Paarl Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 28°C on December 1 to 30°C on December 31, and lows from 14°C to 16°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 22 mm over about 3 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: 29°C
Average low: 15°C
Precipitation: 22 mm
Reanalysis high: 41°CDec 7, 2017
Reanalysis low: 8°CDec 4, 1996
Daylight: 14 h 13 min to 14 h 22 min
Cloud cover: 36%
Humidity: 58%
Dew point: 12°C
Wind: 16.9 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	28°C	14°C	36°C 2003	10°C 1995	10%
Dec 2	28°C	14°C	34°C 2003	10°C 1996	9%
Dec 3	29°C	14°C	35°C 1998	9°C 1996	9%
Dec 4	29°C	14°C	37°C 2011	8°C 1996	9%
Dec 5	29°C	15°C	39°C 2002	11°C 2013	9%
Dec 6	29°C	15°C	39°C 2002	12°C 2007	10%
Dec 7	29°C	15°C	41°C 2017	11°C 1998	10%
Dec 8	29°C	15°C	37°C 1999	11°C 2011	11%
Dec 9	29°C	15°C	36°C 1999	10°C 2011	11%
Dec 10	29°C	15°C	38°C 2002	11°C 1993	10%
Dec 11	29°C	15°C	38°C 1995	12°C 1994	10%
Dec 12	29°C	15°C	39°C 1994	12°C 2005	10%
Dec 13	29°C	15°C	38°C 1999	12°C 2005	9%
Dec 14	29°C	15°C	39°C 1999	11°C 2011	9%
Dec 15	29°C	15°C	37°C 1993	11°C 2011	10%
Dec 16	29°C	15°C	39°C 1999	11°C 2011	11%
Dec 17	29°C	15°C	36°C 1999	10°C 1997	12%
Dec 18	29°C	15°C	37°C 2012	11°C 1997	13%
Dec 19	29°C	15°C	35°C 1997	12°C 1996	13%
Dec 20	29°C	15°C	38°C 2002	11°C 2005	13%
Dec 21	29°C	15°C	37°C 2002	11°C 1992	13%
Dec 22	29°C	15°C	37°C 2000	11°C 2019	12%
Dec 23	29°C	15°C	40°C 1993	12°C 2008	12%
Dec 24	29°C	15°C	35°C 1992	11°C 2008	13%
Dec 25	29°C	15°C	36°C 1992	10°C 2008	12%
Dec 26	29°C	16°C	36°C 2012	11°C 2003	12%
Dec 27	30°C	16°C	39°C 1999	10°C 2003	11%
Dec 28	30°C	16°C	36°C 1999	11°C 2003	12%
Dec 29	30°C	16°C	38°C 2015	11°C 2003	12%
Dec 30	30°C	16°C	40°C 2015	12°C 2006	11%
Dec 31	30°C	16°C	36°C 2015	12°C 2006	11%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:27 AM, sunset 7:40 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:36 AM, sunset 7:58 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.