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Places with the best weather in Africa in September: ranked by comfort score

Ongata Rongai tops the list at 97 /100 in September. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in September: Ongata Rongai (97 /100) , Asmara (97 /100) , Kikuyu (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 8.4 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ongata Rongai Kenya 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 14 mm 3 312 h –
2 Asmara Eritrea 97 /100 23 °C 13 °C 34 mm 6 333 h –
3 Kikuyu Kenya 97 /100 22 °C 11 °C 19 mm 4 311 h –
4 Mzuzu Malawi 97 /100 24 °C 14 °C 13 mm 4 346 h –
5 Arusha Tanzania 96 /100 25 °C 14 °C 8 mm 2 323 h –
6 Sumbawanga Tanzania 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 8 mm 1 350 h –
7 Gitega Burundi 95 /100 26 °C 16 °C 18 mm 4 335 h –
8 Antsirabe Madagascar 94 /100 23 °C 9.5 °C 11 mm 2 341 h –
9 Thika Kenya 94 /100 25 °C 14 °C 23 mm 6 304 h –
10 Antananarivo Madagascar 94 /100 23 °C 11 °C 6 mm 1 318 h –
11 Iringa Tanzania 94 /100 24 °C 13 °C 1 mm 0 342 h –
12 Mutare Zimbabwe 93 /100 26 °C 13 °C 15 mm 3 336 h –
13 Mwala Kenya 93 /100 26 °C 15 °C 6 mm 1 300 h –
14 Polokwane South Africa 93 /100 26 °C 12 °C 13 mm 2 338 h –
15 Lichinga Mozambique 93 /100 26 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 327 h –
16 Emalahleni South Africa 93 /100 24 °C 9.0 °C 20 mm 3 336 h –
17 Krugersdorp South Africa 92 /100 24 °C 8.7 °C 19 mm 3 338 h –
18 Fianarantsoa Madagascar 92 /100 22 °C 12 °C 11 mm 3 334 h –
19 Middelburg South Africa 92 /100 25 °C 9.9 °C 18 mm 3 335 h –
20 Mbeya Tanzania 92 /100 27 °C 14 °C 8 mm 2 346 h –
21 Johannesburg South Africa 92 /100 24 °C 8.7 °C 22 mm 4 335 h –
22 Thembisa South Africa 91 /100 25 °C 9.8 °C 19 mm 3 336 h –
23 Soweto South Africa 91 /100 24 °C 9.2 °C 21 mm 3 336 h –
24 Nakuru Kenya 91 /100 23 °C 12 °C 50 mm 8 326 h –
25 Songea Tanzania 91 /100 27 °C 15 °C 5 mm 1 329 h –
26 Mbabane Eswatini 91 /100 23 °C 11 °C 57 mm 8 290 h –
27 Kariega South Africa 91 /100 22 °C 11 °C 32 mm 6 308 h 17 °C
28 Benoni South Africa 91 /100 24 °C 9.2 °C 22 mm 3 334 h –
29 Vryheid South Africa 91 /100 24 °C 10.0 °C 37 mm 6 285 h –
30 Moshi Tanzania 91 /100 26 °C 17 °C 11 mm 3 320 h –
31 Mossamedes Angola 91 /100 23 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 19 °C
32 Centurion South Africa 91 /100 26 °C 11 °C 17 mm 2 336 h –
33 Blantyre Malawi 91 /100 27 °C 15 °C 8 mm 2 329 h –
34 Tunduma Tanzania 90 /100 26 °C 13 °C 2 mm 1 347 h –
35 Tiaret Algeria 90 /100 27 °C 15 °C 29 mm 6 331 h –
36 Jijiga Ethiopia 90 /100 25 °C 16 °C 32 mm 7 338 h –
37 Carletonville South Africa 90 /100 25 °C 9.8 °C 19 mm 3 337 h –
38 East London South Africa 90 /100 22 °C 14 °C 49 mm 7 300 h 21 °C
39 Harare Zimbabwe 90 /100 27 °C 13 °C 3 mm 1 344 h –
40 Karuri Kenya 90 /100 25 °C 15 °C 28 mm 8 308 h –
41 Maseru Lesotho 90 /100 23 °C 6.0 °C 24 mm 4 337 h –
42 Evaton South Africa 90 /100 25 °C 9.8 °C 20 mm 3 336 h –
43 Newcastle South Africa 90 /100 25 °C 9.5 °C 38 mm 7 304 h –
44 El Achir Algeria 89 /100 27 °C 15 °C 39 mm 7 324 h –
45 Botshabelo South Africa 89 /100 24 °C 7.7 °C 16 mm 3 337 h –
46 Mthatha South Africa 89 /100 23 °C 10 °C 55 mm 8 279 h –
47 Sétif Algeria 89 /100 25 °C 14 °C 44 mm 9 321 h –
48 Vereeniging South Africa 89 /100 26 °C 9.8 °C 21 mm 4 335 h –
49 Tlemcen Algeria 89 /100 27 °C 15 °C 22 mm 4 336 h –
50 Mek'ele Ethiopia 89 /100 24 °C 14 °C 63 mm 10 328 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

August: top 5

  1. Sumbawanga 98 /100
  2. Kitengela 98 /100
  3. Blantyre 97 /100
  4. Lichinga 97 /100
  5. Nairobi 97 /100

Full ranking for August

October: top 5

  1. Mazār-e Sharīf 97 /100
  2. Mek'ele 97 /100
  3. Djelfa 97 /100
  4. Asmara 96 /100
  5. Tébessa 96 /100

Full ranking for October

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in September, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

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