Climate averages 1991–2020
Kroonstad weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kroonstad: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kutloanong (52 km away). In December its highs average 29.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kroonstad, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kroonstad ranks joint 24th of 95 for the warmest December highs and joint 43rd of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Kroonstad is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 101 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
Kroonstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 101 | 13.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 81 | 11.8 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 68 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 44 | 7.0 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.2°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 20 | 3.0 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.3°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 12 | 1.6 | 10.410 h |
| July | 17.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 6.6 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 15 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 59 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 71 | 10.2 | 13.513 h |
| December, selected | 28.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 104 | 13.7 | 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
- Kutloanong in DecemberSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in DecemberSouth Africa · 59 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Welkom in DecemberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Virginia in DecemberSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Bothaville in DecemberSouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Parys in DecemberSouth Africa · 86 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Orkney in DecemberSouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Stilfontein in DecemberSouth Africa · 101 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 102 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 Kroonstad) is explained once on the Kroonstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.