Belen weather in September

In September, Belen sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 179 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in September, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Belen's 3rd-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Belen's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 179 mm; 23.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:48 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

Belen is neighborhood in Iquitos, Peru.

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical September day in Belen reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with 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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
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17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

How September really feels in Belen

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 30 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

The story in September is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Belen weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 24°	252	25.9	12.2	3.0
Feb	30° / 24°	233	24.5	12.1	2.9
Mar	30° / 24°	304	28.4	12	2.8
Apr	30° / 23°	294	27.3	11.9	2.9
May	29° / 23°	271	26.7	11.8	3.2
Jun	29° / 23°	219	25	11.8	3.4
Jul	29° / 22°	166	23.3	11.8	3.8
Aug	30° / 22°	154	21.8	11.9	3.6
Sep	31° / 23°	179	23.5	12	3.2
Oct	31° / 23°	201	25.9	12.1	2.9
Nov	30° / 24°	235	25.8	12.2	2.9
Dec	30° / 24°	263	27.2	12.2	2.9

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. 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 (%)	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	24	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	23	23
Cloudier (%)	69	69	69	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	76	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	23	77
30	23	77

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Belen gets around 179 mm of rain over 23.5 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 78% and peaks near 81% 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 (%)	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	76
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	80
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the oppressive band about 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oppressive (%)	65	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	48
Miserable (%)	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	52

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	65	33
2	2	64	34
3	2	63	35
4	2	62	36
5	2	61	37
6	2	60	38
7	2	59	39
8	2	58	40
9	2	57	41
10	2	56	42
11	2	55	43
12	2	54	44
13	1	54	45
14	1	53	46
15	1	53	46
16	1	52	47
17	1	52	47
18	1	51	48
19	1	51	48
20	1	51	48
21	1	50	49
22	1	50	49
23	0	50	50
24	0	50	50
25	0	49	51
26	0	49	51
27	0	49	51
28	0	49	51
29	0	49	51
30	0	48	52

Wind in September

Winds average 4 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
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30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:43 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41
Sunset (PM)	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:55	5:51
2	11.9	5:54	5:50
3	11.9	5:54	5:50
4	11.9	5:54	5:50
5	11.9	5:53	5:50
6	11.9	5:53	5:49
7	11.9	5:52	5:49
8	12.0	5:52	5:49
9	12.0	5:51	5:49
10	12.0	5:51	5:48
11	12.0	5:50	5:48
12	12.0	5:50	5:48
13	12.0	5:49	5:48
14	12.0	5:49	5:47
15	12.0	5:48	5:47
16	12.0	5:48	5:47
17	12.0	5:47	5:46
18	12.0	5:47	5:46
19	12.0	5:46	5:46
20	12.0	5:46	5:46
21	12.0	5:46	5:45
22	12.0	5:45	5:45
23	12.0	5:45	5:45
24	12.0	5:44	5:45
25	12.0	5:44	5:44
26	12.0	5:43	5:44
27	12.0	5:43	5:44
28	12.0	5:42	5:44
29	12.0	5:42	5:43
30	12.0	5:41	5:43

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.14 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.14 kWh/m² in September across the year — September's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
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10	5.1	Bright
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20	5.2	Bright
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24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Belen?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Belen.

What to pack for Belen in September

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

In September, Belen sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Belen in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Belen peaks around February 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 9 (very high).

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	16	15	12	13	11	10	9	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Belen 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 Belen is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (June, 9 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)	14	15	15	12	10	9	10	13	15	10	11	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	12	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	12	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Belen?

Belen sits at 3.8°S, 73.2°W, 102 m above sea level, in Peru. The nearest listed city is Iquitos, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Belen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Belen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 90 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m.

The land around Belen is covered by trees (37%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

34 m

trees 37%

16 km

78 m

trees 79%

80 km

116 m

trees 96%

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

September weather nearby: Iquitos 1.0 km · San Juan 4.0 km · Requena 159 km · Atalaia do Norte 346 km · Benjamin Constant 363 km · Leticia 371 km · Tabatinga 371 km · Yurimaguas 397 km

Peru travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B / C; 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 51% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $9,684; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 49%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 8.6; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 13.6; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 519
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 Belen (-3.7602°, -73.2497°, elevation 102 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	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	76
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	80
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	65	33
2	2	64	34
3	2	63	35
4	2	62	36
5	2	61	37
6	2	60	38
7	2	59	39
8	2	58	40
9	2	57	41
10	2	56	42
11	2	55	43
12	2	54	44
13	1	54	45
14	1	53	46
15	1	53	46
16	1	52	47
17	1	52	47
18	1	51	48
19	1	51	48
20	1	51	48
21	1	50	49
22	1	50	49
23	0	50	50
24	0	50	50
25	0	49	51
26	0	49	51
27	0	49	51
28	0	49	51
29	0	49	51
30	0	48	52

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	76
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	80
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	65	33
2	2	64	34
3	2	63	35
4	2	62	36
5	2	61	37
6	2	60	38
7	2	59	39
8	2	58	40
9	2	57	41
10	2	56	42
11	2	55	43
12	2	54	44
13	1	54	45
14	1	53	46
15	1	53	46
16	1	52	47
17	1	52	47
18	1	51	48
19	1	51	48
20	1	51	48
21	1	50	49
22	1	50	49
23	0	50	50
24	0	50	50
25	0	49	51
26	0	49	51
27	0	49	51
28	0	49	51
29	0	49	51
30	0	48	52

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	27	73
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	24	76
22	25	75
23	25	75
24	25	75
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	23	77
30	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	76
4	76
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	76
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	80
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	2	65	33
2	2	64	34
3	2	63	35
4	2	62	36
5	2	61	37
6	2	60	38
7	2	59	39
8	2	58	40
9	2	57	41
10	2	56	42
11	2	55	43
12	2	54	44
13	1	54	45
14	1	53	46
15	1	53	46
16	1	52	47
17	1	52	47
18	1	51	48
19	1	51	48
20	1	51	48
21	1	50	49
22	1	50	49
23	0	50	50
24	0	50	50
25	0	49	51
26	0	49	51
27	0	49	51
28	0	49	51
29	0	49	51
30	0	48	52