Durban climate

Durban Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 23°C on December 1 to 25°C on December 31, and lows from 22°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 115 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Durban, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
24°C
Average low
22°C
Precipitation
115 mm
Record high
38°CDec 25, 2014
Record low
14°CDec 4, 2019
Daylight
13 h 56 min to 14 h 02 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
83%
Dew point
20°C
Wind
25.2 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 123°C22°C30°C 201717°C 201456%
Dec 223°C22°C30°C 201715°C 201457%
Dec 324°C22°C29°C 201515°C 201958%
Dec 424°C22°C29°C 201614°C 201959%
Dec 524°C22°C30°C 202415°C 201959%
Dec 624°C22°C31°C 202115°C 201959%
Dec 724°C22°C33°C 201816°C 201059%
Dec 824°C22°C33°C 201817°C 201960%
Dec 924°C22°C35°C 201616°C 201961%
Dec 1024°C22°C31°C 202116°C 201960%
Dec 1124°C22°C32°C 202116°C 201758%
Dec 1224°C22°C33°C 201516°C 201257%
Dec 1324°C22°C33°C 201517°C 201957%
Dec 1424°C22°C32°C 201317°C 201756%
Dec 1524°C22°C34°C 202417°C 201756%
Dec 1624°C22°C34°C 202419°C 201456%
Dec 1724°C22°C32°C 201818°C 201356%
Dec 1824°C23°C36°C 201818°C 201956%
Dec 1924°C23°C36°C 201819°C 201256%
Dec 2024°C23°C31°C 201616°C 201756%
Dec 2125°C23°C30°C 201519°C 201857%
Dec 2225°C23°C30°C 201519°C 201557%
Dec 2325°C23°C32°C 201417°C 201956%
Dec 2425°C23°C35°C 201518°C 201656%
Dec 2525°C23°C38°C 201418°C 201758%
Dec 2625°C23°C38°C 201417°C 201759%
Dec 2725°C23°C31°C 201818°C 201961%
Dec 2825°C23°C31°C 201816°C 201961%
Dec 2925°C23°C30°C 201218°C 201960%
Dec 3025°C23°C31°C 201220°C 201358%
Dec 3125°C23°C31°C 201219°C 201458%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Durban, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 4:47 AM, sunset 6:43 PM
December 31
sunrise 4:58 AM, sunset 7:00 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SFM00068592, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.