Vredenburg weather in September

In September, Vredenburg sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 23 mm of rain across 5.4 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of September to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Vredenburg's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vredenburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 23 mm; 5.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:48 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 10th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.2; out of 10

Vredenburg is town in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Density: 3,344/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1875

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 17°C through the month.

A typical September day in Vredenburg reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 1°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Vredenburg weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 17°	7	1.5	13.9	8.5
Feb	21° / 17°	6	1.3	13.2	8.5
Mar	20° / 16°	8	1.6	12.3	8.1
Apr	19° / 15°	19	3.3	11.2	7.3
May	17° / 14°	31	5.5	10.3	6.5
Jun	16° / 12°	53	8.3	9.9	5.6
Jul	16° / 12°	47	6.8	10.1	5.6
Aug	16° / 12°	41	6.9	10.8	5.6
Sep	17° / 13°	23	5.4	11.8	6.2
Oct	18° / 14°	12	2.9	12.8	7.2
Nov	19° / 15°	13	2.7	13.7	7.6
Dec	20° / 16°	7	1.8	14.1	8.2

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 31%.

	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 (%)	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72
Cloudier (%)	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Vredenburg gets around 23 mm of rain over 5.4 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 18% and peaks near 20% 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 (%)	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	15	14

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

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 84% 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 (%)	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	79	79	78	78
Comfortable (%)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	78	22

Wind in September

Winds average 20 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 21 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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	19	light breeze
3	19	light breeze
4	19	light breeze
5	19	light breeze
6	19	light breeze
7	19	light breeze
8	19	light breeze
9	19	light breeze
10	20	light breeze
11	20	light breeze
12	20	light breeze
13	20	light breeze
14	20	light breeze
15	20	light breeze
16	20	breezy
17	20	breezy
18	20	breezy
19	20	breezy
20	20	breezy
21	20	breezy
22	20	breezy
23	20	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	21	breezy
28	21	breezy
29	21	breezy
30	21	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 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 60 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 7:09 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:26 PM to 6:46 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)	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:09	7:08	7:06	7:05	7:04	7:02	7:01	7:00	6:58	6:57	6:55	6:54	6:53	6:51	6:50	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:44	6:43	6:41	6:40	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:30	6:29
Sunset (PM)	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	7:09	6:26
2	11.3	7:08	6:27
3	11.4	7:06	6:28
4	11.4	7:05	6:28
5	11.4	7:04	6:29
6	11.5	7:02	6:30
7	11.5	7:01	6:30
8	11.5	7:00	6:31
9	11.6	6:58	6:32
10	11.6	6:57	6:32
11	11.6	6:55	6:33
12	11.7	6:54	6:34
13	11.7	6:53	6:34
14	11.7	6:51	6:35
15	11.8	6:50	6:36
16	11.8	6:48	6:36
17	11.8	6:47	6:37
18	11.9	6:46	6:38
19	11.9	6:44	6:38
20	11.9	6:43	6:39
21	12.0	6:41	6:40
22	12.0	6:40	6:40
23	12.0	6:38	6:41
24	12.1	6:37	6:42
25	12.1	6:36	6:42
26	12.1	6:34	6:43
27	12.2	6:33	6:44
28	12.2	6:32	6:45
29	12.3	6:30	6:45
30	12.3	6:29	6:46

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 8.39 kWh/m² in December across the year — September's 5.06 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)	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.9
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	4.3	Bright
2	4.4	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Vredenburg?

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

6.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Vredenburg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vredenburg in September

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

In September, Vredenburg sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layersun protection

Sea temperature near Vredenburg in September

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in September — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in July near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	15	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	15	Bracing
Jul	15	Bracing
Aug	15	Bracing
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Vredenburg 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 Vredenburg peaks around January 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (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	11	10	6	4	3	3	5	6	10	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Vredenburg?

Vredenburg sits at 32.9°S, 18.0°E, 129 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Saldanha, 12 km away.

Topography around Vredenburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vredenburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 110 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,454 m.

The land around Vredenburg is covered by cropland (57%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) within 16 km, and water (46%), cropland (25%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

136 m

cropland 57%

16 km

263 m

cropland 46%

80 km

1,454 m

water 46%

shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

September weather nearby: Saldanha 12 km · Moorreesburg 68 km · Atlantis 87 km · Malmesbury 92 km · Durbanville 120 km · Cape Town 120 km · Kraaifontein 125 km · Wellington 125 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 Vredenburg (-32.9072°, 17.99°, elevation 129 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. 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	16	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	13
5	16	13
6	16	13
7	16	13
8	16	13
9	16	13
10	17	13
11	17	13
12	17	13
13	17	13
14	17	13
15	17	13
16	17	13
17	17	13
18	17	13
19	17	13
20	17	13
21	17	13
22	17	13
23	17	13
24	17	13
25	17	13
26	17	13
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	17	13
30	17	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	67	33
2	67	33
3	67	33
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	67	33
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	69	31
16	69	31
17	69	31
18	69	31
19	69	31
20	70	30
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	72	28
30	72	28

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	89	11
7	89	11
8	88	12
9	88	12
10	87	13
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	84	16
16	84	16
17	83	17
18	83	17
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	81	19
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	78	22