Mapholaneng Weather in January
Mapholaneng in January
The short of it: Mapholaneng in January averages a high of 23 °C (73 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 132 mm (5.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 49 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 23° · low 11° · rain 132 mm · daylight 13 h 49 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & April
Thirty years of records give Mapholaneng an average January high of 23°, a low of 11° and some 132 mm of rain. No month in Mapholaneng runs warmer: highs about 23°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 132 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 49 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates January 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and April.
Against its neighbours, Mapholaneng runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Mokhotlong, 22 km to the ESE, is 1° warmer by day.
January in Mapholaneng, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° warmer, 35 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 49 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MokhotlongMokhotlong District | 22 km ESE | 24° | 12° | 126 mm |
| SeshoteLeribe | 32 km WSW | 24° | 11° | 123 mm |
| Lejone00 | 38 km WNW | 22° | 10° | 135 mm |
| KatseThaba-Tseka | 41 km WSW | 24° | 11° | 114 mm |
| Thaba-TsekaThaba-Tseka | 44 km SW | 24° | 12° | 109 mm |
| SehonghongThaba-Tseka | 65 km S | 24° | 12° | 108 mm |
| PitsengLeribe | 67 km WNW | 26° | 14° | 132 mm |
| MantsonyaneThaba-Tseka | 69 km WSW | 23° | 11° | 108 mm |