Climate averages 1991–2020
Vryheid weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Vryheid: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (70 km away). In December its highs average 26.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Vryheid, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Vryheid ranks joint 54th of 95 for the warmest December highs and 91st of 95 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 95 cities is 26.6°C; Vryheid is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 139 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
Vryheid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 139 | 17.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 114 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 97 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 137 | 17.7 | 13.513 h |
| December, selected | 25.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 158 | 19.2 | 13.914 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
- Dundee, South Africa in DecemberSouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 154 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in DecemberSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 155 mm rain
- Piet Retief in DecemberSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 155 mm rain
- Ladysmith in DecemberSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Manzini in DecemberEswatini · 153 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 124 mm rain
- Ermelo in DecemberSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.4°C · 163 mm rain
- Mbabane in DecemberEswatini · 165 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.5°C · 208 mm rain
- Richards Bay in DecemberSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 86 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 Vryheid) is explained once on the Vryheid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.