The warmest places in South America in September: ranked by average high temperature
Al Hufūf tops the list at 41 °C in September. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in South America.
Top three in September: Al Hufūf (41 °C) , Madinah (41 °C) , Hafar Al-Batin (40 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 10.0 °C.
| # | Destination | Country | Avg high | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Hufūf | Saudi Arabia | 41 °C | 41 °C | 24 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 338 h | – |
| 2 | Madinah | Saudi Arabia | 41 °C | 41 °C | 25 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 342 h | – |
| 3 | Hafar Al-Batin | Saudi Arabia | 40 °C | 40 °C | 24 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 352 h | – |
| 4 | Al Kharj | Saudi Arabia | 40 °C | 40 °C | 24 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 346 h | – |
| 5 | Buraydah | Saudi Arabia | 40 °C | 40 °C | 23 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 354 h | – |
| 6 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | 39 °C | 39 °C | 24 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 348 h | – |
| 7 | Unaizah | Saudi Arabia | 39 °C | 39 °C | 23 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 354 h | – |
| 8 | Al Jubayl | Saudi Arabia | 39 °C | 39 °C | 26 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 338 h | 32 °C |
| 9 | Makkah | Saudi Arabia | 39 °C | 39 °C | 26 °C | 5 mm | 1 | 337 h | – |
| 10 | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 38 °C | 38 °C | 27 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 337 h | 32 °C |
| 11 | Ha'il | Saudi Arabia | 37 °C | 37 °C | 23 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 351 h | – |
| 12 | Teresina | Brazil | 36 °C | 36 °C | 24 °C | 4 mm | 1 | 349 h | – |
| 13 | Tabuk | Saudi Arabia | 36 °C | 36 °C | 19 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 342 h | – |
| 14 | Caxias | Brazil | 36 °C | 36 °C | 24 °C | 6 mm | 1 | 351 h | – |
| 15 | Yanbu | Saudi Arabia | 36 °C | 36 °C | 27 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 336 h | 30 °C |
| 16 | Şabyā | Saudi Arabia | 36 °C | 36 °C | 29 °C | 23 mm | 4 | 330 h | 32 °C |
| 17 | Sobral | Brazil | 35 °C | 35 °C | 24 °C | 2 mm | 0 | 342 h | – |
| 18 | Palmas | Brazil | 35 °C | 35 °C | 24 °C | 26 mm | 4 | 344 h | – |
| 19 | Mossoró | Brazil | 35 °C | 35 °C | 23 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 339 h | – |
| 20 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 35 °C | 35 °C | 27 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 336 h | 31 °C |
| 21 | Imperatriz | Brazil | 35 °C | 35 °C | 24 °C | 10 mm | 2 | 353 h | – |
| 22 | Coro | Venezuela | 34 °C | 34 °C | 25 °C | 76 mm | 12 | 325 h | 28 °C |
| 23 | Najrān | Saudi Arabia | 34 °C | 34 °C | 20 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 350 h | – |
| 24 | Rondonópolis | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 22 °C | 42 mm | 6 | 313 h | – |
| 25 | Araguaína | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 23 °C | 26 mm | 4 | 346 h | – |
| 26 | Cuiabá | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 23 °C | 45 mm | 7 | 320 h | – |
| 27 | Várzea Grande | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 23 °C | 41 mm | 6 | 314 h | – |
| 28 | Parnaíba | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 25 °C | 2 mm | 0 | 348 h | 27 °C |
| 29 | Barreiras | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 21 °C | 8 mm | 1 | 342 h | – |
| 30 | Marabá | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 24 °C | 22 mm | 4 | 346 h | – |
| 31 | Sinop | Brazil | 34 °C | 34 °C | 22 °C | 53 mm | 8 | 320 h | – |
| 32 | Parauapebas | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 23 °C | 26 mm | 5 | 341 h | – |
| 33 | Juazeiro do Norte | Brazil | 33 °C | 33 °C | 21 °C | 2 mm | 0 | 335 h | – |
| 34 | Ta’if | Saudi Arabia | 32 °C | 32 °C | 22 °C | 12 mm | 3 | 339 h | – |
| 35 | Porto Velho | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 102 mm | 16 | 314 h | – |
| 36 | Cúcuta | Colombia | 32 °C | 32 °C | 22 °C | 61 mm | 10 | 294 h | – |
| 37 | Rio Branco | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 23 °C | 77 mm | 11 | 302 h | – |
| 38 | Abaetetuba | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 25 °C | 23 mm | 5 | 351 h | – |
| 39 | Petrolina | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 20 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 320 h | – |
| 40 | Castanhal | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 23 °C | 35 mm | 8 | 353 h | – |
| 41 | Ananindeua | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 41 mm | 9 | 353 h | 29 °C |
| 42 | Goiânia | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 20 °C | 29 mm | 5 | 330 h | – |
| 43 | Neiva | Colombia | 32 °C | 32 °C | 22 °C | 59 mm | 10 | 335 h | – |
| 44 | Maracanaú | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 5 mm | 1 | 340 h | 27 °C |
| 45 | Belém | Brazil | 32 °C | 32 °C | 24 °C | 27 mm | 7 | 352 h | 29 °C |
| 46 | Maicao | Colombia | 32 °C | 32 °C | 25 °C | 152 mm | 20 | 307 h | – |
| 47 | Aparecida de Goiânia | Brazil | 31 °C | 31 °C | 20 °C | 29 mm | 5 | 329 h | – |
| 48 | Rio Verde | Brazil | 31 °C | 31 °C | 20 °C | 51 mm | 7 | 321 h | – |
| 49 | Ciudad Guayana | Venezuela | 31 °C | 31 °C | 23 °C | 113 mm | 17 | 331 h | – |
| 50 | Ciudad Bolívar | Venezuela | 31 °C | 31 °C | 24 °C | 142 mm | 19 | 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
- Stanley 5.5 °C
- Puerto Montt 10 °C
- Temuco 12 °C
- La Paz 13 °C
- Talcahuano 13 °C
October: top 5
- Stanley 8.7 °C
- Puerto Montt 14 °C
- La Paz 14 °C
- Valparaíso 15 °C
- Temuco 16 °C
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 South America 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
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- 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.