Climate averages 1991–2020
Botshabelo weather
in December.
A hot, moderately 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 hot month in Botshabelo: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (13 km away). In December its highs average 28.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Botshabelo, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Botshabelo ranks joint 18th of 95 for the warmest December highs and joint 23rd of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Botshabelo is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 102 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
Botshabelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 102 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 87 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 21 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 16.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 19.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| December, selected | 28.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 88 | 11.6 | 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 · 13 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in DecemberSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Maseru in DecemberLesotho · 74 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Virginia in DecemberSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Welkom in DecemberSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in DecemberSouth Africa · 155 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Kutloanong in DecemberSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Kroonstad in DecemberSouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 104 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 Botshabelo) is explained once on the Botshabelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Thaba Nchu lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.