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Kruger (Skukuza) in January

Hot and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Kruger (Skukuza) is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Kruger (Skukuza) is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 42% of days
Daylight
13h 30mon average

Is January a good time to visit Kruger (Skukuza)?

January sits outside Kruger (Skukuza)'s best months, which run from June to August. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

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 90°F in January, against 79°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in January, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

42% of days in January, against 5% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in January, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

13h 30m in January, against 10h 37m to 13h 40m 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. December90°32°low 69°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January90°32°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February90°32°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kruger (Skukuza) sits, in January

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:16 AMsets 6:48 PM
Above the sea
280 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sabi-Sand Game Reserve33 km north-west

The land around Kruger (Skukuza), 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 Kruger (Skukuza)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger (Skukuza). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.