Zeerust weather in January

In January, Zeerust sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 96 mm of rain across 14.2 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Zeerust's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zeerust's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
96 mm
14.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 24 min
5:42 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
50%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Zeerust is town in South Africa.

Founded
1867

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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Zeerust reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 33°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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Zeerust 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
Jan29° / 19°9614.213.45.2
Feb28° / 18°9211.612.95.7
Mar27° / 17°7810.812.26.7
Apr25° / 13°435.711.48.0
May23° / 182.410.88.7
Jun20° / 91.310.48.5
Jul20° / 30.610.68.6
Aug23° / 61.411.19.1
Sep27° / 13°141.911.88.5
Oct29° / 16°45712.66.6
Nov29° / 17°7911.713.25.6
Dec29° / 18°10314.513.65.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16634
26634
36634
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Zeerust gets around 96 mm of rain over 14.2 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 46% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2747
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3046
3145

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 45% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11930437
21930437
31930438
41930438
51930438
61931438
71931428
81831428
91831429
101831439
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Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 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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269calm
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309calm
319calm

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 5:32 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.65:327:06
213.65:327:06
313.65:337:06
413.55:347:07
513.55:347:07
613.55:357:07
713.55:367:07
813.55:367:07
913.55:377:08
1013.55:387:08
1113.55:387:08
1213.55:397:08
1313.55:407:08
1413.55:417:08
1513.45:417:08
1613.45:427:08
1713.45:437:08
1813.45:447:08
1913.45:447:08
2013.45:457:08
2113.45:467:08
2213.35:467:07
2313.35:477:07
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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 6.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 6.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Zeerust

In seasonPeak

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

Zeerust's rainy season runs November–March, 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 Zeerust?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Zeerust in January

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

In January, Zeerust sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zeerust 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 Zeerust peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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 14UV 14Jun 18UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Zeerust 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 Zeerust is worst in September — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1220 µg/m³Dec 196 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr14Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zeerust?

Zeerust sits at 25.5°S, 26.1°E, 1,213 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Lobatse, 53 km away.

Topography around Zeerust

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zeerust has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 315 m around an average of 1,248 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 444 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 770 m.

The land around Zeerust is covered by grassland (41%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, grassland (40%), shrubs (34%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
315 m
16 km
444 m
80 km
770 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Lobatse 53 km · Janeng 54 km · Mmabatho 56 km · Mafikeng 57 km · Itsoseng 64 km · Lichtenburg 69 km · Ramotswa 77 km · Koster 90 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 Zeerust (-25.537°, 26.0751°, elevation 1,213 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).