Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafikeng weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mafikeng: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (137 km away). In January its highs average 30.9°C, 1.6°C warmer than Mafikeng, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mafikeng ranks joint 14th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Mafikeng is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 90 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
Mafikeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 90 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.8 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 87 | 14.3 | 13.714 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
- Gaborone in JanuaryBotswana · 137 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in JanuaryBotswana · 139 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in JanuarySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in JanuarySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 101 mm rain
- Stilfontein in JanuarySouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Orkney in JanuarySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Rustenburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Molepolole in JanuaryBotswana · 163 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 80 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 Mafikeng) is explained once on the Mafikeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.