Climate averages 1991–2020
Bloemfontein weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bloemfontein: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 46 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (52 km away). In January its highs average 29.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bloemfontein, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bloemfontein ranks 6th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 19th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Bloemfontein is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 73 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
Bloemfontein climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 82 | 12.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 29.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 73 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 47 | 7.3 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 20 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 16.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.310 h |
| July | 16.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 10.510 h |
| August | 19.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.6°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 43 | 6.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 28.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 66 | 8.3 | 13.514 h |
| December | 29.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 76 | 10.3 | 14.014 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
- Botshabelo in JanuarySouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in JanuarySouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Maseru in JanuaryLesotho · 125 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Virginia in JanuarySouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Welkom in JanuarySouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JanuarySouth Africa · 146 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Kimberley in JanuarySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Kutloanong in JanuarySouth Africa · 152 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 Bloemfontein) is explained once on the Bloemfontein year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.