Gobabis weather in January

In January, Gobabis sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 95 mm of rain across 13 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 38% of the time in January, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 24 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gobabis's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gobabis's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 95 mm; 13 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 6:16 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover: 51%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 7.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Gobabis is city in eastern Namibia.

Density: 66/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1856

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Gobabis reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 12°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 about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	20
2	32	20
3	32	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	20
7	32	20
8	32	20
9	32	20
10	32	20
11	32	20
12	31	20
13	31	20
14	31	20
15	31	20
16	31	20
17	31	20
18	31	20
19	31	20
20	31	20
21	31	20
22	31	20
23	31	20
24	31	20
25	31	20
26	31	20
27	31	20
28	31	19
29	31	19
30	31	19
31	31	19

How January really feels in Gobabis

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Gobabis 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 20°	95	13	13.2	4.1
Feb	31° / 19°	88	12.9	12.8	4.5
Mar	30° / 18°	64	10.5	12.2	5.4
Apr	28° / 14°	27	5	11.5	7.5
May	25° / 10°	3	0.9	10.9	9.1
Jun	23° / 6°	0	0.1	10.7	9.5
Jul	22° / 6°	1	0.2	10.8	9.4
Aug	26° / 9°	1	0.2	11.2	9.3
Sep	30° / 13°	5	1.4	11.9	6.9
Oct	32° / 17°	22	4.5	12.5	5.0
Nov	32° / 18°	36	7.5	13.1	4.4
Dec	32° / 19°	68	11.1	13.3	3.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	59	59	60	60	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	61	61	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64
Cloudier (%)	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Gobabis gets around 95 mm of rain over 13 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 42% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
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17	44
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19	45
20	45
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26	45
27	45
28	45
29	44
30	44
31	44

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 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	53	53	54	54	54	53	53	54	54	53	53	52	51	50	49	48	47	46	45	43	43	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	42
Comfortable (%)	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22
Humid (%)	24	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	30
Muggy (%)	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	53	18	24	5
2	53	18	24	5
3	54	17	24	5
4	54	17	25	4
5	54	17	25	4
6	53	17	26	4
7	53	17	26	4
8	54	16	27	3
9	54	16	27	3
10	53	16	28	3
11	53	16	28	3
12	52	16	29	3
13	51	17	29	3
14	50	17	30	3
15	49	17	30	3
16	48	17	31	4
17	47	17	32	4
18	46	18	32	4
19	45	18	33	4
20	43	18	34	5
21	43	19	34	5
22	42	19	34	5
23	41	20	34	5
24	41	20	34	5
25	41	21	33	6
26	41	21	33	6
27	41	21	32	6
28	41	21	32	6
29	42	21	31	6
30	42	21	30	6
31	42	22	30	6

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 24 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 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 7:28 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.4	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:26
Sunset (PM)	7:28	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.4	6:07	7:28
2	13.3	6:07	7:28
3	13.3	6:08	7:28
4	13.3	6:08	7:29
5	13.3	6:09	7:29
6	13.3	6:10	7:29
7	13.3	6:10	7:29
8	13.3	6:11	7:30
9	13.3	6:12	7:30
10	13.3	6:12	7:30
11	13.3	6:13	7:30
12	13.3	6:14	7:30
13	13.3	6:14	7:30
14	13.3	6:15	7:30
15	13.2	6:16	7:30
16	13.2	6:16	7:30
17	13.2	6:17	7:31
18	13.2	6:18	7:31
19	13.2	6:18	7:30
20	13.2	6:19	7:30
21	13.2	6:20	7:30
22	13.2	6:20	7:30
23	13.2	6:21	7:30
24	13.1	6:22	7:30
25	13.1	6:22	7:30
26	13.1	6:23	7:30
27	13.1	6:24	7:29
28	13.1	6:24	7:29
29	13.1	6:25	7:29
30	13.1	6:26	7:29
31	13.0	6:26	7:28

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 7.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	7.4	Intense
2	7.4	Intense
3	7.4	Intense
4	7.4	Intense
5	7.4	Intense
6	7.4	Intense
7	7.3	Intense
8	7.3	Intense
9	7.3	Intense
10	7.3	Intense
11	7.3	Intense
12	7.3	Intense
13	7.2	Intense
14	7.2	Intense
15	7.2	Intense
16	7.2	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.1	Intense
19	7.1	Intense
20	7.1	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.1	Intense
23	7.1	Intense
24	7.1	Intense
25	7.1	Intense
26	7.1	Intense
27	7.1	Intense
28	7.1	Intense
29	7.1	Intense
30	7.1	Intense
31	7.1	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Gobabis?

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

6.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Gobabis in January

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

In January, Gobabis sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Gobabis 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 Gobabis peaks around January 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 6 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	14	14	10	8	6	7	8	10	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Gobabis?

