Pietermaritzburg weather in September

In September, Pietermaritzburg sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 56 mm of rain across 9.5 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 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Pietermaritzburg's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pietermaritzburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 56 mm; 9.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 5:58 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 6th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.7 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.2; out of 10

Pietermaritzburg is city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Density: 6,661/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1839

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 24°C through the month.

A typical September day in Pietermaritzburg reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 1°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Pietermaritzburg 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	27° / 17°	134	18	13.7	5.3
Feb	27° / 17°	113	14.9	13.1	5.5
Mar	26° / 16°	96	14.3	12.2	6.1
Apr	24° / 14°	58	9.7	11.3	7.1
May	23° / 10°	29	5.1	10.5	8.1
Jun	21° / 7°	20	3.4	10.1	8.2
Jul	21° / 7°	29	3.8	10.3	8.1
Aug	23° / 9°	32	5.9	10.9	7.9
Sep	24° / 12°	56	9.5	11.8	7.2
Oct	24° / 13°	92	15.4	12.7	6.1
Nov	25° / 14°	116	17.2	13.5	5.5
Dec	26° / 16°	129	19.2	13.9	5.2

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. 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 (%)	68	68	67	66	66	65	64	64	63	62	62	61	60	60	59	58	58	57	57	56	56	54	54	53	52	51	51	50	48	48
Cloudier (%)	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	46	46	47	48	49	49	50	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	48	52
30	48	52

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Pietermaritzburg gets around 56 mm of rain over 9.5 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 32% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	37	38	39	40	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	25
3	25
4	26
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	40
30	41

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 83% 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 (%)	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	90	90	89	88	87	86	85	84	82	81	80	79	78	76	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	67
Comfortable (%)	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	92	8	0
8	91	9	0
9	90	10	0
10	90	10	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	87	13	0
14	86	14	0
15	85	15	0
16	84	16	0
17	82	18	0
18	81	19	0
19	80	20	0
20	79	21	0
21	78	22	0
22	76	23	1
23	75	24	1
24	74	25	1
25	73	26	1
26	72	27	1
27	71	28	1
28	70	29	1
29	69	30	1
30	67	31	2

Wind in September

Winds average 8 km/h in September.

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
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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 6:17 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:55 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)	6:17	6:16	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:17	5:39
2	11.4	6:16	5:40
3	11.4	6:14	5:40
4	11.5	6:13	5:41
5	11.5	6:12	5:42
6	11.5	6:11	5:42
7	11.6	6:10	5:43
8	11.6	6:08	5:43
9	11.6	6:07	5:44
10	11.6	6:06	5:44
11	11.7	6:04	5:45
12	11.7	6:03	5:45
13	11.7	6:02	5:46
14	11.8	6:01	5:46
15	11.8	5:59	5:47
16	11.8	5:58	5:47
17	11.9	5:57	5:48
18	11.9	5:55	5:49
19	11.9	5:54	5:49
20	11.9	5:53	5:50
21	12.0	5:52	5:50
22	12.0	5:50	5:51
23	12.0	5:49	5:51
24	12.1	5:48	5:52
25	12.1	5:46	5:52
26	12.1	5:45	5:53
27	12.2	5:44	5:54
28	12.2	5:43	5:54
29	12.2	5:41	5:55
30	12.3	5:40	5:55

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.7 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.29 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in January across the year — September's 4.7 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)	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Pietermaritzburg

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Is September a good time to visit Pietermaritzburg?

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

7.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Pietermaritzburg in September

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

In September, Pietermaritzburg sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pietermaritzburg 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 Pietermaritzburg peaks around January 16 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)	14	13	11	6	5	4	4	6	7	11	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	5	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	7	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Pietermaritzburg 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 Pietermaritzburg is worst in July — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (January, 22 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)	22	28	42	60	91	92	100	77	62	39	35	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	42	Poor
Apr	60	Unhealthy
May	91	Unhealthy
Jun	92	Unhealthy
Jul	100	Unhealthy
Aug	77	Unhealthy
Sep	62	Unhealthy
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	35	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Pietermaritzburg?

Pietermaritzburg sits at 29.6°S, 30.4°E, 636 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Mpophomeni, 21 km away.

Topography around Pietermaritzburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pietermaritzburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 653 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,026 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,321 m.

The land around Pietermaritzburg is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

130 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

1,026 m

trees 43%

80 km

2,321 m

grassland 40%

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

September weather nearby: Mpophomeni 21 km · Howick 22 km · Richmond 31 km · Mpumalanga 32 km · Pinetown 53 km · Ntuzuma 55 km · Folweni 58 km · Mooi River 60 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 Pietermaritzburg (-29.6168°, 30.3928°, elevation 636 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	11
2	24	11
3	24	11
4	24	11
5	24	11
6	24	11
7	24	11
8	24	11
9	24	11
10	24	11
11	24	11
12	24	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	12
16	24	12
17	24	12
18	24	12
19	24	12
20	24	12
21	24	12
22	24	12
23	24	12
24	24	12
25	24	12
26	24	12
27	24	12
28	24	12
29	24	12
30	24	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	25
3	25
4	26
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	40
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	92	8	0
8	91	9	0
9	90	10	0
10	90	10	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	87	13	0
14	86	14	0
15	85	15	0
16	84	16	0
17	82	18	0
18	81	19	0
19	80	20	0
20	79	21	0
21	78	22	0
22	76	23	1
23	75	24	1
24	74	25	1
25	73	26	1
26	72	27	1
27	71	28	1
28	70	29	1
29	69	30	1
30	67	31	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	25
3	25
4	26
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	40
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	92	8	0
8	91	9	0
9	90	10	0
10	90	10	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	87	13	0
14	86	14	0
15	85	15	0
16	84	16	0
17	82	18	0
18	81	19	0
19	80	20	0
20	79	21	0
21	78	22	0
22	76	23	1
23	75	24	1
24	74	25	1
25	73	26	1
26	72	27	1
27	71	28	1
28	70	29	1
29	69	30	1
30	67	31	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	65	35
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	63	37
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	53	47
25	52	48
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	50	50
29	48	52
30	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	24
2	25
3	25
4	26
5	27
6	28
7	28
8	29
9	30
10	30
11	31
12	31
13	32
14	32
15	33
16	33
17	33
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	36
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	40
30	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	94	6	0
2	94	6	0
3	94	6	0
4	93	7	0
5	93	7	0
6	92	8	0
7	92	8	0
8	91	9	0
9	90	10	0
10	90	10	0
11	89	11	0
12	88	12	0
13	87	13	0
14	86	14	0
15	85	15	0
16	84	16	0
17	82	18	0
18	81	19	0
19	80	20	0
20	79	21	0
21	78	22	0
22	76	23	1
23	75	24	1
24	74	25	1
25	73	26	1
26	72	27	1
27	71	28	1
28	70	29	1
29	69	30	1
30	67	31	2