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Pretoria in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Pretoria is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 43 minutes.December in Pretoria is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 43 minutes.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
13h 43mon average

Is December a good time to visit Pretoria?

December sits outside Pretoria's best months, which run in two parts: April to June, or August to September. Expect warm days and rain on about four 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 84°F in December, against 69°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 21°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in December, against 2% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

45% cover in December, against 9% to 45% through the year.

Daylight

13h 43m in December, against 10h 33m to 13h 43m 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. November84°29°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December84°29°low 62°low 17°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January85°29°low 63°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Pretoria sits, in December

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:10 AMsets 6:54 PM
Above the sea
1,330 mupland
Latitude
25.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Johannesburg53 km south

The land around Pretoria, 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 Pretoria

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Pretoria. 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.