Lázaro Cárdenas weather in September

In September, Lázaro Cárdenas sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in September, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Lázaro Cárdenas's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lázaro Cárdenas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:33 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover
21%
1st clearest
Wind
17 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
9.3
out of 10

Lázaro Cárdenas is town in San Quintín Municipality, State of Baja California, Mexico.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical September day in Lázaro Cárdenas reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and about 2°C warmer than October.

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Lázaro Cárdenas weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan17° / 12°323.510.26.6
Feb17° / 12°394.410.96.3
Mar17° / 13°273.111.86.8
Apr18° / 13°61.412.77.6
May19° / 14°20.413.57.9
Jun20° / 16°10.213.98.3
Jul22° / 18°10.213.88.8
Aug23° / 19°20.213.19.2
Sep24° / 19°40.512.29.3
Oct22° / 17°110.911.38.7
Nov19° / 15°111.810.57.9
Dec17° / 12°273.310.16.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in September, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1946
2946
3946
4946
5955
6955
7955
8955
9955
10955
11946
12946
13946
14946
15946
16937
17928
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24928
25919
26919
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30919

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Lázaro Cárdenas gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 2% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
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Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of September feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, September lands in the humid band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 22% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
101350343
201350343
301449333
401450333
501550323
611650304
711750294
811850274
911950264
1012051244
1112152224
1212351214
1312453193
1412553183
1512653173
1612754153
1722852153
1822953142
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2023152132
2123251132
2223252122
2333351121
2433450121
2543549121
2643648111
2753747111
2863846101
297394591
308404391

Wind in September

Winds average 17 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of September to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:24 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:246:03
212.65:256:02
312.65:256:00
412.65:265:59
512.55:265:58
612.55:275:57
712.55:275:55
812.45:285:54
912.45:295:53
1012.45:295:51
1112.35:305:50
1212.35:305:49
1312.35:315:47
1412.25:315:46
1512.25:325:45
1612.25:335:44
1712.25:335:42
1812.15:345:41
1912.15:345:40
2012.15:355:38
2112.05:355:37
2212.05:365:36
2312.05:375:34
2411.95:375:33
2511.95:385:32
2611.95:385:30
2711.85:395:29
2811.85:405:28
2911.85:405:26
3011.75:415:25

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.79 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 6.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.6Intense
26.5Intense
36.5Intense
46.5Intense
56.5Intense
66.5Intense
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96.4Intense
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246.0Bright
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Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Lázaro Cárdenas?

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

9.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Lázaro Cárdenas for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lázaro Cárdenas in September

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

In September, Lázaro Cárdenas sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 19°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Lázaro Cárdenas in September

The nearest coast averages about 20°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 18 km away) is warmest in September at about 20°C and coldest in March near 15°C.

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

14°16°18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan16Cool
Feb16Cool
Mar15Cool
Apr15Cool
May16Cool
Jun17Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug20Cool
Sep20Cool
Oct19Cool
Nov18Cool
Dec17Cool

UV index in Lázaro Cárdenas 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 Lázaro Cárdenas peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 11Dec 18UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5High
Mar6High
Apr9Very high
May8Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct7High
Nov5Moderate
Dec3Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lázaro Cárdenas?

Lázaro Cárdenas sits at 30.5°N, 115.9°W, 50 m above sea level, in Mexico. The nearest listed city is San Felipe, 118 km away.

Ciudad Guadalupe VictoriaRosaritoLas DeliciasVilla del Prado 2da SecciónPuebla

Topography around Lázaro Cárdenas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lázaro Cárdenas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 525 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,027 m.

The land around Lázaro Cárdenas is covered by cropland (34%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (45%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (59%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
525 m
80 km
3,027 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
September weather nearby: San Felipe 118 km · Rodolfo Sánchez Taboada 146 km · Ensenada 163 km · Ciudad Guadalupe Victoria 211 km · Rosarito 230 km · Las Delicias 230 km · Villa del Prado 2da Sección 233 km · Puebla 233 km

Mexico travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 / 127 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 54% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$13,889
2025
Happiness
7.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
24.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 440
Religion
Catholic 78%no religion 11%other Evangelical Churches 8%Jehovah Witness 1%

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 Lázaro Cárdenas (30.5266°, -115.9314°, elevation 50 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).