Waterford weather in September

In September, Waterford sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 70 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Waterford's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Waterford's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 70 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:11 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 6th clearest
Wind: 19 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Waterford is city in Ireland.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 10.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 1,445/km²; people per km²

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical September day in Waterford reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 1°C cooler than August and about 2°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)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Waterford weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 3rd-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 5°	90	13.9	8	1.4
Feb	8° / 5°	67	11.5	9.5	1.4
Mar	9° / 6°	65	11.1	11.5	1.8
Apr	11° / 7°	66	11.4	13.6	2.5
May	13° / 9°	61	10.9	15.4	3.5
Jun	15° / 12°	67	10.3	16.4	4.5
Jul	17° / 13°	66	11.4	16	5.1
Aug	17° / 13°	75	10.9	14.5	5.2
Sep	16° / 12°	70	11.1	12.4	4.6
Oct	13° / 10°	105	13.8	10.3	3.4
Nov	11° / 7°	106	14.3	8.5	2.3
Dec	9° / 6°	96	13.7	7.6	1.6

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 72%.

	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 (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	30	30	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	25	26	26	26	26
Cloudier (%)	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	70	70	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	75	74	74	74	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Waterford gets around 70 mm of rain over 11.1 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 36% and peaks near 44% 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	30	30	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	30
4	30
5	31
6	32
7	32
8	33
9	33
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	38
22	39
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	43
28	43
29	44
30	44

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 75% 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 (%)	65	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	77	77	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	82	82	83	84	84	85
Comfortable (%)	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	15
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	65	33	2
2	66	32	2
3	66	32	2
4	66	32	2
5	67	31	2
6	67	31	2
7	68	30	2
8	68	30	2
9	69	29	2
10	70	28	2
11	71	28	1
12	72	27	1
13	73	26	1
14	74	25	1
15	75	24	1
16	77	23	0
17	77	23	0
18	78	22	0
19	79	21	0
20	79	21	0
21	80	20	0
22	80	20	0
23	80	20	0
24	81	19	0
25	82	18	0
26	82	18	0
27	83	17	0
28	84	16	0
29	84	16	0
30	85	15	0

Wind in September

Winds average 19 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	19	light breeze
11	19	light breeze
12	19	light breeze
13	19	light breeze
14	19	light breeze
15	19	light breeze
16	19	light breeze
17	19	light breeze
18	19	light breeze
19	19	light breeze
20	19	light breeze
21	19	light breeze
22	19	light breeze
23	19	light breeze
24	19	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	20	light breeze
27	20	light breeze
28	20	light breeze
29	20	light breeze
30	20	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 6:01 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)	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:47	5:49	5:50	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:57	5:59	6:01	6:02	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:09	6:11	6:12	6:14	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:23	6:25	6:26	6:28	6:30	6:31	6:33	6:35
Sunset (PM)	7:11	7:09	7:06	7:04	7:02	6:59	6:57	6:54	6:52	6:49	6:47	6:45	6:42	6:40	6:37	6:35	6:32	6:30	6:27	6:25	6:22	6:20	6:18	6:15	6:13	6:10	6:08	6:05	6:03	6:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	5:45	7:11
2	13.4	5:47	7:09
3	13.3	5:49	7:06
4	13.2	5:50	7:04
5	13.2	5:52	7:02
6	13.1	5:54	6:59
7	13.0	5:55	6:57
8	13.0	5:57	6:54
9	12.9	5:59	6:52
10	12.8	6:01	6:49
11	12.7	6:02	6:47
12	12.7	6:04	6:45
13	12.6	6:06	6:42
14	12.5	6:07	6:40
15	12.5	6:09	6:37
16	12.4	6:11	6:35
17	12.3	6:12	6:32
18	12.3	6:14	6:30
19	12.2	6:16	6:27
20	12.1	6:18	6:25
21	12.1	6:19	6:22
22	12.0	6:21	6:20
23	11.9	6:23	6:18
24	11.8	6:25	6:15
25	11.8	6:26	6:13
26	11.7	6:28	6:10
27	11.6	6:30	6:08
28	11.6	6:31	6:05
29	11.5	6:33	6:03
30	11.4	6:35	6:01

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 3 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)	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.6	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.7	Moderate
24	2.6	Moderate
25	2.6	Moderate
26	2.5	Moderate
27	2.5	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Waterford?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

September is a reasonable time to visit Waterford for sightseeing.

