Climate averages 1991–2020
Louis Trichardt weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Louis Trichardt: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (61 km away). In January its highs average 27.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Louis Trichardt, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Louis Trichardt ranks joint 31st of 95 for the warmest January highs and joint 44th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Louis Trichardt is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 87 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
Louis Trichardt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 13.2 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 87 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 50 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 21 | 5.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 10 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 10.911 h |
| August | 24.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| September | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.7 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 76 | 10.3 | 13.213 h |
| December | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 103 | 13.4 | 13.514 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
- Thohoyandou in JanuarySouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Polokwane in JanuarySouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Mokopane in JanuarySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Bela Bela in JanuarySouth Africa · 263 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Somaroboro in JanuarySouth Africa · 278 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Mbombela in JanuarySouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Middelburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 307 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 122 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 Louis Trichardt) is explained once on the Louis Trichardt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.