Blantyre Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Blantyre, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 33°C on December 1 to 30°C on December 31, and lows from 21°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 211 mm over about 25 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 32°C
Average low: 21°C
Precipitation: 211 mm
Reanalysis high: 40°CDec 3, 2011
Reanalysis low: 15°CDec 16, 1994
Daylight: 13 h 00 min to 13 h 03 min
Cloud cover: 76%
Humidity: 71%
Dew point: 20°C
Wind: 10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Dec 1	33°C	21°C	39°C 2013	18°C 1994	61%
Dec 2	33°C	21°C	39°C 2016	18°C 2018	62%
Dec 3	33°C	21°C	40°C 2011	16°C 2014	63%
Dec 4	33°C	21°C	37°C 2014	18°C 2014	65%
Dec 5	33°C	21°C	39°C 2014	17°C 1995	68%
Dec 6	33°C	21°C	38°C 1992	18°C 1995	70%
Dec 7	33°C	21°C	38°C 1999	17°C 1998	72%
Dec 8	32°C	21°C	38°C 2015	18°C 1996	73%
Dec 9	32°C	21°C	38°C 2015	18°C 1996	75%
Dec 10	32°C	21°C	39°C 2015	19°C 2010	76%
Dec 11	32°C	21°C	40°C 2013	19°C 1991	77%
Dec 12	32°C	21°C	40°C 2015	17°C 1994	78%
Dec 13	32°C	21°C	39°C 2015	16°C 1994	79%
Dec 14	32°C	21°C	36°C 2003	17°C 1994	80%
Dec 15	31°C	21°C	38°C 2011	17°C 1994	81%
Dec 16	31°C	21°C	35°C 2002	15°C 1994	83%
Dec 17	31°C	21°C	38°C 2009	17°C 1999	83%
Dec 18	31°C	21°C	38°C 2009	18°C 1999	84%
Dec 19	31°C	22°C	36°C 1994	19°C 2011	84%
Dec 20	31°C	22°C	35°C 1994	18°C 2011	83%
Dec 21	31°C	22°C	36°C 1999	17°C 2004	82%
Dec 22	31°C	22°C	37°C 2011	18°C 2012	83%
Dec 23	31°C	22°C	37°C 2011	18°C 2012	83%
Dec 24	31°C	22°C	37°C 1994	18°C 1993	82%
Dec 25	31°C	22°C	37°C 1994	20°C 1993	82%
Dec 26	31°C	22°C	38°C 1999	19°C 1992	82%
Dec 27	31°C	22°C	36°C 2009	19°C 2002	83%
Dec 28	31°C	22°C	38°C 1994	19°C 2002	83%
Dec 29	31°C	21°C	36°C 1994	18°C 2017	84%
Dec 30	30°C	21°C	37°C 1993	17°C 2017	84%
Dec 31	30°C	21°C	38°C 1993	17°C 2017	84%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

December 1: sunrise 4:59 AM, sunset 5:59 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:11 AM, sunset 6:14 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.