Climate averages 1991–2020
Mokopane weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mokopane: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polokwane (57 km away). In January its highs average 26.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Mokopane, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mokopane ranks joint 23rd of 95 for the warmest January highs and 55th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Mokopane is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 72 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
Mokopane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 112 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| February | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 13.614 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
- Polokwane in JanuarySouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Bela Bela in JanuarySouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Somaroboro in JanuarySouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in JanuarySouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in JanuarySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Soshanguve in JanuarySouth Africa · 169 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Middelburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Emalahleni in JanuarySouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 124 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 Mokopane) is explained once on the Mokopane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.