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Sabi-Sand Game Reserve in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Sabi-Sand Game Reserve is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 39 minutes.December in Sabi-Sand Game Reserve is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 39 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
13h 39mon average

Is December a good time to visit Sabi-Sand Game Reserve?

December sits outside Sabi-Sand Game Reserve's best months, which run from May to August. Expect hot 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 88°F in December, against 78°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in December, against 26°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in December, against 8% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in December, against 11% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

13h 39m in December, against 10h 37m to 13h 39m 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. November87°31°low 64°low 18°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December88°31°low 67°low 19°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January88°31°low 68°low 20°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Sabi-Sand Game Reserve sits, in December

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:00 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
350 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)33 km south-east

The land around Sabi-Sand Game Reserve, 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 Sabi-Sand Game Reserve

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sabi-Sand Game Reserve. 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 (350 m) against the climate model's (449 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 (350 m) against the climate model's (449 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.