Climate averages 1991–2020
Middelburg weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Middelburg: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month 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 Emalahleni (26 km away). In January its highs average 24.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Middelburg, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Middelburg ranks joint 66th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 60th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Middelburg is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 91 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
Middelburg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 122 | 15.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 25.6°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 91 | 12.1 | 13.013 h |
| March | 24.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 86 | 11.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 40 | 6.1 | 11.512 h |
| May | 20.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 15 | 2.4 | 10.911 h |
| June | 18.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| July | 18.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 5.9 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| August | 21.2°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 8.5 | 1.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.0°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 18 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 68 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 102 | 14.3 | 13.413 h |
| December | 25.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 114 | 16.5 | 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
- Emalahleni in JanuarySouth Africa · 26 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Bethal in JanuarySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Somaroboro in JanuarySouth Africa · 79 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Delmas in JanuarySouth Africa · 88 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 128 mm rain
- eMbalenhle in JanuarySouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 139 mm rain
- Ermelo in JanuarySouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.8°C · 143 mm rain
- Etwatwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 108 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Brakpan in JanuarySouth Africa · 121 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 127 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 Middelburg) is explained once on the Middelburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.