Mpophomeni weather in September

In September, Mpophomeni sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 54 mm of precipitation across 9.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Mpophomeni's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mpophomeni's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 5th coldest
Precipitation: 54 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:59 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 5th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Mpophomeni is human settlement in South Africa.

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 23°C through the month.

A typical September day in Mpophomeni reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 2°C warmer than 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)	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 low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Mpophomeni weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 16°	157	18.6	13.7	5.3
Feb	26° / 16°	132	15.8	13.1	5.6
Mar	25° / 15°	110	15.2	12.2	6.1
Apr	23° / 12°	66	10.1	11.3	7.0
May	21° / 9°	30	5.4	10.5	7.7
Jun	20° / 6°	23	3.9	10.1	7.7
Jul	20° / 5°	29	4	10.3	7.8
Aug	21° / 8°	36	6.5	10.9	7.5
Sep	23° / 10°	54	9.6	11.8	7.0
Oct	23° / 12°	101	16.2	12.7	5.9
Nov	24° / 13°	126	18.3	13.5	5.4
Dec	25° / 15°	149	20.5	13.9	5.2

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%. 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 (%)	71	71	70	70	69	68	68	67	66	64	64	63	62	61	60	60	59	58	57	57	55	55	55	53	53	52	51	50	49	48
Cloudier (%)	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	36	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	42	43	43	45	45	45	47	47	48	49	50	51	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	48	52

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Mpophomeni gets around 54 mm of rain and snow over 9.6 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 33% and peaks near 42% 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 (%)	25	26	26	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	40	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	28
6	28
7	29
8	29
9	30
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	40
30	42

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 94% 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	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	96	95	95	94	93	93	92	91	91	90	89	89	88	87	86	85	84
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	9	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	96	4
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	90	10
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	87	13
28	86	14
29	85	15
30	84	16

Wind in September

Winds average 8 km/h in September, the windiest month of the year.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
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4	8	calm
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28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 54 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:56 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	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:42	5:41
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:18	5:40
2	11.4	6:16	5:41
3	11.4	6:15	5:41
4	11.5	6:14	5:42
5	11.5	6:13	5:42
6	11.5	6:12	5:43
7	11.6	6:10	5:43
8	11.6	6:09	5:44
9	11.6	6:08	5:45
10	11.6	6:07	5:45
11	11.7	6:05	5:46
12	11.7	6:04	5:46
13	11.7	6:03	5:47
14	11.8	6:01	5:47
15	11.8	6:00	5:48
16	11.8	5:59	5:48
17	11.9	5:58	5:49
18	11.9	5:56	5:49
19	11.9	5:55	5:50
20	11.9	5:54	5:50
21	12.0	5:52	5:51
22	12.0	5:51	5:52
23	12.0	5:50	5:52
24	12.1	5:49	5:53
25	12.1	5:47	5:53
26	12.1	5:46	5:54
27	12.2	5:45	5:54
28	12.2	5:44	5:55
29	12.2	5:42	5:56
30	12.3	5:41	5:56

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in December across the year — September's 4.83 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)	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.6	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Mpophomeni

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Mpophomeni?

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

7.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mpophomeni in September

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

In September, Mpophomeni sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

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UV index in Mpophomeni in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mpophomeni peaks around January 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (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	7	6	4	4	6	7	11	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Mpophomeni 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 Mpophomeni is worst in July — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (December, 17 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)	17	21	27	37	51	57	71	58	49	28	25	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	21	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	37	Poor
May	51	Poor
Jun	57	Unhealthy
Jul	71	Unhealthy
Aug	58	Unhealthy
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mpophomeni?

Mpophomeni sits at 29.6°S, 30.2°E, 1,103 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Howick, 11 km away.

Topography around Mpophomeni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mpophomeni has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 356 m around an average of 1,154 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,101 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,371 m.

The land around Mpophomeni is covered by grassland (70%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

356 m

grassland 70%

16 km

1,101 m

grassland 46%

80 km

3,371 m

grassland 49%

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

September weather nearby: Howick 11 km · Pietermaritzburg 21 km · Richmond 35 km · Mooi River 44 km · Mpumalanga 51 km · Greytown 69 km · Estcourt 69 km · Wembesi 70 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / M / N; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 5.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 68%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 43.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 22.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
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 Mpophomeni (-29.5682°, 30.1862°, elevation 1,103 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	23	9
2	23	9
3	23	9
4	23	9
5	23	9
6	23	10
7	23	10
8	23	10
9	23	10
10	23	10
11	23	10
12	23	10
13	23	10
14	23	10
15	23	10
16	23	10
17	23	10
18	23	10
19	23	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	11
24	23	11
25	23	11
26	23	11
27	23	11
28	23	11
29	23	11
30	23	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	28
6	28
7	29
8	29
9	30
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	40
30	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	96	4
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	90	10
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	87	13
28	86	14
29	85	15
30	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	28
6	28
7	29
8	29
9	30
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	40
30	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	96	4
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	90	10
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	87	13
28	86	14
29	85	15
30	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	69	31
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	67	33
9	66	34
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	62	38
14	61	39
15	60	40
16	60	40
17	59	41
18	58	42
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	52	48
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	49	51
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	28
6	28
7	29
8	29
9	30
10	31
11	31
12	32
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	33
19	33
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	40
30	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	97	3
12	97	3
13	97	3
14	96	4
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	94	6
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	90	10
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	88	12
27	87	13
28	86	14
29	85	15
30	84	16