Climate averages 1991–2020
Molepolole weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Molepolole: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (45 km away). In January its highs average 30.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Molepolole, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Molepolole ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 5 cities is 30.4°C; Molepolole is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Molepolole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 11.1 | 13.513 h |
| February | 29.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 28.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 12 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 20.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 8.9 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 8.9 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 13.614 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Mogoditshane in JanuaryBotswana · 45 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Gaborone in JanuaryBotswana · 50 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Mafikeng in JanuarySouth Africa · 163 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Rustenburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Brits in JanuarySouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Bela Bela in JanuarySouth Africa · 287 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Soshanguve in JanuarySouth Africa · 288 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 95 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Molepolole) is explained once on the Molepolole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.