Brighton weather in September

In September, Brighton sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 67 mm of rain across 10.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 24% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Brighton's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brighton's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 67 mm; 10.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:43 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 5th clearest
Wind: 23 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 3.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Brighton is city of Brighton & Hove, in East Sussex, England.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 8.9 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 3,434/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1313

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 Brighton reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 3°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 cooler than August and about 2°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	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Brighton weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 6°	90	14.1	0.5	8.2	1.3
Feb	8° / 5°	63	11.1	0.5	9.7	1.2
Mar	9° / 6°	50	9.9	0.3	11.5	1.7
Apr	10° / 8°	48	9.3	0	13.5	2.5
May	13° / 10°	46	8.5	0	15.2	3.6
Jun	15° / 13°	47	8.5	0	16.2	4.8
Jul	17° / 15°	49	8.8	0	15.8	5.9
Aug	18° / 16°	62	9.3	0	14.3	6.1
Sep	17° / 15°	67	10.7	0	12.4	5.4
Oct	15° / 12°	108	13.9	0	10.4	4.0
Nov	12° / 9°	116	15.4	0	8.7	2.6
Dec	9° / 7°	103	14.1	0.3	7.8	1.8

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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 (%)	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	43	42	41	40
Cloudier (%)	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	57	58	59	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	40	60

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Brighton gets around 67 mm of rain over 10.7 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 36% and peaks near 45% 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 (%)	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	44	45

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	35
17	35
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	38
22	38
23	39
24	40
25	41
26	42
27	43
28	44
29	44
30	45

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 58% 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 (%)	45	46	48	49	51	52	53	53	54	56	57	58	58	59	60	60	61	61	62	61	62	61	62	62	63	63	65	65	66	67
Comfortable (%)	41	40	39	37	36	35	34	34	33	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	31
Humid (%)	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	45	41	15
2	46	40	14
3	48	39	14
4	49	37	14
5	51	36	13
6	52	35	13
7	53	34	13
8	53	34	13
9	54	33	13
10	56	32	12
11	57	31	12
12	58	31	11
13	58	31	11
14	59	31	10
15	60	31	9
16	60	31	9
17	61	31	8
18	61	32	7
19	62	32	6
20	61	33	6
21	62	33	5
22	61	34	5
23	62	34	4
24	62	34	4
25	63	34	3
26	63	34	3
27	65	33	2
28	65	33	2
29	66	32	2
30	67	31	2

Wind in September

Winds average 23 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 25 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)	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 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 114 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:20 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 5:34 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)	13.4	13.3	13.2	13.2	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)	5:20	5:21	5:23	5:24	5:26	5:28	5:29	5:31	5:32	5:34	5:35	5:37	5:39	5:40	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:47	5:48	5:50	5:52	5:53	5:55	5:56	5:58	6:00	6:01	6:03	6:05	6:06
Sunset (PM)	6:41	6:39	6:36	6:34	6:32	6:30	6:27	6:25	6:23	6:20	6:18	6:16	6:13	6:11	6:09	6:06	6:04	6:02	5:59	5:57	5:55	5:52	5:50	5:47	5:45	5:43	5:40	5:38	5:36	5:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	5:20	6:41
2	13.3	5:21	6:39
3	13.2	5:23	6:36
4	13.2	5:24	6:34
5	13.1	5:26	6:32
6	13.0	5:28	6:30
7	13.0	5:29	6:27
8	12.9	5:31	6:25
9	12.8	5:32	6:23
10	12.8	5:34	6:20
11	12.7	5:35	6:18
12	12.6	5:37	6:16
13	12.6	5:39	6:13
14	12.5	5:40	6:11
15	12.4	5:42	6:09
16	12.4	5:43	6:06
17	12.3	5:45	6:04
18	12.2	5:47	6:02
19	12.2	5:48	5:59
20	12.1	5:50	5:57
21	12.0	5:52	5:55
22	12.0	5:53	5:52
23	11.9	5:55	5:50
24	11.9	5:56	5:47
25	11.8	5:58	5:45
26	11.7	6:00	5:43
27	11.7	6:01	5:40
28	11.6	6:03	5:38
29	11.5	6:05	5:36
30	11.5	6:06	5:34

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 3.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 3.35 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	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	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	Bright	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	Bright
2	4.0	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	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 Brighton?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

1.3

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Brighton for sightseeing.

