Climate averages 1991–2020
Dundee, 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 Dundee, South Africa: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle, South Africa (54 km away). In January its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Dundee, South Africa, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Dundee, South Africa ranks joint 51st of 95 for the warmest January highs and 91st of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Dundee, South Africa is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 129 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
Dundee, 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 | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 151 | 17.6 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 129 | 14.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 105 | 12.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 52 | 7.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.9°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 18 | 3.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 11 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 18.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 14 | 1.7 | 10.511 h |
| August | 21.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 22 | 3.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 35 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 92 | 12.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.6°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 125 | 17.0 | 13.513 h |
| December | 26.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 154 | 19.1 | 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
- Newcastle, South Africa in JanuarySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Ladysmith in JanuarySouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Vryheid in JanuarySouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Piet Retief in JanuarySouth Africa · 141 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in JanuarySouth Africa · 144 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 134 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in JanuarySouth Africa · 165 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Standerton in JanuarySouth Africa · 168 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 124 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 Dundee) is explained once on the Dundee, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.