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Ballater in September

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Ballater is mild: highs near 60°F, lows near 45°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 44 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Ballater is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and the days shorten by 1 hour 44 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
60°F16°Caverage
Low
45°F7°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 50% of days
Daylight
12h 37mon average

Is September a good time to visit Ballater?

A good month, just outside Ballater's best months, which run from July 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 60°F in September, against 41°F to 65°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in September, against 5°C to 18°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

50% of days in September, against 50% to 62% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in September, against 64% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

12h 37m in September, against 6h 49m to 17h 46m 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. August64°18°low 49°low 9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. September60°16°low 45°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. October54°12°low 40°low 4°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Ballater sits, in September

Europe/London
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:42 AMsets 7:36 PM
Above the sea
340 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dornoch104 km north

The land around Ballater, 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 United Kingdom in September

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ballater. 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 (340 m) against the climate model's (627 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 (340 m) against the climate model's (627 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.