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Whitsundays in September

Warm and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 77°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 25°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 25 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
77°F25°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
12h 01mon average

Is September a good time to visit Whitsundays?

Yes. September is one of Whitsundays's best months (July to October).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How September sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 77°F in September, against 73°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 25°C in September, against 23°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in September, against 16% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in September, against 30% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

12h 01m in September, against 10h 55m to 13h 20m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with September shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. August74°23°low 67°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. September77°25°low 70°low 21°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. October80°27°low 72°low 22°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Whitsundays sits, in September

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:01 AMsets 5:58 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
20.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cairns499 km north-west

The land around Whitsundays, shaded by its typical high in September, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in September

high · low · wet days
See September on the planning mapThe whole year in Whitsundays

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km east of Whitsundays. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.