Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuthaditjhaba weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: one of the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Phuthaditjhaba: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bethlehem, South Africa (60 km away). In January its highs average 25.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Phuthaditjhaba, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phuthaditjhaba ranks joint 92nd of 95 for the warmest January highs and 94th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Phuthaditjhaba is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 135 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
Phuthaditjhaba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 177 | 19.0 | 13.714 h |
| February | 23.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 135 | 15.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 22.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 100 | 13.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 53 | 7.8 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.1°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 13 | 1.9 | 10.410 h |
| July | 15.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 11 | 1.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 17.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 29 | 4.2 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 32 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 12.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 135 | 14.3 | 13.514 h |
| December | 23.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 168 | 18.9 | 13.914 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
- Bethlehem, South Africa in JanuarySouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 143 mm rain
- Ladysmith in JanuarySouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in JanuarySouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in JanuarySouth Africa · 144 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 151 mm rain
- Maseru in JanuaryLesotho · 157 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Standerton in JanuarySouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Kroonstad in JanuarySouth Africa · 183 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 134 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 Phuthaditjhaba) is explained once on the Phuthaditjhaba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.