Villiers weather in September

In September, Villiers sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 22 mm of rain across 3.6 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Villiers's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villiers's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 22 mm; 3.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:05 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 5th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; out of 10

Villiers is place in Free State, South Africa.

Founded: 1891

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 24°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical September day in Villiers reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 4°C warmer than August and about 1°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)	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12

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

How September really feels in Villiers

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.

Villiers 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° / 16°	121	14.8	13.5	6.0
Feb	27° / 16°	90	12	13	6.3
Mar	25° / 14°	81	10.8	12.2	7.0
Apr	23° / 11°	39	6.5	11.4	7.7
May	21° / 7°	15	2.9	10.7	8.2
Jun	18° / 3°	7	1.6	10.3	8.0
Jul	18° / 3°	5	0.9	10.5	8.0
Aug	21° / 6°	14	2.2	11	8.5
Sep	25° / 10°	22	3.6	11.8	8.5
Oct	26° / 13°	79	9.6	12.6	7.1
Nov	26° / 14°	103	12.8	13.3	6.3
Dec	26° / 15°	139	16.4	13.7	5.8

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% 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 17%. 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 (%)	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	85	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	77
Cloudier (%)	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Villiers gets around 22 mm of rain over 3.6 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 13% and peaks near 20% 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 (%)	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	20

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

Wind in September

Winds average 13 km/h in September.

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 48 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:02 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	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:50	5:49	5:48
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.4	6:22	5:48
2	11.5	6:21	5:49
3	11.5	6:20	5:49
4	11.5	6:19	5:50
5	11.5	6:18	5:50
6	11.6	6:16	5:51
7	11.6	6:15	5:51
8	11.6	6:14	5:52
9	11.7	6:13	5:52
10	11.7	6:12	5:53
11	11.7	6:11	5:53
12	11.7	6:09	5:53
13	11.8	6:08	5:54
14	11.8	6:07	5:54
15	11.8	6:06	5:55
16	11.8	6:05	5:55
17	11.9	6:03	5:56
18	11.9	6:02	5:56
19	11.9	6:01	5:57
20	12.0	6:00	5:57
21	12.0	5:59	5:57
22	12.0	5:57	5:58
23	12.0	5:56	5:58
24	12.1	5:55	5:59
25	12.1	5:54	5:59
26	12.1	5:53	6:00
27	12.1	5:52	6:00
28	12.2	5:50	6:01
29	12.2	5:49	6:01
30	12.2	5:48	6:02

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 6.99 kWh/m² in December across the year — September's 6.02 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)	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Intense
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Villiers

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Villiers?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.4

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

September is one of the better times to visit Villiers for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Villiers in September

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

In September, Villiers sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 10°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 4 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Villiers in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Villiers peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 5 (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	13	12	8	6	5	5	7	9	11	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Villiers 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 Villiers is worst in July — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (January, 18 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)	18	23	33	44	56	65	69	59	50	33	25	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	44	Poor
May	56	Unhealthy
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	69	Unhealthy
Aug	59	Unhealthy
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Villiers?

Villiers sits at 27.0°S, 28.6°E, 1,517 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Frankfort, 29 km away.

Topography around Villiers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villiers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 1,520 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 671 m.

The land around Villiers is covered by grassland (62%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

88 m

grassland 62%

16 km

219 m

grassland 57%

80 km

671 m

grassland 58%

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

September weather nearby: Frankfort 29 km · Balfour 41 km · Deneysville 52 km · Heidelberg 63 km · Standerton 64 km · Nigel 68 km · Heilbron 68 km · Vrede 71 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 Villiers (-27.0303°, 28.6006°, elevation 1,517 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	8
2	23	8
3	24	8
4	24	9
5	24	9
6	24	9
7	24	9
8	24	9
9	24	9
10	24	9
11	25	10
12	25	10
13	25	10
14	25	10
15	25	10
16	25	10
17	25	10
18	25	10
19	25	11
20	25	11
21	25	11
22	25	11
23	25	11
24	25	11
25	25	11
26	26	11
27	26	11
28	26	11
29	26	11
30	26	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	85	15
13	84	16
14	83	17
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	82	18
18	82	18
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	81	19
22	81	19
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100