Where is hot in September
Where is hot in September after the school holidays: Marrakech (33 °C), Antalya (32 °C), Seville (32 °C) and Larnaca and Ayia Napa (31 °C) short haul, with the sea still at 27 °C off Cyprus.
September, averages 1991 to 2020
56 of 62 places match
| Place | High | Sea | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | 40 °C | 33 °C | 0 |
| Hurghada | 35 °C | 28 °C | 0 |
| Las Vegas | 35 °C | inland | 1 |
| Cancun | 34 °C | 29 °C | 11 |
| Marrakech | 33 °C | inland | 2 |
| Bangkok | 33 °C | inland | 20 |
| Jamaica | 33 °C | 30 °C | n/a |
| Seville | 32 °C | inland | 3 |
Typical month, not a forecast. "n/a": the station has no usable rain record for that month, so it never counts as a pass. How the figures are made.
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September is the favourite month of many experienced travellers, and the figures show why. The air cools by two or three degrees from August, 27 °C in Majorca and 27 °C in Crete, while the sea keeps almost all of its summer heat: 25 °C off Majorca, 25 °C off Crete, 28 °C off Antalya. The catch is in the west and north of the Mediterranean, where the first autumn storms arrive: Majorca goes from 2 days of rain in August to 5 days in September, Corfu to 5 days. The east stays dry, 0 days in Larnaca. The Canaries are at their warmest in the water, 24 °C off Tenerife. Long haul, September is the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, according to the National Hurricane Center, and the wettest month in Phuket. Dubai is still at 40 °C.
Where is hot in September: all places
| Place | Country | Daytime high | Night low | Sea | Wet days | From London |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 40 °C | 29 °C | 33 °C | 0 days | 5,500 km |
| Hurghada | Egypt | 35 °C | 25 °C | 28 °C | 0 days | 3,930 km |
| Las Vegas | United States | 35 °C | 22 °C | inland | 1 day | 8,400 km |
| Cancun | Mexico | 34 °C | 24 °C | 29 °C | 11 days | 7,940 km |
| Jamaica | Jamaica | 33 °C | 24 °C | 30 °C | no usable record | 7,550 km |
| Bangkok | Thailand | 33 °C | 25 °C | inland | 20 days | 9,560 km |
| Marrakech | Morocco | 33 °C | no usable record | inland | 2 days | 2,290 km |
| Punta Cana | Dominican Republic | 32 °C | 24 °C | 29 °C | no usable record | 6,880 km |
| Cuba | Cuba | 32 °C | 24 °C | 29 °C | no usable record | 7,470 km |
| Koh Samui | Thailand | 32 °C | 25 °C | 29 °C | 12 days | 9,900 km |
| Orlando | United States | 32 °C | 23 °C | inland | 12 days | 6,970 km |
| Miami | United States | 32 °C | 25 °C | 29 °C | 15 days | 7,110 km |
| Antalya | Turkey | 32 °C | 20 °C | 28 °C | 2 days | 2,930 km |
| Seville | Spain | 32 °C | 18 °C | inland | 3 days | 1,630 km |
| Larnaca and Ayia Napa | Cyprus | 31 °C | 20 °C | 27 °C | 0 days | 3,270 km |
| Barbados | Barbados | 31 °C | 24 °C | 29 °C | no usable record | 6,760 km |
| Phuket | Thailand | 31 °C | 24 °C | 29 °C | 21 days | 9,930 km |
| Sicily | Italy | 31 °C | 18 °C | 25 °C | 5 days | 1,980 km |
| Tunisia | Tunisia | 31 °C | no usable record | 25 °C | 5 days | 1,840 km |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verde | 31 °C | 24 °C | 27 °C | no usable record | 4,340 km |
| Maldives | Maldives | 30 °C | no usable record | 29 °C | no usable record | 8,540 km |
