Tonota weather in January

In January, Tonota sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 99 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-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 35% 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 Tonota's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tonota's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
99 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
5:44 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover
56%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Tonota is village located in the Central District of 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 Tonota reaches about 31°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 26°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 Tonota

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.

Tonota weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 21°9911.413.24.5
Feb30° / 20°889.112.74.9
Mar30° / 19°466.812.25.7
Apr28° / 16°132.811.57.4
May26° / 11°51.2118.9
Jun24° / 50.710.79.3
Jul23° / 40.510.89.1
Aug27° / 11°10.111.38.9
Sep30° / 15°61.311.96.6
Oct32° / 18°163.512.55.0
Nov32° / 20°548.9134.2
Dec31° / 20°9712.613.34.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35248
45248
55248
65347
75347
85446
95446
105446
115545
125545
135545
145446
155446
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315743

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tonota gets around 99 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 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
237
337
437
536
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736
836
936
1036
1136
1236
1337
1437
1538
1638
1738
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2438
2538
2638
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2837
2937
3036
3136

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 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 35% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1112233321
2122233321
3122232321
4132331322
5132331322
6142330322
7142230322
8142230322
9142230322
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27122231351
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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913light 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 5:35 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.35:356:52
213.35:356:52
313.35:366:52
413.35:376:53
513.35:376:53
613.35:386:53
713.35:386:53
813.25:396:54
913.25:406:54
1013.25:406:54
1113.25:416:54
1213.25:426:54
1313.25:426:54
1413.25:436:55
1513.25:446:55
1613.25:446:55
1713.25:456:55
1813.25:466:55
1913.15:466:55
2013.15:476:55
2113.15:486:55
2213.15:486:55
2313.15:496:54
2413.15:496:54
2513.15:506:54
2613.15:516:54
2713.05:516:54
2813.05:526:54
2913.05:536:53
3013.05:536:53
3113.05:546:53

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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36.5Intense
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126.4Intense
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206.3Intense
216.4Intense
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236.4Intense
246.4Intense
256.4Intense
266.4Intense
276.4Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
316.4Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Tonota?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tonota in January

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

In January, Tonota sees daytime highs around 31°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 Tonota 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 Tonota peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 18UV 15Jun 19UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Tonota?

Tonota sits at 21.4°S, 27.5°E, 959 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Francistown, 31 km away.

Selebi-PhikweTutumeBobonongPalapyeSeroweGwandaBulawayo

Topography around Tonota

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tonota has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 958 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 465 m.

The land around Tonota is covered by shrubs (38%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (64%) within 16 km, and shrubs (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
127 m
80 km
465 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Francistown 31 km · Selebi-Phikwe 72 km · Tutume 114 km · Bobonong 116 km · Palapye 128 km · Serowe 131 km · Gwanda 170 km · Bulawayo 185 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 Tonota (-21.4424°, 27.4615°, elevation 959 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).