Things to Do in Positano in September
September weather, activities, events & insider tips
September Weather in Positano
Temperature, rainfall and humidity at a glance
Is September Right for You?
Weigh the advantages and considerations before booking
- + September light on the Amalfi Coast carries a honeyed softness that only arrives once the harsh summer sun has mellowed. Positano's vertical layers of lemon groves and pink-stuccoed villas look painted with gold. This is the time to be on the water.
- + The seasonal shoulder has cut the July-August crowds in half, at least. You can breathe on the Path of the Gods trail. You stand a fighting chance at a decent sunbed on Spiaggia Grande without arriving at 7 AM. This might just be Positano's most civilised month.
- + Most tourists have left. The fishing season for anchovies and sea bream peaks. Trattoria menus feature the year's freshest local seafood, grilled with just olive oil, lemon, and a pinch of sea salt from the Saline de Punta Licosa, just up the coast.
- + The evenings pull off a magic trick. Warm enough still for a linen shirt on a restaurant terrace as you listen to the wash of waves. A whisper of coolness carried down from Montepertuso signals autumn is gathering in the hills.
- − The variable weather in September is exactly that: unpredictable. A quick morning downpour on the way to Fornillo Beach can swell up out of nowhere. The rocky paths turn slick with rainwater and pine needles. The occasional thunderstorm can capsize a boat tour schedule for the day.
- − Crowds are thinner. Positano still functions at close to summer capacity for price, for those coveted sea-view rooms. The sense of getting a shoulder-season deal is somewhat illusory here. You're paying for the quality of the light, not a discount.
- − Some smaller, family-run shops and restaurants, having worked nonstop since Easter, close for their annual holiday in the last week of September. That beloved ceramics shop you read about might just have a handwritten 'chiuso per ferie' sign on its blue door.
Year-Round Climate
How September compares to the rest of the year
| Month | High | Low | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14°C | 6°C | 3.8 inches (97 mm) |
| Feb | 15°C | 7°C | 4.6 inches (117 mm) |
| Mar | 16°C | 8°C | 1.7 inches (43 mm) |
| Apr | 20°C | 11°C | 2.0 inches (51 mm) |
| May | 23°C | 15°C | 1.1 inches (28 mm) |
| Jun | 30°C | 21°C | 0.2 inches (5 mm) |
| Jul | 31°C | 22°C | 4.1 inches (104 mm) |
| Aug | 31°C | 21°C | 0.6 inches (15 mm) |
| Sep | 27°C | 19°C | 1.0 inches (25 mm) |
| Oct | 21°C | 13°C | 1.5 inches (38 mm) |
| Nov | 18°C | 9°C | 8.0 inches (203 mm) |
| Dec | 15°C | 6°C | 4.0 inches (102 mm) |
Best Activities in September
Top things to do during your visit
Positano in September is the sweet spot. The furnace of August has cooled. Yet the Tyrrhenian still carries summer's heat. Air feels thinner, sun-warmed, drifting up staircases draped with bougainvillea and lemon scent sharpened by salt. Shopkeepers lean in doorways again. Fishermen stitch nets on the pebble beach under late gold light. August's crush is gone. Evenings now invite a thin sweater once the sun slips behind the cliffs. Weather keeps shifting. One day the sea is turquoise glass, the next a brief shower slaps petals onto wet stone. Average high is 27°C, good for climbing, swimming, or driving the vertical road. No festivals hog the calendar, so daily life shows its bones: espresso cups clink in the piazzetta, the Chiesa Madre bells echo across the slope.
The BEST Private Amalfi Coast Vespa Tour
guided_experienceThis private Vespa tour gives the coast the way locals know it: pine and sea salt in your teeth, hair whipping, engine humming above void-blue water. Pastel villages stick to cliffs like barnacles. Your guide pauses at overlooks where only waves reply.
Discover the Magic of the Amalfi and Sorrento Coast by Vespa
otherthreads lemon groves that perfume the air and watchtowers guarding empty coves. Stop in hamlets most maps ignore, tasting lemon granita so sharp it makes the day feel cooler.
Ravioli & Tagliatelle Cooking Class at a Local's Home in Positano
foodhappens in a kitchen where rooftops drop toward the sea and flour dust hangs in the light. You'll fold ravioli plump with ricotta and wild herbs, then slice tagliatelle to meet sauce of just-picked San Marzano tomatoes.
Private boat tour of the Amalfi coast or Capri
cruiseshows Positano's stacked houses as they never appear from land, then slips you into the emerald hush of Grotta dello Smeraldo. Drop anchor in a cove, jump off, and watch your own toes on white seabed ten metres down.
Amalfi Coast Gems; Private Tour of Amalfi, Ravello, Minori,Maiori
private_tourdrills into the coast's art and stone: striped marble of Amalfi's cathedral, Ravello's cloud-caught gardens, the echo inside the Paper Museum, a tangy delizia al limone in Minori.
Amalfi Coast tour
guided_experienceis a complete first-timer briefing as you snake along the corniche. See cobalt domes blaze against sky, feel hush inside the cathedral's cloister, browse ceramics glazed sea-blue and sun-yellow.
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