Empangeni Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 26°C on December 1 to 28°C on December 31, and lows from 21°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 mm over about 18 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: 27°C
Average low: 22°C
Precipitation: 90 mm
Reanalysis high: 38°CDec 26, 2009
Reanalysis low: 16°CDec 1, 1997
Daylight: 13 h 51 min to 13 h 57 min
Cloud cover: 67%
Humidity: 77%
Dew point: 20°C
Wind: 21.6 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	26°C	21°C	34°C 2010	16°C 1997	56%
Dec 2	26°C	21°C	32°C 2019	18°C 2014	56%
Dec 3	27°C	21°C	36°C 2006	18°C 2014	59%
Dec 4	27°C	21°C	32°C 2004	17°C 2019	59%
Dec 5	27°C	21°C	33°C 2001	18°C 1998	60%
Dec 6	27°C	21°C	33°C 1994	17°C 1991	60%
Dec 7	27°C	21°C	33°C 1991	19°C 2013	60%
Dec 8	27°C	21°C	34°C 2003	19°C 2013	61%
Dec 9	27°C	21°C	33°C 2001	19°C 2005	62%
Dec 10	27°C	21°C	33°C 2001	19°C 2005	61%
Dec 11	27°C	21°C	33°C 1996	19°C 1994	60%
Dec 12	27°C	21°C	32°C 2014	18°C 1994	60%
Dec 13	27°C	22°C	31°C 2017	17°C 1994	60%
Dec 14	27°C	22°C	34°C 2006	19°C 1994	59%
Dec 15	27°C	22°C	35°C 2005	19°C 2009	59%
Dec 16	27°C	22°C	36°C 2005	19°C 2017	59%
Dec 17	27°C	22°C	35°C 1996	20°C 2013	58%
Dec 18	27°C	22°C	34°C 2006	19°C 1997	57%
Dec 19	27°C	22°C	34°C 2015	19°C 1997	58%
Dec 20	28°C	22°C	31°C 2008	20°C 2005	57%
Dec 21	28°C	22°C	34°C 2015	19°C 1997	58%
Dec 22	28°C	22°C	35°C 2008	20°C 2005	58%
Dec 23	28°C	22°C	34°C 2009	20°C 1995	57%
Dec 24	28°C	22°C	36°C 2015	21°C 1995	57%
Dec 25	28°C	22°C	37°C 2014	19°C 2005	59%
Dec 26	28°C	22°C	38°C 2009	19°C 2005	59%
Dec 27	28°C	22°C	37°C 2020	19°C 2005	60%
Dec 28	28°C	22°C	32°C 2013	20°C 2003	60%
Dec 29	28°C	23°C	35°C 2020	19°C 2005	59%
Dec 30	28°C	23°C	32°C 2003	19°C 2005	57%
Dec 31	28°C	23°C	35°C 1997	21°C 2007	56%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 4:46 AM, sunset 6:37 PM
December 31: sunrise 4:57 AM, sunset 6:54 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 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.