Mapoteng Weather in January
Mapoteng in January
The short of it: Mapoteng in January averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 15 °C (58 °F), with 117 mm (4.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 28° · low 15° · rain 117 mm · daylight 13 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Mapoteng an average January high of 28°, a low of 15° and some 117 mm of rain. The height of summer in Mapoteng, with afternoons near 28°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 117 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 48 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Mapoteng runs cooler than most and about as wet in January. Mamathes, 14 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
January in Mapoteng, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 23 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h