Climate averages 1991–2020
Motherwell weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Motherwell: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kariega (18 km away). In January its highs average 26.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Motherwell, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Motherwell ranks 58th of 95 for the warmest January highs and joint 11th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Motherwell is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 44 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
Motherwell climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 40 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 44 | 7.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 20.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 7.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 45 | 8.0 | 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
- Kariega in JanuarySouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JanuarySouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Grahamstown in JanuarySouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Qonce in JanuarySouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Bhisho in JanuarySouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Mdantsane in JanuarySouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 76 mm rain
- East London in JanuarySouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Queenstown in JanuarySouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 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 Motherwell) is explained once on the Motherwell year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kariega lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.