Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In January its highs average 27.5°C, 3.0°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 5th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 26th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Phalaborwa is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 69 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
Phalaborwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| March | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 62 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 93 | 9.8 | 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
- Thohoyandou in JanuarySouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in JanuarySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Polokwane in JanuarySouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbombela in JanuarySouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JanuaryMozambique · 188 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Mokopane in JanuarySouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 112 mm rain
- Chibuto in JanuaryMozambique · 256 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Matola in JanuaryMozambique · 261 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 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 Phalaborwa) is explained once on the Phalaborwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.