Plettenberg Bay climate

Plettenberg Bay Weather in January

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

Average highs run from 25°C on January 1 to 25°C on January 31, and lows from 17°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 40 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 Plettenberg Bay, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
25°C
Average low
17°C
Precipitation
40 mm
Reanalysis high
36°CJan 15, 1991
Reanalysis low
13°CJan 10, 1998
Daylight
14 h 22 min to 13 h 46 min
Cloud cover
44%
Humidity
74%
Dew point
16°C
Wind
14.4 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 125°C17°C34°C 200313°C 200131%
Jan 225°C17°C28°C 201014°C 200131%
Jan 325°C17°C32°C 199815°C 200131%
Jan 425°C17°C35°C 201815°C 200131%
Jan 525°C17°C32°C 199814°C 201330%
Jan 625°C17°C31°C 200615°C 200232%
Jan 725°C17°C30°C 201115°C 200232%
Jan 825°C17°C33°C 199914°C 200031%
Jan 925°C17°C28°C 200013°C 199829%
Jan 1025°C17°C29°C 200713°C 199829%
Jan 1125°C17°C35°C 201814°C 199830%
Jan 1225°C17°C29°C 199814°C 199931%
Jan 1325°C17°C31°C 201314°C 200230%
Jan 1425°C17°C30°C 201414°C 200129%
Jan 1525°C17°C36°C 199115°C 200127%
Jan 1625°C17°C31°C 201214°C 200126%
Jan 1725°C17°C32°C 201315°C 199126%
Jan 1825°C18°C36°C 201715°C 201525%
Jan 1925°C18°C29°C 200014°C 199525%
Jan 2025°C18°C30°C 200014°C 201925%
Jan 2125°C18°C31°C 201915°C 200323%
Jan 2225°C18°C31°C 201415°C 199423%
Jan 2325°C18°C29°C 201415°C 199423%
Jan 2425°C18°C31°C 199515°C 200925%
Jan 2525°C18°C30°C 199215°C 199325%
Jan 2625°C18°C31°C 200715°C 201725%
Jan 2725°C18°C30°C 199815°C 202025%
Jan 2825°C18°C35°C 200714°C 199626%
Jan 2925°C18°C30°C 199615°C 201726%
Jan 3025°C18°C35°C 201515°C 200626%
Jan 3125°C18°C31°C 200714°C 200126%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Plettenberg Bay, in percent.0102030401102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

January 1
sunrise 5:19 AM, sunset 7:41 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:47 AM, sunset 7:33 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.