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Kruger (Skukuza) in September

Hot and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Kruger (Skukuza) is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Kruger (Skukuza) is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 10% of days
Daylight
12h 00mon average

Is September a good time to visit Kruger (Skukuza)?

A good month, just outside Kruger (Skukuza)'s best months, which run from June to August.

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 87°F in September, against 79°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in September, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

10% of days in September, against 5% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

16% cover in September, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

12h 00m in September, against 10h 37m to 13h 40m 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. August83°28°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. September87°31°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. October88°31°low 63°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Kruger (Skukuza) sits, in September

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
5:52 AMsets 5:46 PM
Above the sea
280 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sabi-Sand Game Reserve33 km north-west

The land around Kruger (Skukuza), 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 South Africa in September

high · low · wet days
See September on the planning mapThe whole year in Kruger (Skukuza)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger (Skukuza). 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.