Tzaneen Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 29°C on December 1 to 30°C on December 31, and lows from 16°C to 17°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 118 mm over about 19 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: 30°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 118 mm
Reanalysis high: 39°CDec 26, 2019
Reanalysis low: 8°CDec 13, 1994
Daylight: 13 h 29 min to 13 h 35 min
Cloud cover: 68%
Humidity: 66%
Dew point: 15°C
Wind: 8.6 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	29°C	16°C	39°C 2016	11°C 1997	58%
Dec 2	29°C	16°C	39°C 2018	11°C 1995	58%
Dec 3	29°C	16°C	38°C 2019	11°C 2014	59%
Dec 4	29°C	16°C	38°C 1992	9°C 1998	60%
Dec 5	29°C	16°C	37°C 2018	11°C 2019	59%
Dec 6	29°C	16°C	36°C 2015	11°C 1998	59%
Dec 7	29°C	16°C	36°C 2015	12°C 1991	59%
Dec 8	29°C	17°C	38°C 2003	13°C 2017	59%
Dec 9	29°C	17°C	38°C 2003	13°C 2017	61%
Dec 10	29°C	17°C	35°C 2006	14°C 1994	62%
Dec 11	29°C	17°C	34°C 2020	11°C 1994	63%
Dec 12	29°C	17°C	36°C 2003	8°C 1994	63%
Dec 13	29°C	17°C	34°C 2015	8°C 1994	63%
Dec 14	29°C	17°C	38°C 2003	12°C 1995	64%
Dec 15	29°C	17°C	36°C 2019	12°C 2009	63%
Dec 16	30°C	17°C	35°C 1997	13°C 2019	62%
Dec 17	30°C	17°C	36°C 2003	14°C 2019	61%
Dec 18	30°C	17°C	36°C 1993	13°C 2007	59%
Dec 19	30°C	17°C	35°C 2018	10°C 2007	59%
Dec 20	30°C	17°C	36°C 1999	12°C 2007	59%
Dec 21	30°C	17°C	37°C 2015	13°C 1997	60%
Dec 22	30°C	17°C	37°C 1994	14°C 1991	61%
Dec 23	30°C	17°C	34°C 2010	14°C 1991	60%
Dec 24	30°C	17°C	37°C 2015	14°C 2007	59%
Dec 25	30°C	17°C	38°C 2019	14°C 1992	60%
Dec 26	30°C	17°C	39°C 2019	11°C 1992	61%
Dec 27	30°C	17°C	38°C 2019	13°C 2017	62%
Dec 28	30°C	17°C	34°C 2017	14°C 2003	62%
Dec 29	30°C	17°C	34°C 2009	15°C 2005	61%
Dec 30	30°C	17°C	35°C 2004	13°C 2007	60%
Dec 31	30°C	17°C	36°C 2003	14°C 2007	59%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:04 AM, sunset 6:33 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:15 AM, sunset 6:50 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.