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Sabi-Sand Game Reserve in September

Hot and mostly dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Sabi-Sand Game Reserve is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 58°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 Sabi-Sand Game Reserve is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days lengthen by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
58°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 17% of days
Daylight
12h 00mon average

Is September a good time to visit Sabi-Sand Game Reserve?

A good month, just outside Sabi-Sand Game Reserve's best months, which run from May 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 86°F in September, against 78°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in September, against 26°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

17% of days in September, against 8% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

16% cover in September, against 11% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

12h 00m in September, against 10h 37m to 13h 39m 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.

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  1. August81°27°low 54°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. September86°30°low 58°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. October86°30°low 61°low 16°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Sabi-Sand Game Reserve sits, in September

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
5:52 AMsets 5:47 PM
Above the sea
350 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)33 km south-east

The land around Sabi-Sand Game Reserve, 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 Sabi-Sand Game Reserve

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sabi-Sand Game Reserve. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (350 m) against the climate model's (449 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (350 m) against the climate model's (449 m). 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.