Climate averages 1991–2020
Potchefstroom weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Potchefstroom: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stilfontein (36 km away). In January its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Potchefstroom, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Potchefstroom ranks 30th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 53rd of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Potchefstroom is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 93 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
Potchefstroom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 109 | 15.0 | 13.614 h |
| February | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 93 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 76 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 39 | 6.8 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 19 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 8.7 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.5°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 16 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 65 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 81 | 12.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 28.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 112 | 16.0 | 13.814 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
- Stilfontein in JanuarySouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Parys in JanuarySouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in JanuarySouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Carletonville in JanuarySouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Orkney in JanuarySouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Westonaria in JanuarySouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 132 mm rain
- Sasolburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 72 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Vanderbijlpark in JanuarySouth Africa · 73 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 132 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 Potchefstroom) is explained once on the Potchefstroom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.