Climate averages 1991–2020
Qonce weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Qonce: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhisho (6 km away). In January its highs average 26.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Qonce, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Qonce ranks joint 46th of 95 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Qonce is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 78 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
Qonce climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 78 | 11.2 | 14.014 h |
| February | 26.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 78 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 80 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 67 | 7.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 23 | 4.3 | 10.510 h |
| June | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 23 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 27 | 3.8 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 48 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 64 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 78 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 78 | 12.1 | 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
- Bhisho in JanuarySouth Africa · 6 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Mdantsane in JanuarySouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 76 mm rain
- East London in JanuarySouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Grahamstown in JanuarySouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Queenstown in JanuarySouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Mthatha in JanuarySouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.2°C · 145 mm rain
- Motherwell in JanuarySouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JanuarySouth Africa · 204 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 34 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 Qonce) is explained once on the Qonce year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.