Knysna climate

Knysna Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 26°C on January 1 to 27°C on January 31, and lows from 16°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 37 mm over about 9 wet days.

January day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Knysna, in °C, with the record for each date.10203040151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
16°C
Precipitation
37 mm
Reanalysis high
37°CJan 4, 1992
Reanalysis low
11°CJan 20, 2019
Daylight
14 h 23 min to 13 h 46 min
Cloud cover
44%
Humidity
72%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
10.8 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 126°C16°C35°C 200313°C 200129%
Jan 226°C16°C31°C 201012°C 200129%
Jan 326°C16°C34°C 199813°C 200130%
Jan 426°C16°C37°C 199213°C 200429%
Jan 526°C16°C34°C 199312°C 201328%
Jan 626°C16°C34°C 200615°C 200230%
Jan 726°C16°C32°C 201114°C 200729%
Jan 826°C16°C34°C 199913°C 200028%
Jan 926°C16°C30°C 200012°C 199827%
Jan 1026°C16°C31°C 200712°C 199827%
Jan 1126°C16°C36°C 201812°C 199228%
Jan 1226°C16°C32°C 199811°C 199929%
Jan 1326°C16°C34°C 201012°C 200128%
Jan 1426°C16°C32°C 201411°C 199826%
Jan 1526°C16°C36°C 199113°C 200125%
Jan 1626°C16°C34°C 202012°C 200124%
Jan 1726°C16°C31°C 201213°C 200324%
Jan 1826°C16°C37°C 201713°C 201523%
Jan 1926°C16°C32°C 200012°C 199522%
Jan 2026°C16°C33°C 200011°C 201924%
Jan 2126°C17°C35°C 201814°C 200322%
Jan 2226°C17°C33°C 201714°C 200322%
Jan 2326°C17°C31°C 201414°C 199423%
Jan 2426°C17°C33°C 201513°C 199324%
Jan 2526°C17°C32°C 199213°C 200124%
Jan 2626°C17°C32°C 200714°C 201724%
Jan 2726°C17°C33°C 199813°C 202024%
Jan 2826°C17°C35°C 200713°C 199625%
Jan 2926°C17°C32°C 201513°C 201725%
Jan 3027°C17°C33°C 199114°C 200624%
Jan 3127°C17°C33°C 200713°C 200124%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Knysna, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:20 AM, sunset 7:43 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:48 AM, sunset 7:34 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.