Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbombela weather
in January.
A warm, 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 warm month in Mbombela: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (95 km away). In January its highs average 24.4°C, 3.4°C cooler than Mbombela, with 216 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mbombela ranks 34th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 92nd of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Mbombela is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 135 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
Mbombela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 17.5 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 135 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 107 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 8.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 71 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 122 | 16.3 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 18.4 | 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
- Mbabane in JanuaryEswatini · 95 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 216 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JanuaryMozambique · 103 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Manzini in JanuaryEswatini · 121 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Ermelo in JanuarySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Middelburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 159 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Maputo in JanuaryMozambique · 171 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Piet Retief in JanuarySouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 144 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 Mbombela) is explained once on the Mbombela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.