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Pretoria in January

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Pretoria is warm: highs near 85°F, lows near 63°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.January in Pretoria is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
63°F17°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
13h 33mon average

Is January a good time to visit Pretoria?

January sits outside Pretoria's best months, which run in two parts: April to June, or August to September. Expect warm 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 85°F in January, against 69°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in January, against 21°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in January, against 2% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in January, against 9% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

13h 33m in January, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m 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 62°low 17°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January85°29°low 63°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February85°29°low 63°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Pretoria sits, in January

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:29 AMsets 7:03 PM
Above the sea
1,330 mupland
Latitude
25.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Johannesburg53 km south

The land around Pretoria, 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 Pretoria

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Pretoria. 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.