Falun weather in September

In September, Falun sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 47 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 hours at the start of September to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Falun's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Falun's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 47 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:35 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 5th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Falun is urban area in Falun Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 4.7 µg/m³ · 2016
Founded: 1641

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 17°C in the first days to 12°C by the end.

A typical September day in Falun reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 5°C cooler than August and about 7°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

How September really feels in Falun

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.

Falun weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 5th-warmest and 7th-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°	37	8.4	7.6	6.2	0.0
Feb	-1° / -7°	27	7.1	7	8.5	0.0
Mar	4° / -5°	30	7.2	5.9	11.3	0.1
Apr	9° / -1°	36	7.9	2.5	14.2	2.0
May	15° / 4°	55	11	0.7	16.9	4.4
Jun	19° / 9°	75	12.1	0	18.5	5.6
Jul	21° / 11°	78	12.6	0	17.9	6.0
Aug	20° / 10°	81	13.3	0	15.4	5.7
Sep	15° / 7°	47	9	0	12.6	4.4
Oct	8° / 2°	55	9.8	1.1	9.7	1.4
Nov	3° / -2°	49	9.5	4.8	7	0.0
Dec	-1° / -5°	44	10	8	5.5	0.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 65%.

	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 (%)	30	31	31	33	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	36	37	37	36	35	35	35	34
Cloudier (%)	70	69	69	67	68	67	67	66	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	64	63	63	64	65	65	65	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Falun gets around 47 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 31% and peaks near 36% 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 (%)	36	35	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	33	33

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

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 97% 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 (%)	88	90	91	92	93	94	95	95	95	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	9	3
2	90	8	2
3	91	7	2
4	92	6	2
5	93	5	2
6	94	5	1
7	95	4	1
8	95	4	1
9	95	4	1
10	97	3	0
11	97	3	0
12	97	3	0
13	97	3	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	99	1	0
20	99	1	0
21	99	1	0
22	99	1	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0

Wind in September

Winds average 11 km/h in September.

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 hours at the start of September to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 168 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 4:58 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 5:23 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)	14.0	13.9	13.8	13.7	13.6	13.5	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.1	13.0	12.9	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.1	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.4	11.3	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	4:58	5:00	5:03	5:05	5:08	5:10	5:13	5:15	5:18	5:20	5:23	5:25	5:28	5:30	5:33	5:35	5:38	5:40	5:43	5:45	5:48	5:50	5:53	5:55	5:58	6:00	6:03	6:05	6:08	6:10
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:53	6:50	6:47	6:44	6:41	6:37	6:34	6:31	6:28	6:24	6:21	6:18	6:15	6:12	6:08	6:05	6:02	5:59	5:55	5:52	5:49	5:46	5:42	5:39	5:36	5:33	5:30	5:26	5:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.0	4:58	6:56
2	13.9	5:00	6:53
3	13.8	5:03	6:50
4	13.7	5:05	6:47
5	13.6	5:08	6:44
6	13.5	5:10	6:41
7	13.4	5:13	6:37
8	13.3	5:15	6:34
9	13.2	5:18	6:31
10	13.1	5:20	6:28
11	13.0	5:23	6:24
12	12.9	5:25	6:21
13	12.8	5:28	6:18
14	12.7	5:30	6:15
15	12.6	5:33	6:12
16	12.5	5:35	6:08
17	12.5	5:38	6:05
18	12.4	5:40	6:02
19	12.3	5:43	5:59
20	12.2	5:45	5:55
21	12.1	5:48	5:52
22	12.0	5:50	5:49
23	11.9	5:53	5:46
24	11.8	5:55	5:42
25	11.7	5:58	5:39
26	11.6	6:00	5:36
27	11.5	6:03	5:33
28	11.4	6:05	5:30
29	11.3	6:08	5:26
30	11.2	6:10	5:23

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 2.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 2.41 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)	3.0	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.7
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.6	Moderate
12	2.6	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.4	Moderate
16	2.4	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.1	Moderate
22	2.1	Moderate
23	2.0	Moderate
24	2.0	Moderate
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.8	Dim
29	1.8	Dim
30	1.7	Dim

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Falun?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

0.4

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Falun for sightseeing.

What to pack for Falun in September

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

In September, Falun sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Falun in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Falun peaks around June 17 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Falun?

Falun sits at 60.6°N, 15.6°E, 97 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Borlänge, 17 km away.

Topography around Falun

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Falun has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 566 m.

The land around Falun is covered by trees (60%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km

209 m

trees 60%

16 km

345 m

trees 70%

80 km

566 m

trees 82%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

September weather nearby: Borlänge 17 km · Ludvika 56 km · Sandviken 62 km · Gävle 83 km · Västerås 121 km · Köping 123 km · Enköping 134 km · Gamla Uppsala 136 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 87% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $63,133; 2025
Happiness: 7.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 609
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 Falun (60.6036°, 15.626°, elevation 97 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. 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	17	9
2	17	8
3	17	8
4	17	8
5	17	8
6	17	8
7	16	8
8	16	8
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	15	7
14	15	7
15	15	7
16	15	7
17	15	6
18	14	6
19	14	6
20	14	6
21	14	6
22	14	6
23	14	6
24	13	5
25	13	5
26	13	5
27	13	5
28	12	5
29	12	5
30	12	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	9	3
2	90	8	2
3	91	7	2
4	92	6	2
5	93	5	2
6	94	5	1
7	95	4	1
8	95	4	1
9	95	4	1
10	97	3	0
11	97	3	0
12	97	3	0
13	97	3	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	99	1	0
20	99	1	0
21	99	1	0
22	99	1	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	9	3
2	90	8	2
3	91	7	2
4	92	6	2
5	93	5	2
6	94	5	1
7	95	4	1
8	95	4	1
9	95	4	1
10	97	3	0
11	97	3	0
12	97	3	0
13	97	3	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	99	1	0
20	99	1	0
21	99	1	0
22	99	1	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	33	67
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	36	64
12	36	64
13	36	64
14	36	64
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	36	64
19	36	64
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	34	66

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	9	3
2	90	8	2
3	91	7	2
4	92	6	2
5	93	5	2
6	94	5	1
7	95	4	1
8	95	4	1
9	95	4	1
10	97	3	0
11	97	3	0
12	97	3	0
13	97	3	0
14	98	2	0
15	98	2	0
16	98	2	0
17	98	2	0
18	98	2	0
19	99	1	0
20	99	1	0
21	99	1	0
22	99	1	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	100	0	0
28	100	0	0
29	100	0	0
30	100	0	0