Keetmanshoop Weather in December
Keetmanshoop in December
The short of it: Keetmanshoop in December averages a high of 36 °C (97 °F) and a low of 18 °C (65 °F), with 10 mm (0.39 in) of rain and about 13 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 18° · rain 10 mm · daylight 13 h 48 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Keetmanshoop an average December high of 36°, a low of 18° and some 10 mm of rain. The height of summer in Keetmanshoop, with afternoons near 36°. Rain is scarce, about 10 mm, the 5th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 48 min in mid-December, 20 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Keetmanshoop runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Berseba, 74 km to the NNW, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Keetmanshoop, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 1st warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 5th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 2° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 18°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BersebaKaras Region | 74 km NNW | 35° | 19° | 11 mm |
| TsesKaras Region | 77 km N | 36° | 19° | 13 mm |
| BethanieKaras Region | 97 km W | 33° | 17° | 5.0 mm |
| KoësKaras Region | 122 km NE | 35° | 19° | 14 mm |
| GrünauKaras Region | 131 km S | 34° | 16° | 9.0 mm |
| AroabKaras Region | 153 km E | 36° | 18° | 13 mm |
| GibeonHardap Region | 166 km NNW | 34° | 19° | 19 mm |
| KarasburgKaras Region | 171 km SSE | 35° | 16° | 10 mm |