Climate averages 1991–2020
George weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in George: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossel Bay (38 km away). In January its highs average 24.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than George, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, George ranks 94th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; George is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 42 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
George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 45 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.414 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
- Mossel Bay in JanuarySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in JanuarySouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Kariega in JanuarySouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in JanuarySouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Motherwell in JanuarySouth Africa · 289 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JanuarySouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Paarl in JanuarySouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in JanuarySouth Africa · 332 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 21 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 George) is explained once on the George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.