Teyateyaneng weather in September

In September, Teyateyaneng sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 4.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of September to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Teyateyaneng's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Teyateyaneng's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 31 mm; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:08 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Teyateyaneng is city in Lesotho.

Founded: 1886

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 climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical September day in Teyateyaneng reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 4°C warmer than August and about 2°C cooler 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)	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

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

How September really feels in Teyateyaneng

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.

Teyateyaneng weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 14°	146	16.8	0	13.7	6.0
Feb	25° / 13°	116	14.7	0	13	6.2
Mar	23° / 11°	110	13.5	0	12.2	6.6
Apr	20° / 7°	75	9.7	0	11.3	6.7
May	18° / 3°	34	4.5	0.1	10.6	7.0
Jun	15° / -1°	20	3	0.5	10.2	5.8
Jul	15° / -1°	13	2.4	0.6	10.3	5.9
Aug	18° / 2°	30	3.9	0.3	11	7.1
Sep	21° / 6°	31	4.7	0.1	11.8	7.9
Oct	23° / 9°	99	10.4	0	12.7	7.1
Nov	24° / 11°	134	12.5	0	13.5	6.8
Dec	25° / 13°	148	15.5	0	13.8	6.3

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. 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 (%)	85	84	84	84	84	83	82	82	82	82	82	80	80	80	80	78	78	78	77	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76
Cloudier (%)	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	23	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Teyateyaneng gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 4.7 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 17% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. 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 (%)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	14
10	14
11	15
12	15
13	16
14	16
15	17
16	17
17	17
18	18
19	18
20	18
21	18
22	19
23	19
24	19
25	20
26	20
27	21
28	21
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 10 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	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	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of September to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 48 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 6:06 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)	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:27	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:53	5:52	5:51
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:27	5:50
2	11.4	6:26	5:51
3	11.4	6:25	5:51
4	11.5	6:24	5:52
5	11.5	6:22	5:52
6	11.5	6:21	5:53
7	11.6	6:20	5:53
8	11.6	6:19	5:54
9	11.6	6:17	5:54
10	11.6	6:16	5:55
11	11.7	6:15	5:56
12	11.7	6:14	5:56
13	11.7	6:12	5:57
14	11.8	6:11	5:57
15	11.8	6:10	5:58
16	11.8	6:08	5:58
17	11.9	6:07	5:59
18	11.9	6:06	5:59
19	11.9	6:05	6:00
20	11.9	6:03	6:00
21	12.0	6:02	6:01
22	12.0	6:01	6:01
23	12.0	6:00	6:02
24	12.1	5:58	6:02
25	12.1	5:57	6:03
26	12.1	5:56	6:04
27	12.2	5:55	6:04
28	12.2	5:53	6:05
29	12.2	5:52	6:05
30	12.2	5:51	6:06

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.58 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in December across the year — September's 5.95 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)	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	6.0	Bright
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.0	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Teyateyaneng

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Teyateyaneng?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Teyateyaneng for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Teyateyaneng in September

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

In September, Teyateyaneng sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

UV index in Teyateyaneng in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Teyateyaneng peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 5 (moderate).

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)	15	13	11	8	6	5	5	7	9	11	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Teyateyaneng 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 Teyateyaneng is worst in July — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 5 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)	6	8	10	12	16	19	20	18	17	11	6	5
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	12	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	5	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Teyateyaneng?

Teyateyaneng sits at 29.1°S, 27.7°E, 1,693 m above sea level, in Lesotho. The nearest listed city is Mabote, 26 km away.

Topography around Teyateyaneng

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Teyateyaneng has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m around an average of 1,609 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 740 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,794 m.

The land around Teyateyaneng is covered by grassland (48%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and cropland (48%) within 16 km, and grassland (70%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

189 m

grassland 48%

16 km

740 m

grassland 48%

80 km

1,794 m

grassland 70%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

September weather nearby: Mabote 26 km · Ladybrand 29 km · Hlohlolwane 31 km · Maseru 32 km · Maputsoe 32 km · Ficksburg 33 km · Hlotse 42 km · Marquard 62 km

Lesotho travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,089; 2025
Happiness: 4.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 38.2; per 100k, 2008
Road deaths: 31.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; 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 Teyateyaneng (-29.1472°, 27.749°, elevation 1,693 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	20	4
2	20	4
3	20	4
4	20	5
5	20	5
6	21	5
7	21	5
8	21	5
9	21	5
10	21	6
11	21	6
12	21	6
13	21	6
14	21	6
15	22	6
16	22	6
17	22	7
18	22	7
19	22	7
20	22	7
21	22	7
22	22	7
23	22	7
24	22	7
25	22	7
26	22	7
27	22	7
28	22	8
29	22	8
30	22	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	76	24
28	76	24
29	76	24
30	76	24

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	12
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	14
10	14
11	15
12	15
13	16
14	16
15	17
16	17
17	17
18	18
19	18
20	18
21	18
22	19
23	19
24	19
25	20
26	20
27	21
28	21
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