Average temperature in December is 20.6 °C
Average daytime temperature is 25.5 °C
Average night temperature is 16.4 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 34.5 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 11.1 °C
Number of sunny days: 5
Number of rainy days: 26
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 164 mm
* Weather data for Pietermaritzburg South Africa is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| December (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 29.9 | 30.1 | 34.3 | 33 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 28.1 | 28.2 | 22.4 | 18.5 | 20.7 | 25.1 | 18.4 | 34.5 | 22.5 | 22.6 | 29 | 30.6 | 21.2 | 28.6 | 25.1 | 27 | 34.1 | 32.3 | 23.5 | 17.8 | 18.2 | 20.4 | 23.9 | 27 | 26 |
| Apparent max temperature | 31.8 | 33.6 | 37.6 | 36.3 | 19.7 | 18.2 | 29.6 | 31.2 | 22.9 | 19.4 | 21.2 | 28 | 17.6 | 36.8 | 23.1 | 24.1 | 35.2 | 35.7 | 21.9 | 34.5 | 27 | 30.6 | 38.3 | 35.7 | 25.5 | 17.3 | 17.8 | 20.3 | 24.9 | 29.9 | 29.3 |
| Mean temperature | 20.7 | 22.9 | 25 | 23.7 | 17.6 | 16.8 | 20.7 | 22.2 | 19.3 | 17.2 | 17.9 | 19.5 | 16.6 | 24.3 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 22.4 | 23.5 | 19.1 | 22.6 | 21.6 | 22.7 | 26.6 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 16.4 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 19.6 | 21 | 21.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 10.9 | 16.7 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 16.1 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 18.7 | 16.6 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 13.9 | 16.5 | 17.6 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 18.8 | 21 | 19.7 | 22 | 23 | 17.3 | 14.7 | 14.2 | 13.9 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 21.3 |
| Minimum temperature | 11.1 | 15.7 | 17.2 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 17.2 | 15.9 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 19 | 17.7 | 16.7 | 19.1 | 17.8 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 17.3 | 14.8 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 18.7 |
| Apparent min temperature | 21.7 | 24.3 | 27.5 | 25.2 | 17.7 | 17.3 | 22.4 | 24.4 | 20.4 | 17.5 | 19 | 20.7 | 16.4 | 24.9 | 19.4 | 19.9 | 25.9 | 26.1 | 20.4 | 25.9 | 23.4 | 25.7 | 29.8 | 27.4 | 22.5 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 17.5 | 20.4 | 23.2 | 24.6 |
| December | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 12.9 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 10.8 | 0 | 12.7 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 13.2 | 10.7 | 0 | 12.6 | 0.8 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 10.4 | 3.2 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.2 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 10.2 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 7.4 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 15.5 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 12.2 | 6 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 0 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 18.9 | 16.8 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 5.2 | 20.6 |
| Precipitation hours | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 20.3 | 20.8 | 15.6 | 19.2 | 15.5 | 17.9 | 15 | 14.4 | 16.9 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 18.6 | 20.5 | 32.6 | 17.4 | 16.7 | 17 | 18.8 | 13.6 | 19.4 | 19.2 | 17.5 | 14.5 | 20 | 19.6 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 20.6 | 18.7 | 20.5 | 13.8 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Pietermaritzburg was 34.5°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 11.1°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Pietermaritzburg are 16.4°C and 25.5°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 164 mm.