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The warmest places in Africa in September: ranked by average high temperature

Kom Ombo tops the list at 39 °C in September. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in September: Kom Ombo (39 °C) , Khartoum (39 °C) , Esna (38 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 6.9 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Kom Ombo Egypt 39 °C 39 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 347 h –
2 Khartoum Sudan 39 °C 39 °C 27 °C 9 mm 3 336 h –
3 Esna Egypt 38 °C 38 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
4 Girga Egypt 38 °C 38 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 352 h –
5 Port Sudan Sudan 38 °C 38 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 330 h 31 °C
6 Sohag Egypt 37 °C 37 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 353 h –
7 Berbera Somalia 37 °C 37 °C 29 °C 3 mm 1 343 h 31 °C
8 Wad Medani Sudan 37 °C 37 °C 25 °C 28 mm 5 326 h –
9 Assiut Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 354 h –
10 Kassala Sudan 36 °C 36 °C 25 °C 23 mm 6 323 h –
11 Djibouti Djibouti 36 °C 36 °C 29 °C 7 mm 2 347 h 31 °C
12 Tahoua Niger 36 °C 36 °C 24 °C 28 mm 6 326 h –
13 Ouargla Algeria 36 °C 36 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 337 h –
14 Mallawī Egypt 36 °C 36 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 355 h –
15 Al Fayyum Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 355 h –
16 Minya Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 356 h –
17 El Fasher Sudan 35 °C 35 °C 22 °C 23 mm 5 337 h –
18 Kosti Sudan 35 °C 35 °C 25 °C 38 mm 8 325 h –
19 Zagazig Egypt 35 °C 35 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 346 h –
20 Niamey Niger 35 °C 35 °C 25 °C 42 mm 6 331 h –
21 Zinder Niger 35 °C 35 °C 23 °C 38 mm 6 330 h –
22 Cairo Egypt 34 °C 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 352 h –
23 Mopti Mali 34 °C 34 °C 25 °C 65 mm 10 330 h –
24 El Obeid Sudan 34 °C 34 °C 23 °C 40 mm 8 334 h –
25 El Oued Algeria 34 °C 34 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 338 h –
26 Al Mansurah Egypt 34 °C 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
27 Singa Sudan 34 °C 34 °C 24 °C 55 mm 10 319 h –
28 Suez Egypt 34 °C 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 350 h –
29 Kandahār Afghanistan 34 °C 34 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 341 h –
30 6th of October City Egypt 34 °C 34 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 354 h –
31 Béchar Algeria 34 °C 34 °C 21 °C 9 mm 1 344 h –
32 Tete Mozambique 34 °C 34 °C 21 °C 3 mm 0 334 h –
33 Nouakchott Mauritania 34 °C 34 °C 26 °C 19 mm 3 342 h 27 °C
34 Ismailia Egypt 34 °C 34 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 342 h –
35 Maradi Niger 34 °C 34 °C 24 °C 50 mm 8 319 h –
36 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān Egypt 33 °C 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
37 Kafr ash Shaykh Egypt 33 °C 33 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 352 h –
38 Mwene Democratic Republic of the Congo 33 °C 33 °C 20 °C 27 mm 5 325 h –
39 Warder Ethiopia 33 °C 33 °C 22 °C 5 mm 1 332 h –
40 Damanhur Egypt 33 °C 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 354 h –
41 Al Qadarif Sudan 33 °C 33 °C 23 °C 62 mm 12 317 h –
42 Biskra Algeria 33 °C 33 °C 22 °C 17 mm 2 331 h –
43 New Cairo Egypt 33 °C 33 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 351 h –
44 Jalālābād Afghanistan 33 °C 33 °C 23 °C 9 mm 2 349 h –
45 Sokoto Nigeria 33 °C 33 °C 24 °C 68 mm 9 310 h –
46 Kunduz Afghanistan 33 °C 33 °C 16 °C 3 mm 0 352 h –
47 Hurghada Egypt 33 °C 33 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 346 h 28 °C
48 El Dibir Somalia 33 °C 33 °C 26 °C 2 mm 1 326 h 29 °C
49 Menongue Angola 33 °C 33 °C 15 °C 5 mm 1 340 h –
50 Garissa Kenya 33 °C 33 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 318 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. Cape Town 16 °C
  2. Somerset West 17 °C
  3. George 17 °C
  4. Paarl 18 °C
  5. Maseru 18 °C

Full ranking for August

October: top 5

  1. Khartoum 38 °C
  2. Wad Medani 38 °C
  3. Kassala 38 °C
  4. Mopti 38 °C
  5. Tahoua 37 °C

Full ranking for October

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, 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 population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering 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.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.