Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogoditshane weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mogoditshane: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (5 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Mogoditshane, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Mogoditshane ranks joint 2nd of 5 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 30.8°C; Mogoditshane is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mogoditshane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 78 | 10.9 | 13.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 71 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 50 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 25 | 3.7 | 11.512 h |
| May | 24.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.0°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 8.2 | 1.0 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.6°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| September | 29.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 9.0 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 31.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.713 h |
| November | 31.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 60 | 8.7 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 13.614 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Gaborone in DecemberBotswana · 5 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Molepolole in DecemberBotswana · 45 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Mafikeng in DecemberSouth Africa · 139 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Rustenburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 181 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Brits in DecemberSouth Africa · 223 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 241 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Soshanguve in DecemberSouth Africa · 244 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Bela Bela in DecemberSouth Africa · 246 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 114 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mogoditshane) is explained once on the Mogoditshane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.