Stutterheim weather in January

In January, Stutterheim sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 128 mm of rain across 17 wet days and about 13.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 06 min at the start of January to 13 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Stutterheim's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stutterheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
11th coldest
Rainfall
128 mm
17 wet days
Daylight
13 h 54 min
5:22 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover
65%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Stutterheim is town.

Density
292/km²
people per km²
Founded
1876

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 25°C through the month.

A typical January day in Stutterheim reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and on par with February.

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Stutterheim weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 15°1281713.95.7
Feb25° / 15°11915.713.25.6
Mar25° / 14°11414.812.26.3
Apr23° / 11°769.811.26.9
May21° / 254.910.47.6
Jun19° / 213.29.97.6
Jul19° / 233.810.17.6
Aug20° / 365.910.87.4
Sep22° / 568.211.87.0
Oct22° / 10°9613.612.86.2
Nov23° / 12°1131413.76.0
Dec24° / 14°13116.514.15.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24258
34258
44258
54258
64258
74357
84357
94357
104357
114357
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Stutterheim gets around 128 mm of rain over 17 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 54% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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654
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3155

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 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11838368
21838368
31837378
41836379
51836389
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3011354410
3111344510

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
110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 06 min at the start of January to 13 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:10 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.15:107:17
214.15:117:17
314.15:127:17
414.15:127:17
514.15:137:17
614.15:147:18
714.15:157:18
814.05:157:18
914.05:167:18
1014.05:177:18
1114.05:187:18
1214.05:197:18
1314.05:197:18
1414.05:207:18
1513.95:217:17
1613.95:227:17
1713.95:237:17
1813.95:247:17
1913.95:257:17
2013.95:257:16
2113.85:267:16
2213.85:277:16
2313.85:287:15
2413.85:297:15
2513.75:307:15
2613.75:317:14
2713.75:327:14
2813.75:337:13
2913.75:347:13
3013.65:357:12
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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 5.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.91 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Bright
66.0Bright
76.0Bright
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205.9Bright
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275.8Bright
285.8Bright
295.7Bright
305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Stutterheim

In seasonPeak

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

Stutterheim'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 Stutterheim?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Stutterheim for sightseeing.

What to pack for Stutterheim in January

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

In January, Stutterheim sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Stutterheim 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 Stutterheim peaks around January 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 3 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighExtremeJan 15UV 14Jun 22UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep6High
Oct11Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Stutterheim 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 Stutterheim is worst in August — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (January, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1623 µg/m³Jan 17 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar10Good
Apr12Good
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Stutterheim?

Stutterheim sits at 32.6°S, 27.4°E, 849 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Bhisho, 31 km away.

Topography around Stutterheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stutterheim has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m around an average of 829 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,090 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,008 m.

The land around Stutterheim is covered by grassland (62%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
250 m
16 km
1,090 m
80 km
2,008 m
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January weather nearby: Bhisho 31 km · Qonce 35 km · Dimbaza 35 km · Ndevana 38 km · Mdantsane 52 km · Alice 60 km · East London 67 km · Gonubie 69 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 Stutterheim (-32.5708°, 27.424°, elevation 849 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).