Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbabane weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 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 Mbabane: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manzini (32 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, 2.7°C warmer than Mbabane, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Mbabane ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 2 cities is 25.7°C; Mbabane is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 216 mm to 177 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
Mbabane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 216 | 19.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 177 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 159 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 18.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 171 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 208 | 19.9 | 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
- Manzini in JanuaryEswatini · 32 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Piet Retief in JanuarySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Mbombela in JanuarySouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Ermelo in JanuarySouth Africa · 117 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JanuaryMozambique · 130 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 138 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Maputo in JanuaryMozambique · 150 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Vryheid in JanuarySouth Africa · 165 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 Mbabane) is explained once on the Mbabane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.