Climate averages 1991–2020
Brits weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Brits: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ga-Rankuwa (22 km away). In December its highs average 28.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than Brits, with 105 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Brits ranks 17th of 95 for the warmest December highs and joint 49th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Brits is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 113 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
Brits climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 97 | 14.2 | 13.514 h |
| February | 29.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 89 | 11.2 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 11.512 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 16 | 2.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 6.5 | 1.1 | 10.611 h |
| July | 20.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 11.211 h |
| September | 27.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 16 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.0°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 55 | 7.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 85 | 11.1 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 28.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 113 | 14.7 | 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
- Ga-Rankuwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 22 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Soshanguve in DecemberSouth Africa · 37 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Pretoria in DecemberSouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Centurion in DecemberSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 113 mm rain
- Krugersdorp in DecemberSouth Africa · 50 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Midrand in DecemberSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.6°C · 117 mm rain
- Rustenburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Randburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 56 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 117 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 Brits) is explained once on the Brits year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.