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Franschhoek in December

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Franschhoek is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 22 minutes.December in Franschhoek is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 22 minutes.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
14h 22mon average

Is December a good time to visit Franschhoek?

A good month, just outside Franschhoek's best months, which run in two parts: April to May, or October to November.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in December, against 65°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 18°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in December, against 14% to 37% through the year.

Cloud cover

32% cover in December, against 19% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

14h 22m in December, against 9h 56m to 14h 22m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November79°26°low 53°low 12°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December84°29°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January88°31°low 60°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Franschhoek sits, in December

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:27 AMsets 7:50 PM
Above the sea
300 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cape Town64 km west

The land around Franschhoek, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Africa in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Franschhoek

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Franschhoek. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (300 m) against the climate model's (730 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (300 m) against the climate model's (730 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.