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Kruger National Park in December

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Kruger National Park is hot: highs near 92°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 38 minutes.December in Kruger National Park is hot: highs near 33°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 38 minutes.

High
92°F33°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
13h 38mon average

Is December a good time to visit Kruger National Park?

December sits outside Kruger National Park's best months, which run from June to July. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

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 92°F in December, against 80°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 33°C in December, against 27°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in December, against 5% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in December, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

13h 38m in December, against 10h 39m to 13h 38m 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. November90°32°low 67°low 19°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December92°33°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January91°33°low 71°low 22°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kruger National Park sits, in December

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
4:58 AMsets 6:36 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)72 km south-west

The land around Kruger National Park, 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 Kruger National Park

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger National Park. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.