Climate averages 1991–2020
Thohoyandou weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: one of the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Thohoyandou: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Louis Trichardt (61 km away). In December its highs average 28.2°C, 0.5°C warmer than Thohoyandou, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Thohoyandou ranks joint 32nd of 95 for the warmest December highs and 92nd of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Thohoyandou is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 161 mm to 179 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
Thohoyandou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 179 | 15.4 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 156 | 13.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 97 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 47 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 24 | 4.4 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 15 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 21 | 4.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 17 | 3.6 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 36 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 55 | 9.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 27.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 120 | 12.4 | 13.213 h |
| December, selected | 27.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 161 | 14.5 | 13.514 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
- Louis Trichardt in DecemberSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in DecemberSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Polokwane in DecemberSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 131 mm rain
- Mokopane in DecemberSouth Africa · 205 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Mbombela in DecemberSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Bela Bela in DecemberSouth Africa · 311 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 114 mm rain
- Somaroboro in DecemberSouth Africa · 315 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 91 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in DecemberMozambique · 317 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 101 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 Thohoyandou) is explained once on the Thohoyandou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.