Mafikeng Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mafikeng, 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 16°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 90 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: 31°C
Average low: 17°C
Precipitation: 90 mm
Reanalysis high: 41°CDec 7, 2015
Reanalysis low: 6°CDec 1, 1995
Daylight: 13 h 38 min to 13 h 44 min
Cloud cover: 61%
Humidity: 49%
Dew point: 11°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	31°C	16°C	38°C 2016	6°C 1995	45%
Dec 2	31°C	17°C	38°C 2018	11°C 1995	46%
Dec 3	31°C	17°C	37°C 2016	13°C 2001	48%
Dec 4	31°C	17°C	38°C 2016	9°C 1998	50%
Dec 5	31°C	17°C	37°C 2015	10°C 1998	50%
Dec 6	31°C	17°C	40°C 2015	11°C 1998	51%
Dec 7	31°C	17°C	41°C 2015	14°C 1993	52%
Dec 8	31°C	17°C	36°C 2003	14°C 2017	52%
Dec 9	31°C	17°C	37°C 1997	12°C 1995	51%
Dec 10	31°C	17°C	39°C 1997	12°C 1995	52%
Dec 11	31°C	17°C	37°C 1997	12°C 2006	52%
Dec 12	31°C	17°C	37°C 1997	12°C 2011	53%
Dec 13	31°C	17°C	38°C 2018	13°C 2005	53%
Dec 14	32°C	17°C	38°C 2018	13°C 2017	54%
Dec 15	32°C	17°C	38°C 2006	12°C 2011	55%
Dec 16	32°C	17°C	38°C 2006	13°C 2011	56%
Dec 17	32°C	17°C	38°C 2015	14°C 2010	54%
Dec 18	32°C	17°C	38°C 2009	11°C 1997	54%
Dec 19	32°C	17°C	37°C 1994	11°C 1996	53%
Dec 20	32°C	17°C	38°C 2019	12°C 2007	54%
Dec 21	32°C	18°C	38°C 2008	14°C 2007	55%
Dec 22	32°C	18°C	38°C 2015	12°C 1998	56%
Dec 23	32°C	18°C	39°C 2015	14°C 1991	57%
Dec 24	32°C	18°C	38°C 2015	15°C 2004	58%
Dec 25	32°C	18°C	39°C 2018	11°C 1994	57%
Dec 26	32°C	18°C	40°C 2018	12°C 2001	56%
Dec 27	32°C	18°C	39°C 2018	11°C 2003	55%
Dec 28	32°C	18°C	36°C 2017	12°C 1995	55%
Dec 29	32°C	18°C	36°C 2017	14°C 1995	54%
Dec 30	32°C	18°C	36°C 2012	14°C 2007	52%
Dec 31	32°C	18°C	37°C 2008	13°C 2007	50%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:18 AM, sunset 6:56 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:28 AM, sunset 7:12 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.