Climate averages 1991–2020
Oudtshoorn weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Oudtshoorn: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (47 km away). In December its highs average 22.3°C, 6.1°C cooler than Oudtshoorn, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Oudtshoorn ranks 23rd of 95 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Oudtshoorn is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 30 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
Oudtshoorn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 18.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 18.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 19.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 27 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| December, selected | 28.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 6.1 | 14.314 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
- George in DecemberSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in DecemberSouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in DecemberSouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Kariega in DecemberSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Paarl in DecemberSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in DecemberSouth Africa · 310 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Motherwell in DecemberSouth Africa · 314 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Somerset West in DecemberSouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 24 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 Oudtshoorn) is explained once on the Oudtshoorn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.