Kanye weather in January

In January, Kanye sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 88 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-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 42% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 30 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kanye's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kanye's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:46 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover
50%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Kanye is town in Botswana.

Founded
1853

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Kanye 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.

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Kanye weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 19°8813.413.44.9
Feb29° / 19°7610.712.95.3
Mar28° / 17°639.612.26.4
Apr26° / 14°324.911.47.9
May23° / 141.910.89.0
Jun21° / 91.210.58.7
Jul21° / 20.510.68.8
Aug24° / 4111.19.3
Sep28° / 13°111.611.88.0
Oct30° / 16°356.112.66.1
Nov30° / 17°6710.913.25.1
Dec30° / 19°8614.113.54.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kanye gets around 88 mm of rain over 13.4 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 43% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 12% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 30 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 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:367:08
213.55:377:08
313.55:377:08
413.55:387:08
513.55:397:09
613.55:397:09
713.55:407:09
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1113.55:437:10
1213.45:437:10
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1613.45:467:10
1713.45:477:10
1813.45:487:10
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.0Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Kanye?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kanye in January

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

In January, Kanye 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 Kanye 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 Kanye peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 14UV 15Jun 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Kanye?

Kanye sits at 25.0°S, 25.3°E, 1,406 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Mosopa, 23 km away.

GabaneMolepololeMogoditshane

Topography around Kanye

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kanye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m around an average of 1,327 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 345 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m.

The land around Kanye is covered by shrubs (46%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, shrubs (75%) within 16 km, and shrubs (71%) within 80 km.

3 km
173 m
16 km
345 m
80 km
626 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mosopa 23 km · Thamaga 39 km · Lobatse 45 km · Janeng 55 km · Ramotswa 55 km · Gabane 56 km · Molepolole 64 km · Mogoditshane 66 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
Christian 79%none 15%Badimo 4%other 1%

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 Kanye (-24.9668°, 25.3327°, elevation 1,406 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).