What to pack for Waterford in September

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

In September, Waterford sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Waterford in September

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in September — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	9	9	9	10	11	14	15	16	15	14	12	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	9	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	15	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	12	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Waterford in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Waterford peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	4	5	6	5	6	4	2	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Waterford?

Waterford sits at 52.3°N, 7.1°W, 10 m above sea level, in Ireland. The nearest listed city is Cluain Meala, 42 km away.

Topography around Waterford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Waterford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Waterford is covered by grassland (41%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

93 m

grassland 41%

16 km

298 m

grassland 63%

80 km

906 m

grassland 52%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

September weather nearby: Cluain Meala 42 km · Kilkenny 45 km · Wexford 45 km · Carlow 66 km · Portlaoise 87 km · Douglas 100 km · Carrigaline 101 km · Cork 101 km

Ireland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 85% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $131,592; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 96%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Waterford (52.2583°, -7.1119°, elevation 10 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	17	13
2	17	13
3	17	13
4	17	13
5	17	13
6	16	13
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	16	12
14	16	12
15	16	12
16	16	12
17	16	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	11
24	15	11
25	15	11
26	15	11
27	15	11
28	15	11
29	15	11
30	15	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	30
4	30
5	31
6	32
7	32
8	33
9	33
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	38
22	39
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	43
28	43
29	44
30	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	65	33	2
2	66	32	2
3	66	32	2
4	66	32	2
5	67	31	2
6	67	31	2
7	68	30	2
8	68	30	2
9	69	29	2
10	70	28	2
11	71	28	1
12	72	27	1
13	73	26	1
14	74	25	1
15	75	24	1
16	77	23	0
17	77	23	0
18	78	22	0
19	79	21	0
20	79	21	0
21	80	20	0
22	80	20	0
23	80	20	0
24	81	19	0
25	82	18	0
26	82	18	0
27	83	17	0
28	84	16	0
29	84	16	0
30	85	15	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	30
4	30
5	31
6	32
7	32
8	33
9	33
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	38
22	39
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	43
28	43
29	44
30	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	65	33	2
2	66	32	2
3	66	32	2
4	66	32	2
5	67	31	2
6	67	31	2
7	68	30	2
8	68	30	2
9	69	29	2
10	70	28	2
11	71	28	1
12	72	27	1
13	73	26	1
14	74	25	1
15	75	24	1
16	77	23	0
17	77	23	0
18	78	22	0
19	79	21	0
20	79	21	0
21	80	20	0
22	80	20	0
23	80	20	0
24	81	19	0
25	82	18	0
26	82	18	0
27	83	17	0
28	84	16	0
29	84	16	0
30	85	15	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	29	71
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	28	72
22	27	73
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	26	74
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	29
2	29
3	30
4	30
5	31
6	32
7	32
8	33
9	33
10	34
11	34
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	36
16	36
17	36
18	36
19	37
20	37
21	38
22	39
23	40
24	41
25	41
26	42
27	43
28	43
29	44
30	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	65	33	2
2	66	32	2
3	66	32	2
4	66	32	2
5	67	31	2
6	67	31	2
7	68	30	2
8	68	30	2
9	69	29	2
10	70	28	2
11	71	28	1
12	72	27	1
13	73	26	1
14	74	25	1
15	75	24	1
16	77	23	0
17	77	23	0
18	78	22	0
19	79	21	0
20	79	21	0
21	80	20	0
22	80	20	0
23	80	20	0
24	81	19	0
25	82	18	0
26	82	18	0
27	83	17	0
28	84	16	0
29	84	16	0
30	85	15	0