	5	4	2	1
Level	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	7	High
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	High
Oct	4	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Rodez?

Rodez sits at 44.4°N, 2.6°E, 627 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Millau, 49 km away.

Topography around Rodez

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rodez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 570 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 644 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,720 m.

The land around Rodez is covered by trees (32%), grassland (31%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (43%), trees (32%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

138 m

trees 32%

16 km

644 m

grassland 43%

80 km

1,720 m

trees 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

September weather nearby: Millau 49 km · Albi 58 km · Aurillac 65 km · Castres 87 km · Cahors 91 km · Montauban 104 km · Balma 119 km · Tulle 120 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
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 Rodez (44.3526°, 2.5734°, elevation 627 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. 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	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	22	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	10
20	20	10
21	20	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	19	10
29	18	10
30	18	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	29	14
2	59	28	13
3	60	28	12
4	62	27	11
5	63	27	10
6	65	26	9
7	66	26	8
8	67	25	8
9	68	25	7
10	68	25	7
11	70	24	6
12	70	24	6
13	70	24	6
14	71	24	5
15	72	23	5
16	72	23	5
17	73	23	4
18	74	22	4
19	74	22	4
20	76	21	3
21	76	21	3
22	77	20	3
23	77	20	3
24	78	19	3
25	78	19	3
26	79	19	2
27	80	18	2
28	80	18	2
29	81	17	2
30	81	17	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	29	14
2	59	28	13
3	60	28	12
4	62	27	11
5	63	27	10
6	65	26	9
7	66	26	8
8	67	25	8
9	68	25	7
10	68	25	7
11	70	24	6
12	70	24	6
13	70	24	6
14	71	24	5
15	72	23	5
16	72	23	5
17	73	23	4
18	74	22	4
19	74	22	4
20	76	21	3
21	76	21	3
22	77	20	3
23	77	20	3
24	78	19	3
25	78	19	3
26	79	19	2
27	80	18	2
28	80	18	2
29	81	17	2
30	81	17	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	58	42
4	58	42
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	52	48
14	52	48
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	46	54
24	46	54
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	29	14
2	59	28	13
3	60	28	12
4	62	27	11
5	63	27	10
6	65	26	9
7	66	26	8
8	67	25	8
9	68	25	7
10	68	25	7
11	70	24	6
12	70	24	6
13	70	24	6
14	71	24	5
15	72	23	5
16	72	23	5
17	73	23	4
18	74	22	4
19	74	22	4
20	76	21	3
21	76	21	3
22	77	20	3
23	77	20	3
24	78	19	3
25	78	19	3
26	79	19	2
27	80	18	2
28	80	18	2
29	81	17	2
30	81	17	2