Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpumalanga weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Mpumalanga: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pinetown (24 km away). In December its highs average 24.9°C, about as warm as Mpumalanga, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mpumalanga ranks joint 79th of 95 for the warmest December highs and joint 39th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Mpumalanga is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 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
Mpumalanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 88 | 13.2 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 33 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 33 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| August | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 58 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 101 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| December, selected | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 102 | 15.5 | 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
- Pinetown in DecemberSouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in DecemberSouth Africa · 31 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in DecemberSouth Africa · 32 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Durban in DecemberSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 94 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in DecemberSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Ladysmith in DecemberSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Richards Bay in DecemberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 86 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in DecemberSouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 154 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 Mpumalanga) is explained once on the Mpumalanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.