Pretoria Weather in January
Average highs run from 32°C on January 1 to 31°C on January 31, and lows from 18°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 112 mm over about 19 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 31°C
- Average low
- 18°C
- Precipitation
- 112 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 41°CJan 7, 2016
- Reanalysis low
- 9°CJan 19, 2000
- Daylight
- 13 h 43 min to 13 h 17 min
- Cloud cover
- 61%
- Humidity
- 59%
- Dew point
- 14°C
- Wind
- 10.4 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 32°C | 18°C | 37°C 1991 | 13°C 2001 | 61% |
| Jan 2 | 32°C | 18°C | 35°C 2008 | 12°C 2001 | 62% |
| Jan 3 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 2003 | 11°C 2001 | 61% |
| Jan 4 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 1991 | 13°C 2001 | 61% |
| Jan 5 | 31°C | 18°C | 37°C 1995 | 14°C 2001 | 61% |
| Jan 6 | 31°C | 18°C | 39°C 2016 | 13°C 1994 | 61% |
| Jan 7 | 31°C | 18°C | 41°C 2016 | 14°C 2011 | 61% |
| Jan 8 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 2018 | 14°C 2011 | 61% |
| Jan 9 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 2001 | 14°C 1991 | 61% |
| Jan 10 | 31°C | 18°C | 37°C 2001 | 13°C 1991 | 61% |
| Jan 11 | 31°C | 18°C | 39°C 2001 | 12°C 1998 | 61% |
| Jan 12 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 1991 | 13°C 1993 | 61% |
| Jan 13 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 2003 | 14°C 1993 | 63% |
| Jan 14 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 2003 | 13°C 2000 | 64% |
| Jan 15 | 31°C | 18°C | 37°C 2018 | 14°C 1997 | 64% |
| Jan 16 | 31°C | 18°C | 37°C 2003 | 15°C 1999 | 64% |
| Jan 17 | 31°C | 18°C | 37°C 2002 | 13°C 2017 | 64% |
| Jan 18 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 2002 | 10°C 2017 | 64% |
| Jan 19 | 31°C | 18°C | 37°C 1993 | 9°C 2000 | 65% |
| Jan 20 | 31°C | 18°C | 35°C 1993 | 11°C 2000 | 64% |
| Jan 21 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 2001 | 12°C 2000 | 65% |
| Jan 22 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 1991 | 14°C 2000 | 64% |
| Jan 23 | 31°C | 18°C | 36°C 2019 | 15°C 2000 | 65% |
| Jan 24 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 2001 | 15°C 1994 | 66% |
| Jan 25 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 2013 | 14°C 1994 | 66% |
| Jan 26 | 31°C | 18°C | 37°C 1995 | 13°C 1994 | 66% |
| Jan 27 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 1995 | 14°C 1993 | 66% |
| Jan 28 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 1995 | 12°C 1996 | 65% |
| Jan 29 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 1995 | 10°C 1996 | 65% |
| Jan 30 | 31°C | 18°C | 38°C 1992 | 11°C 1996 | 65% |
| Jan 31 | 31°C | 18°C | 35°C 2012 | 13°C 1996 | 64% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- January 1
- sunrise 5:19 AM, sunset 7:02 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 6:59 PM
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.