What to pack for Brighton in September

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

In September, Brighton sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

rain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Brighton in September

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 23 km away) is warmest in September at about 17°C and coldest in March near 8°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	8	9	11	13	16	17	17	16	14	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	9	Bracing
Mar	8	Bracing
Apr	9	Bracing
May	11	Bracing
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	16	Cool
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Brighton in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Brighton peaks around August 10 at about 6 (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	4	6	6	6	6	4	2	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	4	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	2	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Brighton?

Brighton sits at 50.8°N, 0.1°W, 29 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Hove, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Brighton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brighton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 302 m.

The land around Brighton is covered by artificial surfaces (39%), water (29%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (42%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and water (35%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

177 m

artificial surfaces 39%

16 km

247 m

water 42%

80 km

302 m

water 35%

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

September weather nearby: Hove 2.0 km · Portslade 6.0 km · Rottingdean 6.0 km · Shoreham-by-Sea 9.0 km · Peacehaven 10 km · Lewes 12 km · Lancing 13 km · Burgess Hill 14 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 Brighton (50.8284°, -0.1395°, elevation 29 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	15
2	18	15
3	18	15
4	18	15
5	18	15
6	18	15
7	18	15
8	18	15
9	18	15
10	17	15
11	17	15
12	17	15
13	17	15
14	17	15
15	17	15
16	17	15
17	17	15
18	17	14
19	17	14
20	17	14
21	17	14
22	17	14
23	17	14
24	17	14
25	17	14
26	16	14
27	16	14
28	16	14
29	16	14
30	16	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	35
17	35
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	38
22	38
23	39
24	40
25	41
26	42
27	43
28	44
29	44
30	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	45	41	15
2	46	40	14
3	48	39	14
4	49	37	14
5	51	36	13
6	52	35	13
7	53	34	13
8	53	34	13
9	54	33	13
10	56	32	12
11	57	31	12
12	58	31	11
13	58	31	11
14	59	31	10
15	60	31	9
16	60	31	9
17	61	31	8
18	61	32	7
19	62	32	6
20	61	33	6
21	62	33	5
22	61	34	5
23	62	34	4
24	62	34	4
25	63	34	3
26	63	34	3
27	65	33	2
28	65	33	2
29	66	32	2
30	67	31	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	35
17	35
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	38
22	38
23	39
24	40
25	41
26	42
27	43
28	44
29	44
30	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	45	41	15
2	46	40	14
3	48	39	14
4	49	37	14
5	51	36	13
6	52	35	13
7	53	34	13
8	53	34	13
9	54	33	13
10	56	32	12
11	57	31	12
12	58	31	11
13	58	31	11
14	59	31	10
15	60	31	9
16	60	31	9
17	61	31	8
18	61	32	7
19	62	32	6
20	61	33	6
21	62	33	5
22	61	34	5
23	62	34	4
24	62	34	4
25	63	34	3
26	63	34	3
27	65	33	2
28	65	33	2
29	66	32	2
30	67	31	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	46	54
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	43	57
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	31
5	31
6	31
7	32
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	35
17	35
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	38
22	38
23	39
24	40
25	41
26	42
27	43
28	44
29	44
30	45

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	45	41	15
2	46	40	14
3	48	39	14
4	49	37	14
5	51	36	13
6	52	35	13
7	53	34	13
8	53	34	13
9	54	33	13
10	56	32	12
11	57	31	12
12	58	31	11
13	58	31	11
14	59	31	10
15	60	31	9
16	60	31	9
17	61	31	8
18	61	32	7
19	62	32	6
20	61	33	6
21	62	33	5
22	61	34	5
23	62	34	4
24	62	34	4
25	63	34	3
26	63	34	3
27	65	33	2
28	65	33	2
29	66	32	2
30	67	31	2