Climate averages 1991–2020
Manzini weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Manzini: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (32 km away). In January its highs average 24.4°C, 2.7°C cooler than Manzini, with 216 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Manzini ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is 25.7°C; Manzini is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 107 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
Manzini climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 131 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 107 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 93 | 10.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 23.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 24 | 3.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 21.7°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 11 | 2.2 | 10.511 h |
| July | 21.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 14 | 2.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 23.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 72 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 120 | 13.5 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 124 | 14.7 | 13.814 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
- Mbabane in JanuaryEswatini · 32 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 216 mm rain
- Piet Retief in JanuarySouth Africa · 80 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Mbombela in JanuarySouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 123 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JanuaryMozambique · 133 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Maputo in JanuaryMozambique · 134 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Ermelo in JanuarySouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Vryheid in JanuarySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 139 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 Manzini) is explained once on the Manzini year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.