Gobabis sits at 22.5°S, 19.0°E, 1,442 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Windhoek, 194 km away.

Topography around Gobabis

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gobabis has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m around an average of 1,448 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m.

The land around Gobabis is covered by shrubs (64%) within 3 km, shrubs (75%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (74%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

99 m

shrubs 64%

16 km

144 m

shrubs 75%

80 km

412 m

shrubs 74%

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← December Gobabis year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Windhoek 194 km · Katutura 197 km · Rehoboth 215 km · Okahandja 219 km · Mariental 263 km · Ghanzi 288 km · Otjiwarongo 327 km · Grootfontein 333 km

Namibia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,876; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 11.2; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 34.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
Religion

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 Gobabis (-22.4534°, 18.9716°, elevation 1,442 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	20
2	32	20
3	32	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	20
7	32	20
8	32	20
9	32	20
10	32	20
11	32	20
12	31	20
13	31	20
14	31	20
15	31	20
16	31	20
17	31	20
18	31	20
19	31	20
20	31	20
21	31	20
22	31	20
23	31	20
24	31	20
25	31	20
26	31	20
27	31	20
28	31	19
29	31	19
30	31	19
31	31	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	45
26	45
27	45
28	45
29	44
30	44
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	53	18	24	5
2	53	18	24	5
3	54	17	24	5
4	54	17	25	4
5	54	17	25	4
6	53	17	26	4
7	53	17	26	4
8	54	16	27	3
9	54	16	27	3
10	53	16	28	3
11	53	16	28	3
12	52	16	29	3
13	51	17	29	3
14	50	17	30	3
15	49	17	30	3
16	48	17	31	4
17	47	17	32	4
18	46	18	32	4
19	45	18	33	4
20	43	18	34	5
21	43	19	34	5
22	42	19	34	5
23	41	20	34	5
24	41	20	34	5
25	41	21	33	6
26	41	21	33	6
27	41	21	32	6
28	41	21	32	6
29	42	21	31	6
30	42	21	30	6
31	42	22	30	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	20
2	32	20
3	32	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	20
7	32	20
8	32	20
9	32	20
10	32	20
11	32	20
12	31	20
13	31	20
14	31	20
15	31	20
16	31	20
17	31	20
18	31	20
19	31	20
20	31	20
21	31	20
22	31	20
23	31	20
24	31	20
25	31	20
26	31	20
27	31	20
28	31	19
29	31	19
30	31	19
31	31	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	45
26	45
27	45
28	45
29	44
30	44
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	53	18	24	5
2	53	18	24	5
3	54	17	24	5
4	54	17	25	4
5	54	17	25	4
6	53	17	26	4
7	53	17	26	4
8	54	16	27	3
9	54	16	27	3
10	53	16	28	3
11	53	16	28	3
12	52	16	29	3
13	51	17	29	3
14	50	17	30	3
15	49	17	30	3
16	48	17	31	4
17	47	17	32	4
18	46	18	32	4
19	45	18	33	4
20	43	18	34	5
21	43	19	34	5
22	42	19	34	5
23	41	20	34	5
24	41	20	34	5
25	41	21	33	6
26	41	21	33	6
27	41	21	32	6
28	41	21	32	6
29	42	21	31	6
30	42	21	30	6
31	42	22	30	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	20
2	32	20
3	32	20
4	32	20
5	32	20
6	32	20
7	32	20
8	32	20
9	32	20
10	32	20
11	32	20
12	31	20
13	31	20
14	31	20
15	31	20
16	31	20
17	31	20
18	31	20
19	31	20
20	31	20
21	31	20
22	31	20
23	31	20
24	31	20
25	31	20
26	31	20
27	31	20
28	31	19
29	31	19
30	31	19
31	31	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	59	41
3	60	40
4	60	40
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	62	38
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	62	38
14	62	38
15	62	38
16	62	38
17	62	38
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	62	38
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	63	37
29	63	37
30	64	36
31	64	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	39
6	39
7	39
8	39
9	39
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	43
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	46
24	46
25	45
26	45
27	45
28	45
29	44
30	44
31	44

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	53	18	24	5
2	53	18	24	5
3	54	17	24	5
4	54	17	25	4
5	54	17	25	4
6	53	17	26	4
7	53	17	26	4
8	54	16	27	3
9	54	16	27	3
10	53	16	28	3
11	53	16	28	3
12	52	16	29	3
13	51	17	29	3
14	50	17	30	3
15	49	17	30	3
16	48	17	31	4
17	47	17	32	4
18	46	18	32	4
19	45	18	33	4
20	43	18	34	5
21	43	19	34	5
22	42	19	34	5
23	41	20	34	5
24	41	20	34	5
25	41	21	33	6
26	41	21	33	6
27	41	21	32	6
28	41	21	32	6
29	42	21	31	6
30	42	21	30	6
31	42	22	30	6