Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimberley weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kimberley: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloemfontein (148 km away). In December its highs average 29.9°C, 2.3°C cooler than Kimberley, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kimberley ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Kimberley is 5.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 79 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
Kimberley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| February | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 63 | 10.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 29.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 41 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 5.4 | 1.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 21.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 10 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 30.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.8 | 13.514 h |
| December, selected | 32.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 9.5 | 13.914 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
- Bloemfontein in DecemberSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in DecemberSouth Africa · 180 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Botshabelo in DecemberSouth Africa · 200 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in DecemberSouth Africa · 209 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Welkom in DecemberSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in DecemberSouth Africa · 212 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Virginia in DecemberSouth Africa · 217 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Kutloanong in DecemberSouth Africa · 219 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 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 Kimberley) is explained once on the Kimberley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.