Bloemfontein Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 31°C on December 1 to 32°C on December 31, and lows from 14°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 71 mm over about 12 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: 15°C
Precipitation: 71 mm
Reanalysis high: 40°CDec 10, 1997
Reanalysis low: 4°CDec 1, 1995
Daylight: 13 h 52 min to 13 h 58 min
Cloud cover: 54%
Humidity: 44%
Dew point: 8°C
Wind: 14.8 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	31°C	14°C	38°C 2015	4°C 1995	37%
Dec 2	31°C	14°C	38°C 2019	7°C 1995	39%
Dec 3	31°C	14°C	37°C 2016	9°C 1996	40%
Dec 4	31°C	14°C	38°C 2016	8°C 1998	40%
Dec 5	31°C	14°C	37°C 2015	7°C 2006	39%
Dec 6	31°C	14°C	39°C 2015	10°C 2013	38%
Dec 7	31°C	14°C	39°C 2015	11°C 1993	38%
Dec 8	31°C	15°C	36°C 2008	12°C 2005	39%
Dec 9	31°C	15°C	37°C 1997	10°C 2005	40%
Dec 10	31°C	15°C	40°C 1997	12°C 2018	39%
Dec 11	31°C	15°C	40°C 2015	8°C 2006	38%
Dec 12	32°C	15°C	38°C 1997	8°C 2011	38%
Dec 13	32°C	15°C	39°C 1997	8°C 2005	37%
Dec 14	32°C	15°C	38°C 2018	12°C 2000	37%
Dec 15	32°C	15°C	38°C 2006	9°C 2011	39%
Dec 16	32°C	15°C	38°C 2006	8°C 2019	39%
Dec 17	32°C	15°C	38°C 1994	12°C 2019	38%
Dec 18	32°C	15°C	38°C 2015	10°C 1997	38%
Dec 19	32°C	15°C	39°C 2016	8°C 1996	38%
Dec 20	32°C	16°C	38°C 2016	11°C 2007	39%
Dec 21	32°C	16°C	39°C 1994	12°C 1991	41%
Dec 22	32°C	16°C	38°C 1994	12°C 1991	41%
Dec 23	32°C	16°C	38°C 2018	12°C 1995	42%
Dec 24	32°C	16°C	39°C 2015	12°C 2020	41%
Dec 25	32°C	16°C	38°C 2018	10°C 2008	43%
Dec 26	32°C	16°C	38°C 2018	9°C 2003	43%
Dec 27	32°C	16°C	39°C 2018	5°C 2003	44%
Dec 28	32°C	16°C	37°C 1997	11°C 1994	44%
Dec 29	32°C	16°C	36°C 2017	12°C 1993	45%
Dec 30	32°C	16°C	36°C 2012	11°C 1993	42%
Dec 31	32°C	16°C	38°C 1994	10°C 2006	42%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:08 AM, sunset 7:00 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:19 AM, sunset 7:17 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.