Mochudi weather in January

In January, Mochudi sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 83 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 13.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mochudi's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mochudi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:44 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
49%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Mochudi is village in central Botswana.

Founded
1871

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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mochudi reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 36°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 Mochudi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 8 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
8
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Mochudi 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
Jan32° / 21°8311.413.34.1
Feb31° / 21°728.812.94.5
Mar30° / 19°527.312.25.6
Apr28° / 16°25411.47.6
May25° / 11°111.510.89.0
Jun23° / 70.910.59.1
Jul22° / 20.510.69.1
Aug26° / 10°20.611.29.2
Sep30° / 15°81.311.86.8
Oct32° / 18°265.112.65.0
Nov32° / 20°588.713.24.3
Dec32° / 21°711113.54.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26436
36436
46436
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66535
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mochudi gets around 83 mm of rain over 11.4 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 37% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
236
336
436
536
636
735
835
935
1036
1136
1236
1336
1437
1537
1637
1737
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2038
2138
2238
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2537
2637
2737
2836
2936
3036
3135

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 26% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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214274019
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 06 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 7:03 PM to 7:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.55:347:03
213.55:357:03
313.55:357:04
413.55:367:04
513.55:367:04
613.55:377:04
713.45:387:05
813.45:387:05
913.45:397:05
1013.45:407:05
1113.45:407:05
1213.45:417:05
1313.45:427:05
1413.45:427:05
1513.45:437:05
1613.45:447:05
1713.35:457:05
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1913.35:467:05
2013.35:477:05
2113.35:477:05
2213.35:487:05
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2613.25:517:04
2713.25:527:04
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2913.25:537:03
3013.25:547:03
3113.15:557:03

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.86 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6.74 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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316.7Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mochudi?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mochudi in January

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

In January, Mochudi sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Mochudi in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mochudi peaks around January 13 at about 14 (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 13UV 14Jun 16UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Mochudi 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 Mochudi is worst in June — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1917 µg/m³Dec 135 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr13Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov6Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mochudi?

Mochudi sits at 24.4°S, 26.1°E, 952 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Mmopone, 33 km away.

RamotswaMolepololeThamaga

Topography around Mochudi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mochudi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 944 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 633 m.

The land around Mochudi is covered by shrubs (38%), artificial surfaces (32%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (59%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
258 m
80 km
633 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mmopone 33 km · Tlokweng 33 km · Gaborone 36 km · Mogoditshane 37 km · Gabane 46 km · Ramotswa 58 km · Molepolole 66 km · Thamaga 68 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 Mochudi (-24.4167°, 26.15°, elevation 952 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).