Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafikeng weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mafikeng: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (137 km away). In December its highs average 31.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Mafikeng, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mafikeng ranks joint 7th of 95 for the warmest December highs and 22nd of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Mafikeng is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 90 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
Mafikeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 90 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.8 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 87 | 14.3 | 13.714 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
- Gaborone in DecemberBotswana · 137 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in DecemberBotswana · 139 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in DecemberSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in DecemberSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Stilfontein in DecemberSouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Orkney in DecemberSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Rustenburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Molepolole in DecemberBotswana · 163 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 77 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 Mafikeng) is explained once on the Mafikeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.