Climate averages 1991–2020
Thaba Nchu weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Thaba Nchu: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Botshabelo (13 km away). In December its highs average 28.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Thaba Nchu, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thaba Nchu ranks joint 28th of 95 for the warmest December highs and joint 23rd of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Thaba Nchu is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 102 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
Thaba Nchu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 102 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 87 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 18.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 21 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 15.7°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 23.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 77 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| December, selected | 28.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 88 | 11.6 | 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
- Botshabelo in DecemberSouth Africa · 13 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 88 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in DecemberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 76 mm rain
- Maseru in DecemberLesotho · 64 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Virginia in DecemberSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Welkom in DecemberSouth Africa · 137 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in DecemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Kutloanong in DecemberSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 16.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Kroonstad in DecemberSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 104 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 Thaba Nchu) is explained once on the Thaba Nchu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Botshabelo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.