Climate averages 1991–2020

Upington weather
in January.

A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 35.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 35 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a very hot month in Upington: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimberley (344 km away). In January its highs average 32.0°C, 3.2°C cooler than Upington, with 79 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Upington ranks 1st of 95 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 95 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 95 cities is 27.0°C; Upington is 8.2°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 31 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Upington climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Upington, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	35.2°C21.3°C	21.3°C	35	5.4	13.714 h
February	34.7°C21.3°C	21.3°C	31	6.5	13.113 h
March	32.5°C19.4°C	19.4°C	36	5.5	12.312 h
April	27.8°C15.0°C	15.0°C	25	3.6	11.411 h
May	24.1°C10.8°C	10.8°C	12	1.8	10.711 h
June	20.2°C6.8°C	6.8°C	5.2	0.8	10.410 h
July	20.1°C6.4°C	6.4°C	3.9	0.9	10.511 h
August	22.8°C7.8°C	7.8°C	2.8	0.6	11.111 h
September	27.2°C11.2°C	11.2°C	4.9	0.9	11.912 h
October	30.5°C14.9°C	14.9°C	14	2.2	12.813 h
November	32.5°C17.1°C	17.1°C	13	2.4	13.514 h
December	34.7°C19.6°C	19.6°C	27	3.8	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

Distance from Upington

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Upington) is explained once on the Upington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.