Climate averages 1991–2020
Bela Bela weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bela Bela: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammanskraal (58 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Bela Bela, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bela Bela ranks joint 18th of 95 for the warmest December highs and joint 52nd of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Bela Bela is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 97 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
Bela Bela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| February | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 78 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 13 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 24.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| September | 28.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 13 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 89 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 114 | 14.4 | 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
- Hammanskraal in DecemberSouth Africa · 58 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Soshanguve in DecemberSouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Somaroboro in DecemberSouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 87 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Pretoria in DecemberSouth Africa · 96 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Brits in DecemberSouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Mokopane in DecemberSouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Centurion in DecemberSouth Africa · 109 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 113 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 Bela Bela) is explained once on the Bela Bela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.