Gaborone Weather in December
Gaborone in December
The short of it: Gaborone in December averages a high of 33 °C (91 °F) and a low of 19 °C (67 °F), with 74 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 39 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 33° · low 19° · rain 74 mm · daylight 13 h 39 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gaborone an average December high of 33°, a low of 19° and some 74 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 33° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. Wet spells are common — about 74 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 39 min in mid-December, 18 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gaborone runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Mogoditshane, 5 km to the NW, sees much the same highs.
December in Gaborone, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- about the same, 4.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 14°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 39 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MogoditshaneKweneng | 5 km NW | 33° | 19° | 73 mm |
| TlokwengSouth-East | 7 km ESE | 33° | 19° | 80 mm |
| MmoponeKweneng | 10 km NNW | 33° | 19° | 73 mm |
| GabaneKweneng | 13 km W | 32° | 19° | 74 mm |
| OodiSouth-East | 16 km NE | 33° | 19° | 78 mm |
| MetsemotlhabaKweneng | 16 km NW | 33° | 19° | 72 mm |
| KopongSouth-East | 19 km N | 33° | 19° | 77 mm |
| KumakwaneKweneng | 21 km W | 33° | 19° | 74 mm |