| Goa | India | 30 °C | 24 °C | 27 °C | 17 days | 7,580 km |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 30 °C | no usable record | 28 °C | 16 days | 8,740 km |
| Bali | Indonesia | 30 °C | 24 °C | 26 °C | no usable record | 12,520 km |
| Seychelles | Seychelles | 29 °C | 25 °C | 27 °C | 14 days | 8,180 km |
| Athens | Greece | 29 °C | 20 °C | 25 °C | 2 days | 2,410 km |
| Los Angeles | United States | 29 °C | 18 °C | 20 °C | 0 days | 8,750 km |
| Lanzarote | Spain | 29 °C | 21 °C | 23 °C | 0 days | 2,730 km |
| Malta | Malta | 29 °C | no usable record | 26 °C | 4 days | 2,100 km |
| Benidorm | Spain | 29 °C | 19 °C | 25 °C | 3 days | 1,440 km |
| Malaga and the Costa del Sol | Spain | 28 °C | 19 °C | 22 °C | 2 days | 1,670 km |
| Rhodes | Greece | 28 °C | 23 °C | 26 °C | no usable record | 2,810 km |
| Sardinia | Italy | 28 °C | 17 °C | 24 °C | 4 days | 1,550 km |
| Naples and the Amalfi Coast | Italy | 28 °C | 16 °C | 24 °C | 6 days | 1,630 km |
| Tenerife | Spain | 28 °C | 21 °C | 24 °C | 1 day | 2,940 km |
| Ibiza | Spain | 28 °C | 20 °C | 25 °C | 5 days | 1,400 km |
| Corfu | Greece | 28 °C | 18 °C | 24 °C | 5 days | 2,050 km |
| Fuerteventura | Spain | 28 °C | 22 °C | 23 °C | 1 day | 2,800 km |
| Majorca | Spain | 27 °C | 20 °C | 25 °C | 5 days | 1,350 km |
| Gran Canaria | Spain | 27 °C | 22 °C | 23 °C | 1 day | 2,920 km |
| Crete | Greece | 27 °C | 20 °C | 25 °C | 1 day | 2,710 km |
| Rome | Italy | 27 °C | 16 °C | inland | 7 days | 1,450 km |
| Costa Brava | Spain | 27 °C | 14 °C | 22 °C | 7 days | 1,090 km |
| Menorca | Spain | 27 °C | 19 °C | 25 °C | 5 days | 1,340 km |
| Algarve | Portugal | 26 °C | no usable record | 21 °C | no usable record | 1,710 km |
| Dubrovnik | Croatia | 26 °C | 19 °C | 24 °C | 6 days | 1,710 km |
| Lisbon | Portugal | 26 °C | 18 °C | 19 °C | 4 days | 1,570 km |
| Barcelona | Spain | 26 °C | 18 °C | 24 °C | 6 days | 1,140 km |
| Madeira | Portugal | 26 °C | 21 °C | 24 °C | no usable record | 2,480 km |
| Venice | Italy | 26 °C | 15 °C | 23 °C | 6 days | 1,160 km |
| Mauritius | Mauritius | 26 °C | 19 °C | 23 °C | 11 days | 9,780 km |
| Split | Croatia | 25 °C | 18 °C | 23 °C | 6 days | 1,540 km |
| Lake Garda | Italy | 25 °C | 14 °C | inland | 6 days | 1,050 km |
| Istanbul | Turkey | 25 °C | 16 °C | 22 °C | no usable record | 2,520 km |
| Nice and the French Riviera | France | 25 °C | 18 °C | 22 °C | 5 days | 1,040 km |
| New York | United States | 25 °C | 17 °C | 21 °C | 7 days | 5,540 km |
| Porto | Portugal | 23 °C | 15 °C | 17 °C | 7 days | 1,310 km |
| Paris | France | 23 °C | 13 °C | inland | 6 days | 350 km |
| Sydney | Australia | 22 °C | 12 °C | 18 °C | 6 days | 17,020 km |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 20 °C | 9 °C | 15 °C | no usable record | 9,680 km |
| Lapland | Finland | 12 °C | 4 °C | inland | 9 days | 2,220 km |
| Reykjavik | Iceland | 11 °C | 6 °C | 10 °C | 15 days | 1,880 km |
East or west in September
For a dry week, the east wins: Cyprus at 31 °C with 0 days of rain, Antalya at 32 °C with 2 days. Crete sits in between, 1 day. In the west, Majorca, Ibiza and Malta have four to five wet days, often in thunderstorms: 5 days in Palma. Benidorm is drier at 3 days.
The Canaries and long haul in September
Lanzarote averages 29 °C with 0 days of rain and a sea of 23 °C. Hurghada is still very hot, 35 °C. Cape Verde reaches its warmest, 31 °C. Previous month: where is hot in August; next: October.