Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Maseru: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In December its highs average 28.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Maseru, with 88 mm of rain.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 143 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
Maseru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 143 | 15.6 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 117 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 107 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 68 | 8.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 4.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 14.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 17 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| July | 14.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 25 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 112 | 11.2 | 13.614 h |
| December, selected | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 142 | 14.0 | 14.014 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
- Thaba Nchu in DecemberSouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Botshabelo in DecemberSouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in DecemberSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in DecemberSouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 147 mm rain
- Virginia in DecemberSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in DecemberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 168 mm rain
- Welkom in DecemberSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in DecemberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 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 Maseru) is explained once on the Maseru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.