Marquard weather in January

In January, Marquard sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 130 mm of rain across 14.8 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of January to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Marquard's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marquard's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
130 mm
14.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
5:30 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover
46%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Marquard is place in Free State, South Africa.

Founded
1905

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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Marquard reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Marquard

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.

Marquard weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 15°13014.813.65.9
Feb27° / 15°10613.4136.1
Mar25° / 13°9812.212.26.8
Apr22° / 638.111.37.3
May20° / 273.710.67.7
Jun17° / 152.110.27.0
Jul17° / 91.510.47.2
Aug20° / 203.1118.0
Sep24° / 203.511.88.5
Oct25° / 11°779.312.77.3
Nov26° / 13°10510.713.46.7
Dec27° / 14°12814.613.86.0

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 28% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Marquard gets around 130 mm of rain over 14.8 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 48% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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247
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446
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3149

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 44% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
149419
2494210
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548429
648439
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Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 48 min at the start of January to 13 h 24 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 5:20 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.85:207:07
213.85:207:08
313.85:217:08
413.85:217:08
513.85:227:08
613.85:237:08
713.75:247:09
813.75:247:09
913.75:257:09
1013.75:267:09
1113.75:267:09
1213.75:277:09
1313.75:287:09
1413.75:297:09
1513.75:307:09
1613.65:307:09
1713.65:317:09
1813.65:327:09
1913.65:337:08
2013.65:347:08
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2213.55:357:08
2313.55:367:08
2413.55:377:07
2513.55:387:07
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2713.55:397:06
2813.45:407:06
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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 7.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 7.23 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
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47.4Intense
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67.4Intense
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317.0Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Marquard

In seasonPeak

In January, Marquard sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Marquard's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Marquard?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Marquard in January

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

In January, Marquard sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Marquard 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 Marquard peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 14UV 15Jun 21UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug7High
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Marquard 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 Marquard is worst in August — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1222 µg/m³Dec 187 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Marquard?

Marquard sits at 28.7°S, 27.4°E, 1,518 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Hlohlolwane, 31 km away.

Topography around Marquard

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marquard has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 1,499 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 447 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,046 m.

The land around Marquard is covered by grassland (59%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and cropland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
447 m
80 km
1,046 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Hlohlolwane 31 km · Senekal 43 km · Winburg 44 km · Ficksburg 49 km · Maputsoe 52 km · Ladybrand 59 km · Teyateyaneng 62 km · Hlotse 64 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / M / N
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$6,598
2025
Happiness
5.0 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
68%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
43.7
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
22.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 602
Religion
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

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 Marquard (-28.6645°, 27.4305°, elevation 1,518 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).