Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (74 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, 2.3°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 29.9°C; Ressano Garcia is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 99 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
Ressano Garcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 99 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 88 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 28.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 25.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 29.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 71 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 101 | 11.0 | 13.714 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
- Matola in DecemberMozambique · 74 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Maputo in DecemberMozambique · 83 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Mbombela in DecemberSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Mbabane in DecemberEswatini · 130 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 208 mm rain
- Manzini in DecemberEswatini · 133 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in DecemberMozambique · 171 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Chibuto in DecemberMozambique · 176 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 93 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 Ressano Garcia) is explained once on the Ressano Garcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.