Climate averages 1991–2020
Bothaville weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the 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 Bothaville: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orkney (46 km away). In December its highs average 29.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bothaville, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bothaville ranks 6th of 95 for the warmest December highs and 25th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Bothaville is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 94 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
Bothaville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 94 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 73 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 62 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 44 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 19 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.4°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 18.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 5.0 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| December, selected | 29.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 89 | 12.8 | 13.814 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
- Orkney in DecemberSouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Kutloanong in DecemberSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in DecemberSouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in DecemberSouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Stilfontein in DecemberSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Welkom in DecemberSouth Africa · 66 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Kroonstad in DecemberSouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 104 mm rain
- Virginia in DecemberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 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 Bothaville) is explained once on the Bothaville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.