Climate averages 1991–2020
Somaroboro 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 Somaroboro: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 94 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 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammanskraal (55 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 1.8°C warmer than Somaroboro, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Somaroboro ranks 39th of 95 for the warmest January highs and joint 27th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Somaroboro is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 94 mm to 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
Somaroboro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 94 | 13.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 78 | 9.8 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 68 | 9.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 30 | 4.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 21.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 13 | 2.1 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.0°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| July | 19.0°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 2.5 | 0.4 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 14 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.4°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 49 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 78 | 11.1 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 91 | 13.8 | 13.714 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
- Hammanskraal in JanuarySouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 98 mm rain
- Emalahleni in JanuarySouth Africa · 71 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Soshanguve in JanuarySouth Africa · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Bela Bela in JanuarySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Pretoria in JanuarySouth Africa · 79 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Middelburg in JanuarySouth Africa · 79 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Centurion in JanuarySouth Africa · 86 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in JanuarySouth Africa · 89 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 95 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 Somaroboro) is explained once on the Somaroboro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.