Climate averages 1991–2020
George weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in George: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossel Bay (38 km away). In December its highs average 23.4°C, 1.1°C warmer than George, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, George ranks 95th of 95 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; George is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 51 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
George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 45 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| December, selected | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.414 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
- Mossel Bay in DecemberSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in DecemberSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Kariega in DecemberSouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in DecemberSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Motherwell in DecemberSouth Africa · 289 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Gqeberha in DecemberSouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Paarl in DecemberSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in DecemberSouth Africa · 332 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 24 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 George) is explained once on the George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.