Letlhakane weather in January

In January, Letlhakane sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 99 mm of rain across 12.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Letlhakane's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Letlhakane's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
12th coldest
Rainfall
99 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:52 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
57%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Letlhakane is City in northern 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Letlhakane reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 35°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)
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How January really feels in Letlhakane

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.

Letlhakane weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°9912.313.24.2
Feb31° / 20°869.812.74.5
Mar30° / 19°52712.25.3
Apr29° / 15°122.511.56.8
May27° / 11°40.9118.7
Jun24° / 40.510.79.5
Jul24° / 10.210.89.5
Aug27° / 11°0011.38.6
Sep31° / 15°50.911.96.0
Oct33° / 19°112.512.54.3
Nov33° / 20°498.5133.9
Dec31° / 20°9512.213.34.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
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55446
65446
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Letlhakane gets around 99 mm of rain over 12.3 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 40% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
239
339
439
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639
738
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938
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1240
1340
1441
1541
1642
1742
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2043
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2242
2342
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2641
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3139

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 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1112229370
2112329370
3122328370
4122328370
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6132327361
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 7:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:426:59
213.35:437:00
313.35:437:00
413.35:447:00
513.35:457:00
613.35:457:01
713.35:467:01
813.25:477:01
913.25:477:01
1013.25:487:01
1113.25:487:02
1213.25:497:02
1313.25:507:02
1413.25:507:02
1513.25:517:02
1613.25:527:02
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1813.25:537:02
1913.15:547:02
2013.15:547:02
2113.15:557:02
2213.15:567:02
2313.15:567:02
2413.15:577:02
2513.15:587:02
2613.15:587:02
2713.05:597:01
2813.06:007:01
2913.06:007:01
3013.06:017:01
3113.06:027:00

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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316.6Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Letlhakane?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Letlhakane in January

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

In January, Letlhakane sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Letlhakane 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 Letlhakane peaks around January 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 16UV 15Jun 20UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Letlhakane?

Letlhakane sits at 21.4°S, 25.6°E, 984 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Gweta, 142 km away.

GwetaNataSeroweTutumeTonotaFrancistownPalapyeMahalapye

Topography around Letlhakane

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Letlhakane has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 987 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 372 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 393 m.

The land around Letlhakane is covered by shrubs (57%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, shrubs (92%) within 16 km, and shrubs (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
372 m
80 km
393 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Gweta 142 km · Nata 147 km · Serowe 158 km · Tutume 181 km · Tonota 193 km · Francistown 200 km · Palapye 202 km · Mahalapye 226 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 Letlhakane (-21.4149°, 25.5926°, elevation 984 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).