Gisborne weather in September

In September, Gisborne sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 70 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 16°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 11 h 06 min at the start of September to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Gisborne's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gisborne's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 70 mm; 10.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 7:10 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 5th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Gisborne is city in New Zealand.

Density: 992/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 climb over the month, from about 14°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical September day in Gisborne reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 2°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)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Gisborne weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	22° / 16°	63	7.5	14.4	7.1
Feb	22° / 16°	57	7.6	13.5	6.9
Mar	21° / 14°	72	8.4	12.3	6.7
Apr	19° / 12°	75	9.3	11	6.1
May	16° / 10°	74	9.7	9.9	5.3
Jun	14° / 8°	88	10.7	9.4	4.1
Jul	13° / 8°	98	12.1	9.6	3.5
Aug	14° / 7°	82	12.1	10.5	3.8
Sep	15° / 9°	70	10.5	11.7	4.6
Oct	17° / 10°	66	9.7	13	5.6
Nov	19° / 12°	57	9.1	14.1	6.2
Dec	21° / 14°	63	9.7	14.7	6.5

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 20% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	54	54	54	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	55	56	56	56	56
Cloudier (%)	46	46	46	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	45	44	44	44	44

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

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Gisborne gets around 70 mm of rain over 10.5 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 35% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	35	35	35	35

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

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 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in September

Winds average 16 km/h in September.

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 06 min at the start of September to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 7:34 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 7:08 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)	11.1	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:34	7:33	7:31	7:29	7:28	7:26	7:25	7:23	7:21	7:20	7:18	7:16	7:15	7:13	7:11	7:10	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:03	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:56	6:55	6:53	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:47
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:55	6:56	6:57	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.1	7:34	6:41
2	11.2	7:33	6:42
3	11.2	7:31	6:43
4	11.2	7:29	6:44
5	11.3	7:28	6:45
6	11.3	7:26	6:46
7	11.4	7:25	6:47
8	11.4	7:23	6:48
9	11.5	7:21	6:49
10	11.5	7:20	6:49
11	11.5	7:18	6:50
12	11.6	7:16	6:51
13	11.6	7:15	6:52
14	11.7	7:13	6:53
15	11.7	7:11	6:54
16	11.8	7:10	6:55
17	11.8	7:08	6:56
18	11.8	7:06	6:57
19	11.9	7:05	6:58
20	11.9	7:03	6:59
21	12.0	7:01	6:59
22	12.0	7:00	7:00
23	12.1	6:58	7:01
24	12.1	6:56	7:02
25	12.1	6:55	7:03
26	12.2	6:53	7:04
27	12.2	6:52	7:05
28	12.3	6:50	7:06
29	12.3	6:48	7:07
30	12.4	6:47	7:08

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in January across the year — September's 4.09 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

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

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Gisborne?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Gisborne for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gisborne in September

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

In September, Gisborne sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Gisborne in September

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in September — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 20°C and coldest in August near 14°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)	19	20	19	18	17	15	14	14	14	15	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	19	Cool
Feb	20	Cool
Mar	19	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	15	Bracing
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Gisborne 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 Gisborne peaks around December 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	11	7	5	3	2	2	3	5	7	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	7	Very high
Apr	5	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	2	Low
Jul	2	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Gisborne?

Gisborne sits at 38.7°S, 178.0°E, 10 m above sea level, in New Zealand. The nearest listed city is Whakatane, 118 km away.

Topography around Gisborne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gisborne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m around an average of 17 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,632 m.

The land around Gisborne is covered by grassland (42%), artificial surfaces (22%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (37%), water (31%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (37%), trees (35%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

230 m

grassland 42%

16 km

474 m

grassland 37%

80 km

1,632 m

water 37%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

September weather nearby: Whakatane 118 km · Napier 133 km · Hastings 148 km · Rotorua 164 km · Taupo 167 km · Tauranga 193 km · Cambridge 240 km · Hamilton East 256 km

New Zealand travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 86% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $49,591; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.5; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 9.6; 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 Gisborne (-38.6533°, 178.0042°, 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	14	8
2	14	8
3	14	8
4	14	8
5	14	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	9
15	15	9
16	15	9
17	15	9
18	15	9
19	15	9
20	16	9
21	16	9
22	16	9
23	16	9
24	16	9
25	16	9
26	16	9
27	16	9
28	16	9
29	16	9
30	16	9

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1