Climate averages 1991–2020
Qonce weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Qonce: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bhisho (6 km away). In December its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Qonce, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Qonce ranks joint 59th of 95 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Qonce is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 78 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
Qonce climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 78 | 11.2 | 14.014 h |
| February | 26.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 78 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 80 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 67 | 7.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 23 | 4.3 | 10.510 h |
| June | 20.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 23 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 27 | 3.8 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 40 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 48 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 64 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 78 | 10.5 | 13.814 h |
| December, selected | 25.4°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 78 | 12.1 | 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
- Bhisho in DecemberSouth Africa · 6 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Mdantsane in DecemberSouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 76 mm rain
- East London in DecemberSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Grahamstown in DecemberSouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 62 mm rain
- Queenstown in DecemberSouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Mthatha in DecemberSouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Motherwell in DecemberSouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Gqeberha in DecemberSouth Africa · 204 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 42 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 Qonce) is explained once on the Qonce year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.