Climate averages 1991–2020
Oudtshoorn weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Oudtshoorn: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 06 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (47 km away). In January its highs average 23.4°C, 6.3°C cooler than Oudtshoorn, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Oudtshoorn ranks joint 9th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 7th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Oudtshoorn is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 28 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
Oudtshoorn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 18.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 18.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 19.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 27 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 6.1 | 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
- George in JanuarySouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in JanuarySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in JanuarySouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Kariega in JanuarySouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Paarl in JanuarySouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in JanuarySouth Africa · 310 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Motherwell in JanuarySouth Africa · 314 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Somerset West in JanuarySouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 21 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 Oudtshoorn) is explained once on the Oudtshoorn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.