Climate averages 1991–2020
Schweizer-Reneke weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Schweizer-Reneke: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bothaville (129 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Schweizer-Reneke, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Schweizer-Reneke ranks 7th of 95 for the warmest January highs and joint 39th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Schweizer-Reneke is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 74 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
Schweizer-Reneke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 101 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| February | 29.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 67 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 40 | 6.6 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 15 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 10 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 4.4 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 11 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 12 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 30.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 77 | 12.9 | 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
- Bothaville in JanuarySouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Orkney in JanuarySouth Africa · 135 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 97 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in JanuarySouth Africa · 138 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Stilfontein in JanuarySouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Mafikeng in JanuarySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 90 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JanuarySouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Kutloanong in JanuarySouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Welkom in JanuarySouth Africa · 164 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.0°C · 92 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 Schweizer-Reneke) is explained once on the Schweizer-Reneke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.