Climate averages 1991–2020
Bethlehem, South Africa weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Bethlehem, South Africa: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Phuthaditjhaba (60 km away). In January its highs average 23.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Bethlehem, South Africa, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bethlehem, South Africa ranks joint 66th of 95 for the warmest January highs and joint 87th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Bethlehem, South Africa is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 97 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
Bethlehem, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 143 | 16.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 97 | 13.4 | 13.113 h |
| March | 23.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 89 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 53 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 18.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 13 | 2.1 | 10.410 h |
| July | 15.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 7.6 | 1.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 18.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 21 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 87 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 111 | 12.2 | 13.513 h |
| December | 25.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 147 | 16.7 | 13.914 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
- Phuthaditjhaba in JanuarySouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Kroonstad in JanuarySouth Africa · 124 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Virginia in JanuarySouth Africa · 142 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Maseru in JanuaryLesotho · 145 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Ladysmith in JanuarySouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Welkom in JanuarySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Kutloanong in JanuarySouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JanuarySouth Africa · 164 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 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 Bethlehem) is explained once on the Bethlehem, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.