Welwyn Garden City weather in September

In September, Welwyn Garden City sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 49 mm of rain across 9.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Welwyn Garden City's 4th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Welwyn Garden City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
4th warmest
Overnight low
11°
9th coldest
Rainfall
49 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:43 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
70%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
2.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Welwyn Garden City is garden city and new town in Hertfordshire, England.

Founded
1920

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 19°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical September day in Welwyn Garden City reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C cooler than August and about 4°C warmer than October.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22012
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41912
51912
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How September really feels in Welwyn Garden City

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Welwyn Garden City weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 53110.98.10.9
Feb / 439.71.29.61.1
Mar10° / 4310.30.711.52.2
Apr13° / 5011.20.213.63.5
May16° / 5410.2015.44.9
Jun19° / 11°5810.4016.45.8
Jul21° / 13°57110166.3
Aug21° / 13°6210.8014.46.2
Sep18° / 11°499.5012.45.7
Oct14° / 5810.7010.44.0
Nov10° / 6010.70.28.62.2
Dec / 5611.21.17.61.1

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33367
43367
53367
63268
73268
83367
93268
103268
113268
123070
133169
143070
153070
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Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Welwyn Garden City gets around 49 mm of rain over 9.5 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 32% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
130
229
329
429
529
629
729
829
930
1030
1130
1230
1330
1430
1530
1631
1731
1832
1932
2032
2133
2233
2334
2435
2535
2636
2736
2837
2937
3038

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 77% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
168275
269265
370264
471254
572244
672244
773234
874224
974224
1075214
1176204
1276204
1377194
1478193
1578193
1679183
1780182
1880182
1979192
2080191
2180191
2279201
2379201
2480200
2581190
2681190
2782180
2882180
2983170
3083170

Wind in September

Winds average 14 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
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2114light breeze
2214light breeze
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2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 min at the start of September to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 120 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:18 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 5:33 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.45:186:43
213.35:206:40
313.35:226:38
413.25:236:36
513.15:256:33
613.15:276:31
713.05:286:29
812.95:306:26
912.95:326:24
1012.85:336:21
1112.75:356:19
1212.75:376:17
1312.65:386:14
1412.55:406:12
1512.55:426:09
1612.45:436:07
1712.35:456:05
1812.35:476:02
1912.25:486:00
2012.15:505:57
2112.15:525:55
2212.05:535:52
2311.95:555:50
2411.85:575:48
2511.85:595:45
2611.76:005:43
2711.66:025:40
2811.66:045:38
2911.56:055:36
3011.46:075:33

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 2.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.16 kWh/m² in June across the year — September's 2.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.6Moderate
23.5Moderate
33.5Moderate
43.5Moderate
53.4Moderate
63.4Moderate
73.4Moderate
83.3Moderate
93.3Moderate
103.2Moderate
113.2Moderate
123.1Moderate
133.1Moderate
143.0Moderate
153.0Moderate
163.0Moderate
172.9Moderate
182.9Moderate
192.8Moderate
202.8Moderate
212.7Moderate
222.7Moderate
232.6Moderate
242.6Moderate
252.6Moderate
262.5Moderate
272.5Moderate
282.4Moderate
292.4Moderate
302.4Moderate
Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Welwyn Garden City?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
2.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Welwyn Garden City for sightseeing.

What to pack for Welwyn Garden City in September

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

In September, Welwyn Garden City sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Welwyn Garden City 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 Welwyn Garden City 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Welwyn Garden City?

Welwyn Garden City sits at 51.8°N, 0.2°W, 92 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Hatfield, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Welwyn Garden City

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Welwyn Garden City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 87 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m.

The land around Welwyn Garden City is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (32%), trees (31%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%), grassland (27%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
164 m
80 km
307 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
September weather nearby: Hatfield 4.0 km · Hertford 9.0 km · St Albans 10 km · Harpenden 10 km · Stevenage 11 km · Potters Bar 12 km · Ware 12 km · Hoddesdon 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
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

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 Welwyn Garden City (51.8017°, -0.2069°, elevation 92 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).