Janeng weather in January

In January, Janeng sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 77 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Janeng's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Janeng's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 77 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:44 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 49%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 6.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Janeng reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	19
6	30	19
7	30	19
8	30	19
9	30	19
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	30	19
28	30	19
29	30	19
30	30	19
31	30	19

Janeng weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 19°	77	12.6	13.4	5.0
Feb	29° / 18°	71	10.3	12.9	5.5
Mar	28° / 17°	62	9.4	12.2	6.5
Apr	25° / 13°	35	5.4	11.4	7.9
May	23° / 8°	16	2.1	10.8	8.9
Jun	20° / 5°	9	1.2	10.4	8.6
Jul	20° / 4°	2	0.5	10.6	8.7
Aug	23° / 7°	5	1.1	11.1	9.2
Sep	27° / 12°	12	1.4	11.8	8.4
Oct	29° / 15°	37	6.1	12.6	6.4
Nov	29° / 17°	64	10.5	13.2	5.4
Dec	30° / 18°	77	12.7	13.6	5.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	68	67	67	67	67	68	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71
Cloudier (%)	34	34	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	32	33	33	33	33	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Janeng gets around 77 mm of rain over 12.6 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	41

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 9% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18
Comfortable (%)	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Humid (%)	33	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	39	39	40	40	40	41	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	38
Muggy (%)	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	25	37	33	6
2	25	36	32	6
3	25	36	32	7
4	25	36	32	7
5	25	36	32	7
6	25	35	32	7
7	25	35	33	8
8	24	35	33	8
9	24	35	33	8
10	23	35	34	8
11	23	34	35	8
12	22	34	36	8
13	21	34	36	8
14	21	34	37	8
15	20	34	38	8
16	19	34	39	8
17	18	34	39	9
18	18	34	40	9
19	17	34	40	9
20	17	34	40	9
21	16	34	41	9
22	16	34	40	10
23	16	34	40	10
24	16	33	40	10
25	16	33	40	11
26	17	33	39	11
27	17	33	39	11
28	17	33	39	11
29	18	33	38	11
30	18	33	38	11
31	18	33	38	11

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:34 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:07 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.6	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.5	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55
Sunset (PM)	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.6	5:34	7:08
2	13.6	5:35	7:08
3	13.5	5:35	7:08
4	13.5	5:36	7:09
5	13.5	5:37	7:09
6	13.5	5:37	7:09
7	13.5	5:38	7:09
8	13.5	5:39	7:09
9	13.5	5:39	7:09
10	13.5	5:40	7:10
11	13.5	5:41	7:10
12	13.5	5:42	7:10
13	13.5	5:42	7:10
14	13.4	5:43	7:10
15	13.4	5:44	7:10
16	13.4	5:44	7:10
17	13.4	5:45	7:10
18	13.4	5:46	7:10
19	13.4	5:47	7:10
20	13.4	5:47	7:10
21	13.4	5:48	7:09
22	13.3	5:49	7:09
23	13.3	5:50	7:09
24	13.3	5:50	7:09
25	13.3	5:51	7:09
26	13.3	5:52	7:08
27	13.3	5:52	7:08
28	13.2	5:53	7:08
29	13.2	5:54	7:08
30	13.2	5:55	7:07
31	13.2	5:55	7:07

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.16 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.93 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.1	Intense
2	7.1	Intense
3	7.1	Intense
4	7.1	Intense
5	7.1	Intense
6	7.1	Intense
7	7.1	Intense
8	7.1	Intense
9	7.1	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.0	Intense
14	7.0	Intense
15	6.9	Intense
16	6.9	Intense
17	6.9	Intense
18	6.9	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.8	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.8	Intense
31	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Janeng?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Janeng for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Janeng in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Janeng sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Janeng in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Janeng peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	13	12	9	6	5	6	8	9	11	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Janeng?

Janeng sits at 25.4°S, 25.6°E, 1,311 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Lobatse, 25 km away.

Topography around Janeng

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Janeng.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Janeng has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 1,304 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 605 m.

The land around Janeng is covered by shrubs (64%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, shrubs (53%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and shrubs (54%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

73 m

shrubs 64%

16 km

167 m

shrubs 53%

80 km

605 m

shrubs 54%

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← December Janeng year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Lobatse 25 km · Mmabatho 49 km · Mafikeng 51 km · Zeerust 54 km · Kanye 55 km · Ramotswa 69 km · Mosopa 73 km · Itsoseng 81 km

Botswana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,778; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 63%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 11.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 26.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Janeng (-25.4167°, 25.55°, elevation 1,311 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	19
6	30	19
7	30	19
8	30	19
9	30	19
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	30	19
28	30	19
29	30	19
30	30	19
31	30	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	25	37	33	6
2	25	36	32	6
3	25	36	32	7
4	25	36	32	7
5	25	36	32	7
6	25	35	32	7
7	25	35	33	8
8	24	35	33	8
9	24	35	33	8
10	23	35	34	8
11	23	34	35	8
12	22	34	36	8
13	21	34	36	8
14	21	34	37	8
15	20	34	38	8
16	19	34	39	8
17	18	34	39	9
18	18	34	40	9
19	17	34	40	9
20	17	34	40	9
21	16	34	41	9
22	16	34	40	10
23	16	34	40	10
24	16	33	40	10
25	16	33	40	11
26	17	33	39	11
27	17	33	39	11
28	17	33	39	11
29	18	33	38	11
30	18	33	38	11
31	18	33	38	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	19
6	30	19
7	30	19
8	30	19
9	30	19
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	30	19
28	30	19
29	30	19
30	30	19
31	30	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	25	37	33	6
2	25	36	32	6
3	25	36	32	7
4	25	36	32	7
5	25	36	32	7
6	25	35	32	7
7	25	35	33	8
8	24	35	33	8
9	24	35	33	8
10	23	35	34	8
11	23	34	35	8
12	22	34	36	8
13	21	34	36	8
14	21	34	37	8
15	20	34	38	8
16	19	34	39	8
17	18	34	39	9
18	18	34	40	9
19	17	34	40	9
20	17	34	40	9
21	16	34	41	9
22	16	34	40	10
23	16	34	40	10
24	16	33	40	10
25	16	33	40	11
26	17	33	39	11
27	17	33	39	11
28	17	33	39	11
29	18	33	38	11
30	18	33	38	11
31	18	33	38	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	19
6	30	19
7	30	19
8	30	19
9	30	19
10	30	19
11	30	19
12	30	19
13	30	19
14	30	19
15	30	19
16	30	19
17	30	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	19
26	29	19
27	30	19
28	30	19
29	30	19
30	30	19
31	30	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	67	33
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	67	33
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	67	33
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	68	32
24	69	31
25	69	31
26	69	31
27	70	30
28	70	30
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	40
3	40
4	40
5	40
6	40
7	40
8	40
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	42
22	42
23	42
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	25	37	33	6
2	25	36	32	6
3	25	36	32	7
4	25	36	32	7
5	25	36	32	7
6	25	35	32	7
7	25	35	33	8
8	24	35	33	8
9	24	35	33	8
10	23	35	34	8
11	23	34	35	8
12	22	34	36	8
13	21	34	36	8
14	21	34	37	8
15	20	34	38	8
16	19	34	39	8
17	18	34	39	9
18	18	34	40	9
19	17	34	40	9
20	17	34	40	9
21	16	34	41	9
22	16	34	40	10
23	16	34	40	10
24	16	33	40	10
25	16	33	40	11
26	17	33	39	11
27	17	33	39	11
28	17	33	39	11
29	18	33	38	11
30	18	33	38	11
31	18	33	38	11