Mahalapye weather in December

In December, Mahalapye sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 87 mm of rain across 12.5 wet days and about 13.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of December to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Mahalapye's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mahalapye's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 87 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 24 min; 5:27 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.58 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Mahalapye is town of Botswana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical December day in Mahalapye reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	19
6	30	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	30	20
17	30	20
18	31	20
19	31	20
20	31	20
21	31	20
22	31	20
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25	31	20
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27	31	20
28	31	20
29	31	20
30	31	20
31	31	20

Mahalapye weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 20°	101	11.7	13.3	4.8
Feb	30° / 20°	76	8.7	12.8	5.1
Mar	29° / 19°	49	6.8	12.2	6.1
Apr	27° / 15°	22	3.7	11.5	7.8
May	25° / 11°	6	1.3	10.9	9.1
Jun	22° / 8°	7	0.9	10.6	9.1
Jul	22° / 8°	2	0.4	10.7	9.1
Aug	25° / 11°	1	0.3	11.2	9.2
Sep	29° / 15°	6	1.3	11.9	7.2
Oct	31° / 18°	23	4.7	12.5	5.5
Nov	31° / 19°	63	10.1	13.1	4.6
Dec	30° / 20°	87	12.5	13.4	4.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	52	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	54	54	55	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	58
Cloudier (%)	48	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	46	46	45	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Mahalapye gets around 87 mm of rain over 12.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	40
27	40
28	39
29	39
30	38
31	38

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Comfortable (%)	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30
Humid (%)	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35
Muggy (%)	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	34	30	8
2	27	33	31	9
3	26	33	32	9
4	25	33	33	10
5	24	32	34	10
6	23	32	35	11
7	22	32	36	11
8	21	31	36	12
9	20	31	37	12
10	19	31	38	12
11	19	30	38	13
12	18	30	39	13
13	18	30	39	14
14	17	30	39	14
15	17	30	39	14
16	17	30	39	15
17	16	30	39	15
18	16	30	38	15
19	16	30	38	16
20	15	31	38	16
21	15	31	37	17
22	14	31	37	18
23	14	31	37	18
24	13	31	37	19
25	13	31	37	19
26	13	31	37	19
27	13	31	36	20
28	13	31	36	20
29	13	31	36	20
30	13	30	36	21
31	14	30	35	21

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	12	light breeze
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28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of December to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:23 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.3	5:23	6:42
2	13.3	5:23	6:43
3	13.3	5:23	6:43
4	13.3	5:23	6:44
5	13.4	5:23	6:45
6	13.4	5:24	6:45
7	13.4	5:24	6:46
8	13.4	5:24	6:47
9	13.4	5:24	6:47
10	13.4	5:25	6:48
11	13.4	5:25	6:48
12	13.4	5:25	6:49
13	13.4	5:25	6:50
14	13.4	5:26	6:50
15	13.4	5:26	6:51
16	13.4	5:27	6:51
17	13.4	5:27	6:52
18	13.4	5:27	6:52
19	13.4	5:28	6:53
20	13.4	5:28	6:53
21	13.4	5:29	6:54
22	13.4	5:29	6:54
23	13.4	5:30	6:55
24	13.4	5:30	6:55
25	13.4	5:31	6:56
26	13.4	5:31	6:56
27	13.4	5:32	6:57
28	13.4	5:32	6:57
29	13.4	5:33	6:57
30	13.4	5:33	6:58
31	13.4	5:34	6:58

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.84 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 6.58 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.5	Intense
3	6.5	Intense
4	6.5	Intense
5	6.5	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.5	Intense
11	6.5	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.6	Intense
15	6.6	Intense
16	6.6	Intense
17	6.7	Intense
18	6.7	Intense
19	6.7	Intense
20	6.7	Intense
21	6.7	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.7	Intense
28	6.7	Intense
29	6.7	Intense
30	6.7	Intense
31	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Mahalapye?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

6.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Mahalapye for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mahalapye in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Mahalapye sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

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UV index in Mahalapye in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mahalapye peaks around January 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	13	12	9	6	6	7	8	10	10	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	7	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mahalapye?

Mahalapye sits at 23.1°S, 26.8°E, 1,025 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Palapye, 70 km away.

