Bodmin weather in September

In September, Bodmin sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 64 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Bodmin's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bodmin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 64 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:02 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 5th clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Bodmin is town in Cornwall, England.

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 18°C in the first days to 16°C by the end.

A typical September day in Bodmin reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 5°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 2°C cooler than August and about 3°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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11

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

Bodmin weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	9° / 5°	92	15.2	8.3	1.4
Feb	9° / 5°	73	12.4	9.7	1.4
Mar	10° / 5°	68	12.7	11.5	2.1
Apr	12° / 6°	71	12.8	13.5	2.9
May	15° / 9°	70	12.2	15.2	4.0
Jun	17° / 12°	71	12.2	16.1	5.0
Jul	19° / 13°	73	12	15.8	5.7
Aug	19° / 14°	76	12.7	14.3	5.6
Sep	17° / 12°	64	11.2	12.4	5.2
Oct	14° / 10°	96	14.5	10.4	3.7
Nov	11° / 7°	98	16.3	8.8	2.3
Dec	9° / 6°	101	15.4	7.9	1.7

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	32	32	30	30	29	29	29	29
Cloudier (%)	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	67	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	68	68	70	70	71	71	71	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Bodmin gets around 64 mm of rain over 11.2 wet days in September, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 47% 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 (%)	34	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	46	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	42
25	43
26	44
27	45
28	46
29	46
30	47

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 66% 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 (%)	51	53	54	55	56	57	59	60	61	63	64	65	66	67	68	68	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	74	75
Comfortable (%)	42	40	39	38	37	36	34	33	32	31	30	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	24
Humid (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	51	42	7
2	53	40	7
3	54	39	7
4	55	38	7
5	56	37	7
6	57	36	7
7	59	34	7
8	60	33	7
9	61	32	7
10	63	31	6
11	64	30	6
12	65	29	6
13	66	29	5
14	67	28	5
15	68	28	4
16	68	28	4
17	69	27	4
18	70	27	3
19	70	27	3
20	70	28	2
21	70	28	2
22	70	28	2
23	70	28	2
24	71	28	1
25	71	28	1
26	72	27	1
27	72	27	1
28	73	26	1
29	74	25	1
30	75	24	1

Wind in September

Winds average 17 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	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

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 108 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:38 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 5:52 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)	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:38	5:40	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:53	5:54	5:56	5:57	5:59	6:00	6:02	6:04	6:05	6:07	6:08	6:10	6:11	6:13	6:15	6:16	6:18	6:19	6:21	6:23	6:24
Sunset (PM)	6:59	6:57	6:54	6:52	6:50	6:48	6:45	6:43	6:41	6:38	6:36	6:34	6:31	6:29	6:27	6:24	6:22	6:20	6:17	6:15	6:13	6:11	6:08	6:06	6:04	6:01	5:59	5:57	5:54	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	5:38	6:59
2	13.3	5:40	6:57
3	13.2	5:42	6:54
4	13.1	5:43	6:52
5	13.1	5:45	6:50
6	13.0	5:46	6:48
7	13.0	5:48	6:45
8	12.9	5:49	6:43
9	12.8	5:51	6:41
10	12.8	5:53	6:38
11	12.7	5:54	6:36
12	12.6	5:56	6:34
13	12.6	5:57	6:31
14	12.5	5:59	6:29
15	12.4	6:00	6:27
16	12.4	6:02	6:24
17	12.3	6:04	6:22
18	12.2	6:05	6:20
19	12.2	6:07	6:17
20	12.1	6:08	6:15
21	12.0	6:10	6:13
22	12.0	6:11	6:11
23	11.9	6:13	6:08
24	11.9	6:15	6:06
25	11.8	6:16	6:04
26	11.7	6:18	6:01
27	11.7	6:19	5:59
28	11.6	6:21	5:57
29	11.5	6:23	5:54
30	11.5	6:24	5:52

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 3.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 3.32 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)	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6
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	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.6	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.4	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.3	Moderate
17	3.3	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.8	Moderate
28	2.7	Moderate
29	2.7	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Bodmin?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Bodmin for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bodmin in September

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

In September, Bodmin sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Bodmin in September

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in September — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 9°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)	10	9	9	10	12	14	16	17	16	15	13	11
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	9	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	11	Bracing

UV index in Bodmin in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bodmin peaks around August 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	5	6	6	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Bodmin?

Bodmin sits at 50.5°N, 4.7°W, 98 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is St Austell, 15 km away.

Topography around Bodmin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bodmin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m around an average of 103 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m.

The land around Bodmin is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

182 m

grassland 41%

16 km

407 m

grassland 59%

80 km

651 m

water 55%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

September weather nearby: St Austell 15 km · Newquay 25 km · Truro 33 km · Saltash 36 km · Plymouth 43 km · Falmouth 43 km · Redruth 44 km · Plymstock 47 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 89% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $57,602; 2025
Happiness: 6.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.1; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 3.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Bodmin (50.4715°, -4.7243°, elevation 98 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	18	13
2	18	13
3	18	13
4	18	13
5	18	13
6	18	13
7	18	13
8	18	12
9	18	12
10	18	12
11	17	12
12	17	12
13	17	12
14	17	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	17	12
20	17	12
21	17	12
22	17	12
23	17	12
24	16	12
25	16	11
26	16	11
27	16	11
28	16	11
29	16	11
30	16	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	42
25	43
26	44
27	45
28	46
29	46
30	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	51	42	7
2	53	40	7
3	54	39	7
4	55	38	7
5	56	37	7
6	57	36	7
7	59	34	7
8	60	33	7
9	61	32	7
10	63	31	6
11	64	30	6
12	65	29	6
13	66	29	5
14	67	28	5
15	68	28	4
16	68	28	4
17	69	27	4
18	70	27	3
19	70	27	3
20	70	28	2
21	70	28	2
22	70	28	2
23	70	28	2
24	71	28	1
25	71	28	1
26	72	27	1
27	72	27	1
28	73	26	1
29	74	25	1
30	75	24	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	42
25	43
26	44
27	45
28	46
29	46
30	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	51	42	7
2	53	40	7
3	54	39	7
4	55	38	7
5	56	37	7
6	57	36	7
7	59	34	7
8	60	33	7
9	61	32	7
10	63	31	6
11	64	30	6
12	65	29	6
13	66	29	5
14	67	28	5
15	68	28	4
16	68	28	4
17	69	27	4
18	70	27	3
19	70	27	3
20	70	28	2
21	70	28	2
22	70	28	2
23	70	28	2
24	71	28	1
25	71	28	1
26	72	27	1
27	72	27	1
28	73	26	1
29	74	25	1
30	75	24	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	33	67
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	35	65
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	32	68
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	33
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	36
15	36
16	36
17	37
18	37
19	38
20	38
21	39
22	40
23	41
24	42
25	43
26	44
27	45
28	46
29	46
30	47

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	51	42	7
2	53	40	7
3	54	39	7
4	55	38	7
5	56	37	7
6	57	36	7
7	59	34	7
8	60	33	7
9	61	32	7
10	63	31	6
11	64	30	6
12	65	29	6
13	66	29	5
14	67	28	5
15	68	28	4
16	68	28	4
17	69	27	4
18	70	27	3
19	70	27	3
20	70	28	2
21	70	28	2
22	70	28	2
23	70	28	2
24	71	28	1
25	71	28	1
26	72	27	1
27	72	27	1
28	73	26	1
29	74	25	1
30	75	24	1