Climate averages 1991–2020
Mdantsane weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mdantsane: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is East London (16 km away). In January its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Mdantsane, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mdantsane ranks joint 62nd of 95 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Mdantsane is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 80 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
Mdantsane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 80 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 82 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 73 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 25 | 4.6 | 10.510 h |
| June | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 38 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 65 | 10.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 77 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 14.314 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
- East London in JanuarySouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Bhisho in JanuarySouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Qonce in JanuarySouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Grahamstown in JanuarySouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Queenstown in JanuarySouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Mthatha in JanuarySouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Motherwell in JanuarySouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JanuarySouth Africa · 231 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 34 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 Mdantsane) is explained once on the Mdantsane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.