Madrid in September
In September, Madrid has 23.6 mm (0.93 in) of rain, a daily high of 26.9 °C (80.4 °F) and a daily low of 15.5 °C (59.9 °F), as 1991-2020 means; figures in brackets are converted.
Last updated : what the month is like; shorter source notes.
Best time to visit Madrid: September meets our rule. Expect 3.5 rain days, 7.9 days of 30 °C or more and days that shorten by 1 h 16 min.
What September is like in Madrid
- In early September, the city markets of Arganzuela hold tastings of melon and sangria. The tastings are a classic part of the district's fiestas for the Virgen del Puerto. Source: Diario de Madrid (Madrid City Council), checked .
- From late September to mid-October, booksellers set out over half a million old books along the Paseo de Recoletos. Some are antique. Source: esMadrid (Madrid City Council tourism), checked .
- Dahlias, amaryllis, anemones and cyclamen flower in September at the Real Jardín Botánico. Osmanthus blooms there too. Source: Real Jardín Botánico (CSIC), checked .
Key figures
Weather in September, 1991-2020 means
- Daily high
- 26.9 °C (80.4 °F)
- Daily low
- 15.5 °C (59.9 °F)
- Rain
- 23.6 mm (0.93 in) in the month
- Sunshine
- no data
Climate normals 1991-2020, computed by AEMET and submitted to the World Meteorological Organization. Checked .
Station: Madrid Retiro, 2.2 km from the city centre point.
How we define and convert these figures
Notes. Sunshine: the source file has no row for this measure.
Daylight on 15 September 2026
- Sunrise
- 07:55 local time
- Sunset
- 20:24 local time
- Day length
- 12 h 28 min
Day length 1-30 September: 13 h 05 min to 11 h 49 min, -1 h 16 min.
Source: NOAA Solar Calculator equations, checked .
Month by month
Each month: daily high in °C, then rain in mm, 1991-2020 means.
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
This month against the year
| Measure | September | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Daily high | 26.9 °C | 4th warmest |
| Daily low | 15.5 °C | 4th warmest |
| Rain | 23.6 mm | 4th driest |
| Sunshine | no data | no data |
| Day length | 12 h 28 min | 6th longest |
Equal values share a rank. How we rank months
Madrid in September, on average: 3.5 rain days (1 mm or more), 0.0 frost days (low below 0 °C), 7.9 hot days (high 30 °C or more).
WMO climate normals 1991-2020, as above, checked .
Day length: NOAA solar equations, checked .
Public holidays this month
September 2026: none.
September 2027: none.
Typed from the official list and re-checked, .
Source: Official public holiday list (datos.madrid.es), checked .
Same month in 20 cities
Madrid is warmer than 12 of our 20 cities in September by mean daily high. How we rank cities
Closest high and low in September: Rome (0.4 °C apart), Barcelona (1.8, equal), New York (1.8, equal).
| City | Gap from Madrid, °C | High, °C | Low, °C | Rain, mm | Sunshine, hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madrid (this page) | — | 26.9 | 15.5 | 23.6 | no data |
| Rome (closest) | 0.4 | 26.7 | 16.0 | no data | no data |
| Barcelona (closest) | 1.8 | 26.7 | 18.8 | 86.1 | 202.9 |
| New York (closest) | 1.8 | 24.6 | 16.8 | 109.5 | no data |
| Los Angeles | 1.9 | 28.3 | 17.9 | 3.3 | no data |
| Chicago | 2.2 | 24.2 | 13.9 | 81.0 | no data |
| Tokyo | 2.7 | 27.5 | 20.3 | 224.9 | 126.7 |
| Seville | 3.5 | 31.1 | 18.2 | 33.1 | 278.4 |
| Hiroshima | 3.9 | 29.1 | 21.1 | 162.7 | 167.3 |
| Paris | 4.0 | 21.5 | 13.0 | 44.7 | 174.0 |
| Osaka | 4.5 | 29.5 | 21.9 | 152.8 | 161.6 |
| Vienna | 4.7 | 21.1 | 12.0 | 64.1 | 191.7 |
| London | 5.0 | 20.2 | 12.3 | 49.8 | no data |
| Berlin | 5.8 | 19.9 | 10.9 | 46.6 | 166.6 |
| Amsterdam | 6.1 | 19.2 | 11.0 | 84.4 | 154.2 |
| Buenos Aires | 6.1 | 19.7 | 10.6 | 80.6 | 178.9 |
| Munich | 6.2 | 19.6 | 10.4 | 78.1 | 169.7 |
| Prague | 6.2 | 20.1 | 9.9 | 41.8 | 164.6 |
| Hong Kong | 7.1 | 30.5 | 26.1 | 321.4 | 174.4 |
| Singapore | 7.2 | 31.6 | 25.2 | 124.9 | no data |
Sources (1991-2020): WMO climate normals and NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, checked , ; Hong Kong: our 1991-2020 mean of the Hong Kong Observatory daily climate series on DATA.GOV.HK; Singapore: our 1991-2020 mean of the National Environment Agency monthly climate series on data.gov.sg; both checked . Each city's page names its station. All sources in full on Methodology.
Hong Kong figures: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Hong Kong Observatory own the intellectual property rights in the data; attribution to them and DATA.GOV.HK. Licence: Terms and Conditions of Use of DATA.GOV.HK, version 1.2.
Singapore figures: Contains information from the National Environment Agency on data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence). The Agency does not endorse our means.
Sources
- WMO Member Nations (each national weather service's own submission); archived by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Attribution: WMO Member Nations (2023). WMO Climatological Standard Normals for 1991-2020 (NCEI Accession 0253808). Station files named in each record. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/800j-vn07. Accessed on the check date shown. Licence: No licence stated. Published by NOAA NCEI for WMO; citation requested. Checked .
- NOAA Solar Calculator equations, computed locally, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (method); City by Month (computation). Attribution: Computed with the NOAA Solar Calculator method (no NOAA endorsement implied). Licence: Method, not data. Checked .
Official sources
Cite this page: City by Month. "Madrid in September: weather, daylight, holidays". https://citybymonth.com/cities/spain/madrid/september/. Last updated 5 November 2026.