Climate averages 1991–2020

Gqeberha weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 34 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Gqeberha: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Motherwell (19 km away). In January its highs average 26.0°C, 2.1°C warmer than Gqeberha, with 40 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Gqeberha ranks joint 92nd of 95 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Gqeberha is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 38 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gqeberha climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Gqeberha, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	23.9°C19.4°C	19.4°C	34	6.9	14.114 h
February	24.2°C19.7°C	19.7°C	38	6.9	13.313 h
March	23.3°C18.7°C	18.7°C	44	7.4	12.312 h
April	21.8°C16.6°C	16.6°C	43	7.5	11.311 h
May	20.8°C14.8°C	14.8°C	38	6.3	10.410 h
June	19.4°C12.9°C	12.9°C	41	6.5	9.910 h
July	19.0°C12.2°C	12.2°C	38	6.4	10.110 h
August	18.8°C12.6°C	12.6°C	52	7.9	10.911 h
September	19.2°C13.6°C	13.6°C	38	6.8	11.912 h
October	20.1°C15.1°C	15.1°C	48	7.8	12.913 h
November	21.1°C16.4°C	16.4°C	53	7.9	13.914 h
December	22.7°C18.2°C	18.2°C	42	6.9	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

Distance from Gqeberha

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gqeberha) is explained once on the Gqeberha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.