Climate averages 1991–2020
Louis Trichardt 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 Louis Trichardt: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (61 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Louis Trichardt, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Louis Trichardt ranks 27th of 95 for the warmest December highs and 42nd of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Louis Trichardt is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 102 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
Louis Trichardt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 13.2 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 87 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 50 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 21 | 5.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 10 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 10.911 h |
| August | 24.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| September | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.7 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 76 | 10.3 | 13.213 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 103 | 13.4 | 13.514 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
- Thohoyandou in DecemberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 161 mm rain
- Polokwane in DecemberSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Mokopane in DecemberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Bela Bela in DecemberSouth Africa · 263 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Somaroboro in DecemberSouth Africa · 278 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Mbombela in DecemberSouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Middelburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 307 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 114 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 Louis Trichardt) is explained once on the Louis Trichardt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.