Bengaluru (Bangalore) weather in September
September in Bengaluru: hot, rainy, with clean air — a great time to visit.
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
#6 of 12 months in Bengaluru · #891 of 1413 destinations to visit in September · comfort 73/100 (tier B)
- Days
- 29°C
- Nights
- 21°C
- Wet days
- 16
- Sun
- 8.6 h
- Humidity
- 81%
- Daylight
- 12 h

Traveller notes on Bengaluru in September
Regulars describe rain and cooler temperatures as directly linked here - one visitor's real-time report simply noted it was already raining and the weather had turned cooler as a result, capturing how quickly a shower shifts the day's feel. Our row backs the wet, mild-for-the-tropics read, 28.6C reading as a hot 30C at 81 percent humidity, over 20.5C nights, with 108.8mm of rain across a striking 15.7 days. Regulars are specific that mornings often stay dry with steady rain building through the afternoon, so an umbrella is standard advice rather than a full rain jacket for a whole-day downpour. The record: 8.6 hours of sun, a 16.9 kph wind and one of the cleanest air readings in this project, AQI 35.
Other months in Bengaluru
Regulars describe a northeast wind pattern that picks up from mid-October and carries a bit of rain with it into November, even as the wider shift is toward the city's well-regarded cool season. Our row backs a real but easing wetness, 77.3mm of rain across 10.3 days, alongside comfortable warmth, 27.9C over 19.1C nights - noticeably milder than the peak of the wet season proper. This is also named by regulars as the start of the city's tourism high season, the cool, mostly dry stretch that makes it one of the more comfortable times of year to be outdoors here. The record: humidity 77 percent, 8.6 hours of sun and AQI 72.
This city's reputation for pleasant weather is real but it is earned after dark. Regulars call February and March pleasant with cool evenings, and in the same breath say that an outdoor day in March or April is hot and tiring - both are true. Our row reads 33.7C by day, feeling 35C, against 21C at night, and the thing doing that thirteen-degree drop is the altitude rather than the season. Air is dry for India at 49 percent humidity. Rain is almost absent at 11.4mm across 2 days, though the board expects the first showers near the end of the month. The record: 11.2 hours of sun, a 14.2 kph wind and AQI 88.
December is the month Bengaluru regulars call the best of the year - pleasant enough to move around in all day, and a relief after a climate shift that has been pushing the summer and the monsoon later and later. Our row is the mild version of a South Indian December: 27.5C days, 17.8C nights and 36mm of rain across 5.4 days, the tail of the retreating monsoon rather than a wet month. Most of the forum's December advice is about what you do with the city as a base. The Bangalore-Mysore-Ooty run takes four or five comfortable days, Ooty itself will be cold and misty so pack for it, and the hill stations are worth doing before the 20th, because tariffs double in Christmas week. The record: humidity 75 percent, 9 hours of sun and AQI 75.
Bengaluru forum threads describe February as a genuinely pleasant transition month, with good sunshine through the day and posters noting it isn't quite as warm yet as April tends to get. A recent visitor's report from a February trip specifically cited daytime highs around 32C with sunny skies, but cool evenings that called for a light layer after dark. Posters were consistent that this shoulder-season stretch, running into March, offers some of the most comfortable conditions of the year here - warm and sunny by day without the building heat of the following months, and cool rather than cold once the sun goes down.
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Bengaluru climate normals — September
Monthly averages from ERA5 reanalysis. AQI is the mean US Air Quality Index for the month.
Crowds in Bengaluru in September
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Peak crowdsGanesha Chaturthi, Dasara and the Mysuru exodus, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Best months for Bengaluru's weather
Ranked by this destination's own climate comfort score across the year — a different thing from how busy it gets (see Crowds above).
Fair weatherBengaluru's weather peaks December–February, best around January.
Best weatherFair weatherToughest weather
What's on in Bengaluru in September
Recurring seasonal events, natural spectacles, closures and holidays — curated and sourced.
- Season
Southwest monsoon
1 Jun – 15 Sep · usuallyThe plateau's rain comes in bands rather than downpours and the city stays workable through it, with the parks at their greenest. It is the cheapest and least crowded stretch of the year.
- Festival
Ganesha Chaturthi
25 Aug – 20 Sep · usuallyReligious feastCrowdedPandals go up on every other street corner for ten days and the immersion processions close roads on the last night. Loud, late and entirely local. Source ↗
- Season
Retreating monsoon downpours
15 Sep – 15 Nov · usuallyRiskThe wettest weeks of the Bengaluru year arrive after the main monsoon has gone: short violent evening storms that flood the underpasses and lock the Outer Ring Road solid for hours.
- Festival
Dasara and the Mysuru exodus
20 Sep – 15 Oct · usuallyReligious feastCrowdedBook earlyKarnataka's state festival runs ten days and the city empties down the Mysuru road for the palace lights and the Jamboo Savari elephants. Trains, buses and Mysuru hotels all go weeks ahead. Source ↗
Nearby, and something's on
Within 300 km of Bengaluru — a day trip or a short hop — with something on this month. Never part of the comfort score.
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Bengaluru in September — FAQ
- Is September a good time to visit Bengaluru?
- September in Bengaluru: hot, rainy, with clean air — a great time to visit. It ranks #6 of 12 months for Bengaluru on SeasonMap's comfort score (73/100).
- What is the weather like in Bengaluru in September?
- In September, Bengaluru averages a daily high of 28.6°C and a low of 20.5°C, with about 108.8 mm of rain over roughly 15.7 rainy days.
- What is the air quality in Bengaluru in September?
- Bengaluru has a mean US Air Quality Index of about 35 in September.
Within 300 km: Chennai's Vinayaka Chaturthi around 20 Aug – 25 Sep, and Mysuru's Monsoon on the plateau around 1 Jun – 30 Sep.