Climate averages 1991–2020
Bothaville weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: one of 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 Bothaville: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orkney (46 km away). In January its highs average 29.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bothaville, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bothaville ranks 8th of 95 for the warmest January highs and joint 27th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Bothaville is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 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
Bothaville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 94 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 73 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 62 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 44 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 19 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.4°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 18.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 5.0 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 89 | 12.8 | 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
- Orkney in JanuarySouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Kutloanong in JanuarySouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JanuarySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in JanuarySouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Stilfontein in JanuarySouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Welkom in JanuarySouth Africa · 66 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Kroonstad in JanuarySouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Virginia in JanuarySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 92 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 Bothaville) is explained once on the Bothaville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.