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Santa Fe in September

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

September in Santa Fe is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.September in Santa Fe is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 49 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
12h 20mon average

Is September a good time to visit Santa Fe?

Yes. September is one of Santa Fe's best months (May, or September).

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 78°F in September, against 44°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in September, against 7°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in September, against 15% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

30% cover in September, against 28% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

12h 20m in September, against 9h 47m to 14h 32m 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 57°low 14°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. September78°26°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. October69°21°low 42°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Santa Fe sits, in September

America/Denver
this place
typical high in September 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-September
6:45 AMsets 7:13 PM
Above the sea
2,134 mhigh country
Latitude
35.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Taos Ski Valley110 km north-east

The land around Santa Fe, 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 States in September

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Santa Fe. 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 (2,134 m) against the climate model's (2,373 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 (2,134 m) against the climate model's (2,373 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.