Mpharane Weather in January
Mpharane in January
The short of it: Mpharane in January averages a high of 28 °C (82 °F) and a low of 14 °C (57 °F), with 112 mm (4.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 52 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 14° · rain 112 mm · daylight 13 h 52 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Mpharane an average January high of 28°, a low of 14° and some 112 mm of rain. No month in Mpharane runs warmer: highs about 28°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 112 mm.
The sun is up for about 13 h 52 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, Mpharane runs about middling and about as wet in January. Thabana Morena, 14 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
January in Mpharane, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 34 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thabana Morena00 | 14 km WNW | 28° | 14° | 109 mm |
| Mohale's HoekMohale's Hoek District | 17 km SSW | 29° | 14° | 102 mm |
| Morunyaneng00 | 21 km N | 27° | 14° | 117 mm |
| MakhakheMafeteng District | 29 km N | 26° | 13° | 120 mm |
| KetaneMohale's Hoek District | 30 km ESE | 27° | 14° | 105 mm |
| PhamongMohale's Hoek District | 35 km SE | 29° | 15° | 97 mm |
| MafetengMafeteng District | 37 km NW | 29° | 14° | 106 mm |
| KoloMaseru District | 39 km NNE | 27° | 14° | 122 mm |