Upington Weather in January
Average highs run from 36°C on January 1 to 37°C on January 31, and lows from 19°C to 20°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 34 mm over about 6 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 37°C
- Average low
- 20°C
- Precipitation
- 34 mm
- Record high
- 45°CJan 5, 2016
- Record low
- 9°CJan 4, 1960
- Daylight
- 13 h 55 min to 13 h 26 min
- Cloud cover
- 40%
- Humidity
- 29%
- Dew point
- 6°C
- Wind
- 14.8 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 36°C | 19°C | 42°C 1966 | 13°C 2007 | 15% |
| Jan 2 | 37°C | 19°C | 42°C 1996 | 12°C 2000 | 15% |
| Jan 3 | 38°C | 20°C | 42°C 2016 | 12°C 1975 | 15% |
| Jan 4 | 38°C | 21°C | 45°C 2016 | 9°C 1960 | 16% |
| Jan 5 | 39°C | 22°C | 45°C 2016 | 10°C 1960 | 16% |
| Jan 6 | 38°C | 22°C | 45°C 2016 | 15°C 1954 | 16% |
| Jan 7 | 37°C | 21°C | 44°C 2012 | 13°C 2002 | 16% |
| Jan 8 | 37°C | 20°C | 45°C 2012 | 11°C 2002 | 15% |
| Jan 9 | 36°C | 19°C | 45°C 2012 | 14°C 2018 | 16% |
| Jan 10 | 36°C | 18°C | 43°C 2012 | 10°C 1998 | 16% |
| Jan 11 | 37°C | 19°C | 43°C 2012 | 12°C 1998 | 17% |
| Jan 12 | 38°C | 20°C | 43°C 2016 | 11°C 1959 | 18% |
| Jan 13 | 37°C | 20°C | 43°C 2023 | 11°C 1959 | 18% |
| Jan 14 | 37°C | 20°C | 43°C 2018 | 10°C 2001 | 19% |
| Jan 15 | 38°C | 20°C | 42°C 2023 | 12°C 2001 | 20% |
| Jan 16 | 38°C | 21°C | 42°C 2023 | 14°C 2025 | 21% |
| Jan 17 | 38°C | 21°C | 42°C 2014 | 13°C 1959 | 22% |
| Jan 18 | 37°C | 20°C | 42°C 2014 | 12°C 2002 | 22% |
| Jan 19 | 37°C | 20°C | 41°C 2023 | 13°C 2002 | 24% |
| Jan 20 | 37°C | 20°C | 42°C 2009 | 15°C 1961 | 25% |
| Jan 21 | 37°C | 21°C | 42°C 2009 | 12°C 1971 | 25% |
| Jan 22 | 37°C | 21°C | 42°C 2007 | 14°C 1966 | 26% |
| Jan 23 | 37°C | 21°C | 42°C 2015 | 14°C 1969 | 26% |
| Jan 24 | 36°C | 20°C | 42°C 2015 | 14°C 1968 | 26% |
| Jan 25 | 37°C | 20°C | 41°C 1999 | 14°C 2017 | 26% |
| Jan 26 | 37°C | 20°C | 43°C 1992 | 13°C 1981 | 26% |
| Jan 27 | 37°C | 20°C | 44°C 1992 | 13°C 2020 | 25% |
| Jan 28 | 37°C | 21°C | 43°C 2013 | 10°C 1961 | 24% |
| Jan 29 | 38°C | 21°C | 43°C 2013 | 10°C 1961 | 24% |
| Jan 30 | 37°C | 20°C | 42°C 2020 | 12°C 1961 | 23% |
| Jan 31 | 37°C | 20°C | 42°C 2020 | 14°C 1961 | 22% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- January 1
- sunrise 5:41 AM, sunset 7:36 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:05 AM, sunset 7:31 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SF003174470, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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.