Bloemfontein climate

Bloemfontein Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Bloemfontein, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 32°C on January 1 to 32°C on January 31, and lows from 16°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 84 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Bloemfontein, in °C, with the record for each date.01020304050151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
32°C
Average low
17°C
Precipitation
84 mm
Reanalysis high
42°CJan 6, 2016
Reanalysis low
7°CJan 3, 2001
Daylight
13 h 58 min to 13 h 28 min
Cloud cover
54%
Humidity
48%
Dew point
10°C
Wind
13.3 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 132°C16°C36°C 20179°C 200142%
Jan 232°C16°C37°C 20168°C 200141%
Jan 332°C16°C38°C 19957°C 200141%
Jan 432°C16°C39°C 201610°C 200141%
Jan 532°C16°C42°C 201613°C 200140%
Jan 632°C16°C42°C 201614°C 200940%
Jan 732°C16°C40°C 200512°C 200240%
Jan 832°C16°C38°C 19938°C 200239%
Jan 932°C17°C38°C 19939°C 199139%
Jan 1032°C17°C36°C 20167°C 199840%
Jan 1132°C17°C36°C 20017°C 199840%
Jan 1232°C17°C38°C 200111°C 199340%
Jan 1332°C17°C37°C 200710°C 200241%
Jan 1432°C16°C38°C 201911°C 200242%
Jan 1532°C16°C38°C 20189°C 200143%
Jan 1632°C16°C37°C 199312°C 200144%
Jan 1732°C17°C38°C 19939°C 200045%
Jan 1832°C17°C38°C 20199°C 200245%
Jan 1932°C17°C36°C 199910°C 200046%
Jan 2032°C17°C37°C 199912°C 200047%
Jan 2132°C17°C37°C 200913°C 200347%
Jan 2232°C17°C38°C 201914°C 199247%
Jan 2332°C17°C38°C 201912°C 200948%
Jan 2432°C17°C37°C 201514°C 200548%
Jan 2532°C17°C37°C 201313°C 201247%
Jan 2632°C16°C37°C 199513°C 199447%
Jan 2732°C16°C38°C 199210°C 202047%
Jan 2832°C16°C38°C 199511°C 201746%
Jan 2932°C16°C37°C 199511°C 201744%
Jan 3032°C16°C37°C 199212°C 199644%
Jan 3132°C16°C37°C 201611°C 200044%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Bloemfontein, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

January 1
sunrise 5:20 AM, sunset 7:18 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:44 AM, sunset 7:12 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.