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Franschhoek in January

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Franschhoek is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 60°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Franschhoek is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and the days shorten by 23 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
60°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 15% of days
Daylight
14h 08mon average

Is January a good time to visit Franschhoek?

A good month, just outside Franschhoek's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October to November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in January, against 65°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in January, against 18°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

15% of days in January, against 14% to 37% through the year.

Cloud cover

21% cover in January, against 19% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

14h 08m in January, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December84°29°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. January88°31°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February88°31°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Franschhoek sits, in January

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:47 AMsets 7:57 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cape Town64 km west

The land around Franschhoek, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Africa in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Franschhoek

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Franschhoek. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (300 m) against the climate model's (730 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (300 m) against the climate model's (730 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.