Nuuk Weather in September
Nuuk in September
The short of it: Nuuk in September averages a high of 8 °C (46 °F) and a low of 4 °C (39 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 12 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 4° · rain 82 mm · daylight 12 h 52 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Nuuk an average September high of 8°, a low of 4° and some 82 mm of rain. Much like August: highs about 8°, nights near 4°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 82 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 52 min in mid-September, 210 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates September 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and August.
Against its neighbours, Nuuk runs cooler than most and drier than most in September. Maniitsoq, 148 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
September in Nuuk, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus August
- 4° colder, 12 mm more rain
- Versus October
- 4° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 4°
- Snow season
- Oct–Jun
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 19 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
September averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ManiitsoqQeqqata | 148 km NNW | 8° | 3° | 89 mm |
| QeqertarsuaqSermersooq | 250 km SSE | 8° | 4° | 108 mm |
| PaamiutSermersooq | 264 km SSE | 8° | 4° | 104 mm |
| KangerlussuaqQeqqata | 318 km N | 6° | -1° | 31 mm |
| SisimiutQeqqata | 319 km NNW | 6° | 1° | 68 mm |
| NarsaqKujalleq | 465 km SE | 9° | 3° | 108 mm |
| QaqortoqKujalleq | 483 km SE | 10° | 4° | 116 mm |