Phalaborwa Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Phalaborwa, 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 34°C on December 31, and lows from 20°C to 21°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 102 mm over about 16 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: 34°C
Average low: 21°C
Precipitation: 102 mm
Reanalysis high: 45°CDec 9, 2003
Reanalysis low: 12°CDec 12, 1994
Daylight: 13 h 31 min to 13 h 35 min
Cloud cover: 65%
Humidity: 60%
Dew point: 17°C
Wind: 14.4 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	20°C	42°C 2016	15°C 1997	49%
Dec 2	33°C	20°C	44°C 2015	15°C 2014	50%
Dec 3	34°C	20°C	42°C 2019	14°C 2014	50%
Dec 4	33°C	20°C	44°C 2006	15°C 1998	51%
Dec 5	34°C	20°C	41°C 2018	14°C 1998	52%
Dec 6	34°C	20°C	40°C 1992	14°C 1991	52%
Dec 7	34°C	20°C	39°C 2018	15°C 1991	52%
Dec 8	34°C	20°C	43°C 2003	16°C 2017	53%
Dec 9	34°C	20°C	45°C 2003	17°C 2017	54%
Dec 10	34°C	20°C	39°C 2020	17°C 1994	55%
Dec 11	33°C	20°C	40°C 2020	15°C 1994	56%
Dec 12	33°C	20°C	42°C 2003	12°C 1994	56%
Dec 13	34°C	20°C	42°C 2015	12°C 1994	55%
Dec 14	34°C	20°C	44°C 2003	16°C 1993	56%
Dec 15	34°C	20°C	41°C 2013	15°C 2009	54%
Dec 16	34°C	20°C	38°C 2012	16°C 2017	54%
Dec 17	34°C	20°C	41°C 1997	17°C 2019	55%
Dec 18	34°C	21°C	41°C 1993	16°C 2007	54%
Dec 19	34°C	21°C	41°C 2018	15°C 2007	53%
Dec 20	34°C	21°C	42°C 1999	16°C 1997	53%
Dec 21	34°C	21°C	41°C 2003	15°C 1997	53%
Dec 22	34°C	21°C	42°C 2016	17°C 2005	54%
Dec 23	34°C	21°C	40°C 2010	18°C 2007	53%
Dec 24	34°C	21°C	41°C 2015	17°C 2007	53%
Dec 25	34°C	21°C	42°C 2019	17°C 1992	53%
Dec 26	34°C	21°C	43°C 2019	15°C 1992	55%
Dec 27	34°C	21°C	43°C 2019	15°C 1992	55%
Dec 28	34°C	21°C	39°C 2002	17°C 1992	55%
Dec 29	34°C	21°C	40°C 2009	18°C 2001	54%
Dec 30	34°C	21°C	39°C 1991	17°C 2001	54%
Dec 31	34°C	21°C	41°C 2003	16°C 2007	52%

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 6:30 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:11 AM, sunset 6:46 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.