Climate averages 1991–2020
Schweizer-Reneke weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Schweizer-Reneke: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bothaville (129 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Schweizer-Reneke, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Schweizer-Reneke ranks 4th of 95 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Schweizer-Reneke is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 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
Schweizer-Reneke climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 101 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| February | 29.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 67 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 40 | 6.6 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 15 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.4°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 10 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 4.4 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.8°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 11 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 12 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 40 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.2 | 13.413 h |
| December, selected | 30.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 77 | 12.9 | 13.814 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
- Bothaville in DecemberSouth Africa · 129 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Orkney in DecemberSouth Africa · 135 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in DecemberSouth Africa · 138 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 102 mm rain
- Stilfontein in DecemberSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Mafikeng in DecemberSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in DecemberSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Kutloanong in DecemberSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Welkom in DecemberSouth Africa · 164 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 91 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 Schweizer-Reneke) is explained once on the Schweizer-Reneke year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.