Climate averages 1991–2020
KwaDukuza weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in KwaDukuza: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ntuzuma (56 km away). In December its highs average 26.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than KwaDukuza, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, KwaDukuza ranks 39th of 95 for the warmest December highs and joint 37th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; KwaDukuza is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 103 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
KwaDukuza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 103 | 13.4 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 96 | 12.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 91 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 69 | 8.5 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 44 | 5.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 26 | 4.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 41 | 4.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 31 | 5.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 59 | 8.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 99 | 13.4 | 13.614 h |
| December, selected | 26.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 99 | 14.0 | 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
- Ntuzuma in DecemberSouth Africa · 56 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Durban in DecemberSouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Pinetown in DecemberSouth Africa · 67 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in DecemberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Richards Bay in DecemberSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in DecemberSouth Africa · 165 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 154 mm rain
- Ladysmith in DecemberSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 179 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 KwaDukuza) is explained once on the KwaDukuza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.