Tsabong weather in January

In January, Tsabong sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 56 mm of rain across 7.8 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of January to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tsabong's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tsabong's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
56 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 30 min
5:56 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover
37%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Tsabong 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 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tsabong reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Tsabong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
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.

Tsabong weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°567.813.43.4
Feb33° / 22°487.212.93.8
Mar32° / 20°456.612.24.8
Apr28° / 15°274.311.47.2
May25° / 10°71.510.79.0
Jun22° / 5110.49.1
Jul22° / 20.410.59.1
Aug25° / 10.411.19.4
Sep29° / 13°6111.87.5
Oct32° / 17°142.712.65.2
Nov33° / 19°324.813.34.2
Dec34° / 21°547.413.63.4

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tsabong gets around 56 mm of rain over 7.8 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 26% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the dry band about 42% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 18% of them.

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

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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 36 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 6:07 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 7:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 7.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 8.07 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.72 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Tsabong?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tsabong. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tsabong in January

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

In January, Tsabong sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tsabong 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 Tsabong peaks around January 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 16UV 14Jun 19UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun5Moderate
Jul6High
Aug7Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Tsabong 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 Tsabong is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateSep 1521 µg/m³Apr 158 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr8Good
May9Good
Jun12Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tsabong?

Tsabong sits at 26.1°S, 22.4°E, 0 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Vryburg, 248 km away.

VryburgJwanengSchweizer-RenekeKanyeJaneng

Topography around Tsabong

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tsabong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 971 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m.

The land around Tsabong is covered by grassland (62%) and shrubs (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (56%) and grassland (42%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and shrubs (43%) within 80 km.

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13 m
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85 m
80 km
324 m
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January weather nearby: Vryburg 248 km · Postmasburg 261 km · Jwaneng 280 km · Upington 292 km · Pampierstad 294 km · Schweizer-Reneke 313 km · Kanye 313 km · Janeng 318 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 Tsabong (-26.05°, 22.45°, 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).