Kasane weather in January

In January, Kasane sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 191 mm of rain across 20.8 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 16% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kasane's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kasane's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
9th coldest
Rainfall
191 mm
20.8 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:00 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
74%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Kasane is town in Botswana.

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 Kasane reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13021
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How January really feels in Kasane

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kasane weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°19120.812.93.8
Feb29° / 20°14316.512.64.3
Mar30° / 19°8212.412.14.9
Apr30° / 17°173.111.66.4
May28° / 14°20.411.28.2
Jun26° / 11°10.2119.2
Jul25° / 11°00119.3
Aug29° / 13°0011.47.6
Sep33° / 18°20.411.94.8
Oct35° / 21°112.712.43.2
Nov33° / 21°7512.412.83.2
Dec30° / 21°15619.5133.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23169
33367
43367
53367
63367
73367
83268
93268
103169
113070
122971
132872
142872
152674
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kasane gets around 191 mm of rain over 20.8 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 67% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
162
262
362
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562
662
763
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1770
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1971
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3166

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11821691
21821691
31921681
41920691
51920682
61920682
71919692
81918702
91918702
101917712
111817722
121816723
131715743
141615753
151614763
161514773
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
59calm
69calm
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159calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.05:516:54
213.05:526:54
313.05:526:55
413.05:536:55
513.05:536:55
613.05:546:56
713.05:546:56
813.05:556:56
913.05:566:56
1013.05:566:56
1113.05:576:57
1213.05:576:57
1313.05:586:57
1413.05:596:57
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1613.06:006:57
1713.06:006:58
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2012.96:026:58
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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 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.95 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.1Intense
46.1Intense
56.1Intense
66.1Intense
76.1Intense
86.1Intense
96.0Intense
106.0Intense
116.0Intense
126.0Intense
136.0Bright
146.0Bright
156.0Bright
165.9Bright
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kasane

In seasonPeak

In January, Kasane sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kasane's monsoon runs December–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Kasane?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kasane.

What to pack for Kasane in January

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

In January, Kasane sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kasane in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kasane peaks around January 18 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 18UV 16Jul 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Kasane in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kasane is worst in September — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 5.0× the cleanest month (April, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1828 µg/m³Apr 136 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr6Good
May8Good
Jun11Good
Jul12Good
Aug19Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kasane?

Kasane sits at 17.8°S, 25.2°E, 0 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Victoria Falls, 72 km away.

Victoria FallsLivingstoneSeshekeKatima MuliloHwangeMaamba

Topography around Kasane

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kasane has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 957 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 447 m.

The land around Kasane is covered by shrubs (36%) and wetland (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (41%) and wetland (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (49%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
128 m
80 km
447 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Victoria Falls 72 km · Livingstone 74 km · Sesheke 98 km · Katima Mulilo 99 km · Hwange 155 km · Kalomo 165 km · Maamba 216 km · Choma 223 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 Kasane (-17.8016°, 25.1602°, elevation 0 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).