Gap Weather in September
Gap in September
The short of it: Gap in September averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 10 °C (49 °F), with 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 27 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 10° · rain 73 mm · daylight 12 h 27 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gap an average September high of 22°, a low of 10° and some 73 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 5° from August to about 22°, with nights near 10°. Wet spells are common — about 73 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 27 min in mid-September, 95 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates September 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gap runs about middling and drier than most in September. Veynes, 20 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
September in Gap, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus August
- 5° colder, 19 mm more rain
- Versus October
- 5° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 27 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
September averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeynesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km W | 22° | 10° | 80 mm |
| EmbrunProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 33 km E | 21° | 10° | 80 mm |
| Laragne-MontéglinProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 34 km SW | 23° | 11° | 71 mm |
| SisteronProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 42 km SSW | 24° | 12° | 64 mm |
| La MureAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 44 km NNW | 21° | 9° | 93 mm |
| BarcelonnetteProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 49 km ESE | 19° | 8° | 85 mm |
| Digne-les-BainsProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 53 km SSE | 23° | 11° | 70 mm |
| Le Bourg-d'OisansAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 55 km N | 20° | 8° | 90 mm |