Climate averages 1991–2020
Bhisho weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th 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 Bhisho: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 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 14 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qonce (6 km away). In December its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Bhisho, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bhisho ranks joint 71st 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; Bhisho is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 114 mm to 117 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
Bhisho climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 117 | 14.2 | 14.014 h |
| February | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 111 | 13.0 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 108 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 84 | 9.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.8°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 28 | 4.9 | 10.510 h |
| June | 19.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 25 | 3.4 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 27 | 4.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 20.7°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 41 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 56 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 86 | 11.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 99 | 11.8 | 13.814 h |
| December, selected | 25.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 114 | 13.8 | 14.314 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
- Qonce in DecemberSouth Africa · 6 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 78 mm rain
- Mdantsane in DecemberSouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 76 mm rain
- East London in DecemberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Grahamstown in DecemberSouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Queenstown in DecemberSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Mthatha in DecemberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Motherwell in DecemberSouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Gqeberha in DecemberSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 42 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 Bhisho) is explained once on the Bhisho year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.