Cherkessk weather in September

In September, Cherkessk sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 69 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Cherkessk's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cherkessk's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 69 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:57 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Cherkessk is city in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.

Density: 1,754/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1825

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 24°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical September day in Cherkessk reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 5°C cooler than August and about 6°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)	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8

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

How September really feels in Cherkessk

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.

Cherkessk weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	2° / -7°	38	8.5	7.3	9.1	0.0
Feb	3° / -6°	36	7.5	6.6	10.2	0.0
Mar	8° / -2°	63	11.8	6.5	11.6	1.4
Apr	15° / 4°	79	11.7	1.5	13.2	4.0
May	19° / 9°	108	14.8	0.2	14.5	5.4
Jun	23° / 13°	121	13.6	0	15.3	6.3
Jul	26° / 15°	81	10.4	0	15	6.8
Aug	26° / 15°	76	9.5	0	13.8	7.0
Sep	22° / 10°	69	9	0	12.3	7.0
Oct	16° / 5°	66	9.6	0.8	10.8	5.0
Nov	8° / -1°	48	8.1	3.7	9.4	1.5
Dec	3° / -5°	44	8.6	6.5	8.7	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% 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 39%.

	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 (%)	65	65	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	63	62	63	63	63	63	63	62	61	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	55	54	54	54
Cloudier (%)	35	35	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	37	38	37	37	37	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	45	46	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Cherkessk gets around 69 mm of rain over 9 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 29% and peaks near 31% 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 (%)	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30

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

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 73% 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 (%)	48	50	52	54	56	58	61	62	64	66	67	69	71	73	74	76	77	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	88	89	90	91	92	93
Comfortable (%)	35	35	34	33	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	17	16	15	14	12	11	10	9	8	7
Humid (%)	16	15	14	13	12	11	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	35	16
2	50	35	15
3	52	34	14
4	54	33	13
5	56	32	12
6	58	31	11
7	61	30	9
8	62	30	8
9	64	29	7
10	66	28	6
11	67	28	5
12	69	27	4
13	71	26	3
14	73	25	2
15	74	24	2
16	76	23	1
17	77	22	1
18	79	21	0
19	80	20	0
20	81	19	0
21	83	17	0
22	84	16	0
23	85	15	0
24	86	14	0
25	88	12	0
26	89	11	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0

Wind in September

Winds average 9 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)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of September to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 90 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:39 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 5:48 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)	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:12	6:13	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:42	6:40	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:21	6:19	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:02	6:00	5:58	5:56	5:54	5:52	5:50	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	5:39	6:44
2	13.0	5:40	6:42
3	13.0	5:42	6:40
4	12.9	5:43	6:38
5	12.9	5:44	6:36
6	12.8	5:45	6:34
7	12.8	5:46	6:32
8	12.7	5:48	6:31
9	12.7	5:49	6:29
10	12.6	5:50	6:27
11	12.6	5:51	6:25
12	12.5	5:52	6:23
13	12.5	5:54	6:21
14	12.4	5:55	6:19
15	12.4	5:56	6:17
16	12.3	5:57	6:15
17	12.2	5:58	6:13
18	12.2	6:00	6:11
19	12.1	6:01	6:09
20	12.1	6:02	6:07
21	12.0	6:03	6:05
22	12.0	6:04	6:04
23	11.9	6:06	6:02
24	11.9	6:07	6:00
25	11.8	6:08	5:58
26	11.8	6:09	5:56
27	11.7	6:10	5:54
28	11.7	6:12	5:52
29	11.6	6:13	5:50
30	11.6	6:14	5:48

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in July across the year — September's 4.04 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)	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

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

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Cherkessk?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Cherkessk in September

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

In September, Cherkessk sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Cherkessk in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cherkessk peaks around July 11 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. 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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	2	6	6	9	9	8	6	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	2	Moderate
Apr	6	High
May	6	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Air quality in Cherkessk 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 Cherkessk is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 7 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)	9	10	16	13	13	14	13	12	10	10	10	7
Level	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	10	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	10	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Cherkessk?

Cherkessk sits at 44.2°N, 42.0°E, 544 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Ust’-Dzheguta, 17 km away.

Topography around Cherkessk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cherkessk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 534 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 586 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,012 m.

The land around Cherkessk is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%), grassland (36%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

artificial surfaces 62%

16 km

586 m

cropland 59%

80 km

3,012 m

cropland 41%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

September weather nearby: Ust’-Dzheguta 17 km · Otradnaya 46 km · Nevinnomyssk 46 km · Uchkeken 49 km · Suvorovskaya 49 km · Kochubeyevskoye 49 km · Karachayevsk 51 km · Zelenchukskaya 55 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 32% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $17,547; 2025
Happiness: 5.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 76%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 6.8; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 12; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 521
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 Cherkessk (44.2238°, 42.0462°, elevation 544 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	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	24	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	11
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	22	11
13	22	11
14	22	10
15	22	10
16	22	10
17	22	10
18	21	10
19	21	10
20	21	10
21	21	9
22	21	9
23	20	9
24	20	9
25	20	9
26	20	9
27	20	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	35	16
2	50	35	15
3	52	34	14
4	54	33	13
5	56	32	12
6	58	31	11
7	61	30	9
8	62	30	8
9	64	29	7
10	66	28	6
11	67	28	5
12	69	27	4
13	71	26	3
14	73	25	2
15	74	24	2
16	76	23	1
17	77	22	1
18	79	21	0
19	80	20	0
20	81	19	0
21	83	17	0
22	84	16	0
23	85	15	0
24	86	14	0
25	88	12	0
26	89	11	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	35	16
2	50	35	15
3	52	34	14
4	54	33	13
5	56	32	12
6	58	31	11
7	61	30	9
8	62	30	8
9	64	29	7
10	66	28	6
11	67	28	5
12	69	27	4
13	71	26	3
14	73	25	2
15	74	24	2
16	76	23	1
17	77	22	1
18	79	21	0
19	80	20	0
20	81	19	0
21	83	17	0
22	84	16	0
23	85	15	0
24	86	14	0
25	88	12	0
26	89	11	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	63	37
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	63	37
12	62	38
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	62	38
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	57	43
25	56	44
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	48	35	16
2	50	35	15
3	52	34	14
4	54	33	13
5	56	32	12
6	58	31	11
7	61	30	9
8	62	30	8
9	64	29	7
10	66	28	6
11	67	28	5
12	69	27	4
13	71	26	3
14	73	25	2
15	74	24	2
16	76	23	1
17	77	22	1
18	79	21	0
19	80	20	0
20	81	19	0
21	83	17	0
22	84	16	0
23	85	15	0
24	86	14	0
25	88	12	0
26	89	11	0
27	90	10	0
28	91	9	0
29	92	8	0
30	93	7	0