Pitseng Weather in January
Pitseng in January
The short of it: Pitseng in January averages a high of 26 °C (80 °F) and a low of 14 °C (56 °F), with 132 mm (5.2 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 26° · low 14° · rain 132 mm · daylight 13 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Pitseng an average January high of 26°, a low of 14° and some 132 mm of rain. No month in Pitseng runs warmer: highs about 26°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 132 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, Pitseng runs cooler than most and wetter than most in January. Hlotse, 22 km to the NW, is 1° warmer by day.
January in Pitseng, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus December
- about the same, 32 mm more rain
- Versus February
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HlotseLeribe | 22 km NW | 28° | 14° | 115 mm |
| MapotengBerea | 26 km WSW | 28° | 15° | 117 mm |
| Butha-ButheButha-Buthe | 27 km N | 27° | 14° | 122 mm |
| Lejone00 | 29 km ESE | 22° | 10° | 135 mm |
| MaputsoeLeribe | 33 km WNW | 28° | 14° | 115 mm |
| FicksburgFree State | 36 km WNW | 28° | 14° | 114 mm |
| Mamathes00 | 39 km WSW | 28° | 15° | 118 mm |
| FouriesburgFree State | 43 km N | 26° | 13° | 123 mm |