Climate averages 1991–2020
Mokopane weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mokopane: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polokwane (57 km away). In December its highs average 26.4°C, 2.3°C cooler than Mokopane, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mokopane ranks joint 18th 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; Mokopane is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 112 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
Mokopane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 112 | 12.5 | 13.413 h |
| February | 28.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 8.6 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 82 | 11.4 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 28.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 13.614 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
- Polokwane in DecemberSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Bela Bela in DecemberSouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Somaroboro in DecemberSouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in DecemberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in DecemberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Soshanguve in DecemberSouth Africa · 169 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Middelburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 182 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Emalahleni in DecemberSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.2°C · 123 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 Mokopane) is explained once on the Mokopane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.