Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimberley weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kimberley: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 45 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloemfontein (148 km away). In January its highs average 30.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Kimberley, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kimberley ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest January highs and 17th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Kimberley is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 63 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
Kimberley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| February | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 63 | 10.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 29.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 41 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 5.4 | 1.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 21.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 10 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 30.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.8 | 13.514 h |
| December | 32.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 9.5 | 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
- Bloemfontein in JanuarySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 82 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in JanuarySouth Africa · 180 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Botshabelo in JanuarySouth Africa · 200 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in JanuarySouth Africa · 209 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Welkom in JanuarySouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JanuarySouth Africa · 212 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Virginia in JanuarySouth Africa · 217 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Kutloanong in JanuarySouth Africa · 219 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 Kimberley) is explained once on the Kimberley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.