Climate averages 1991–2020
Molepolole weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Molepolole: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (45 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Molepolole, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Molepolole ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 30.8°C; Molepolole is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 80 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
Molepolole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 11.1 | 13.513 h |
| February | 29.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 28.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 12 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 20.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 8.9 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 8.9 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 30.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 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
- Mogoditshane in DecemberBotswana · 45 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Gaborone in DecemberBotswana · 50 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Mafikeng in DecemberSouth Africa · 163 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Rustenburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Brits in DecemberSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Bela Bela in DecemberSouth Africa · 287 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Soshanguve in DecemberSouth Africa · 288 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 105 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 Molepolole) is explained once on the Molepolole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.