Topography around Mahalapye

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mahalapye.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mahalapye has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 1,019 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 577 m.

The land around Mahalapye is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and shrubs (39%) within 3 km, shrubs (70%) within 16 km, and shrubs (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

56 m

artificial surfaces 41%

16 km

308 m

shrubs 70%

80 km

577 m

shrubs 83%

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← November Mahalapye year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Palapye 70 km · Serowe 80 km · Marapong 103 km · Lephalale 114 km · Mochudi 161 km · Selebi-Phikwe 164 km · Thabazimbi 176 km · Vaalwater 187 km

Botswana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,778; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 63%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 11.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 26.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mahalapye (-23.1041°, 26.8142°, elevation 1,025 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	19
6	30	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	30	20
17	30	20
18	31	20
19	31	20
20	31	20
21	31	20
22	31	20
23	31	20
24	31	20
25	31	20
26	31	20
27	31	20
28	31	20
29	31	20
30	31	20
31	31	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	40
27	40
28	39
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	34	30	8
2	27	33	31	9
3	26	33	32	9
4	25	33	33	10
5	24	32	34	10
6	23	32	35	11
7	22	32	36	11
8	21	31	36	12
9	20	31	37	12
10	19	31	38	12
11	19	30	38	13
12	18	30	39	13
13	18	30	39	14
14	17	30	39	14
15	17	30	39	14
16	17	30	39	15
17	16	30	39	15
18	16	30	38	15
19	16	30	38	16
20	15	31	38	16
21	15	31	37	17
22	14	31	37	18
23	14	31	37	18
24	13	31	37	19
25	13	31	37	19
26	13	31	37	19
27	13	31	36	20
28	13	31	36	20
29	13	31	36	20
30	13	30	36	21
31	14	30	35	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	19
6	30	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	30	20
17	30	20
18	31	20
19	31	20
20	31	20
21	31	20
22	31	20
23	31	20
24	31	20
25	31	20
26	31	20
27	31	20
28	31	20
29	31	20
30	31	20
31	31	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	40
27	40
28	39
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	34	30	8
2	27	33	31	9
3	26	33	32	9
4	25	33	33	10
5	24	32	34	10
6	23	32	35	11
7	22	32	36	11
8	21	31	36	12
9	20	31	37	12
10	19	31	38	12
11	19	30	38	13
12	18	30	39	13
13	18	30	39	14
14	17	30	39	14
15	17	30	39	14
16	17	30	39	15
17	16	30	39	15
18	16	30	38	15
19	16	30	38	16
20	15	31	38	16
21	15	31	37	17
22	14	31	37	18
23	14	31	37	18
24	13	31	37	19
25	13	31	37	19
26	13	31	37	19
27	13	31	36	20
28	13	31	36	20
29	13	31	36	20
30	13	30	36	21
31	14	30	35	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	19
6	30	20
7	30	20
8	30	20
9	30	20
10	30	20
11	30	20
12	30	20
13	30	20
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	30	20
17	30	20
18	31	20
19	31	20
20	31	20
21	31	20
22	31	20
23	31	20
24	31	20
25	31	20
26	31	20
27	31	20
28	31	20
29	31	20
30	31	20
31	31	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	55	45
16	56	44
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	37
4	37
5	38
6	38
7	39
8	39
9	40
10	40
11	40
12	40
13	41
14	41
15	41
16	40
17	40
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	40
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	40
27	40
28	39
29	39
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	34	30	8
2	27	33	31	9
3	26	33	32	9
4	25	33	33	10
5	24	32	34	10
6	23	32	35	11
7	22	32	36	11
8	21	31	36	12
9	20	31	37	12
10	19	31	38	12
11	19	30	38	13
12	18	30	39	13
13	18	30	39	14
14	17	30	39	14
15	17	30	39	14
16	17	30	39	15
17	16	30	39	15
18	16	30	38	15
19	16	30	38	16
20	15	31	38	16
21	15	31	37	17
22	14	31	37	18
23	14	31	37	18
24	13	31	37	19
25	13	31	37	19
26	13	31	37	19
27	13	31	36	20
28	13	31	36	20
29	13	31	36	20
30	13	30	36	21
31	14	30	35	21