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Scarborough Sea Temperature in December

South Africa

November Scarborough year-round → January

Average sea temperature for Scarborough, South Africa across December, based on 10 years of daily readings.

Average

16.25° C

High

23.73° C

Low

11.25° C

At this temperature, water will feel cold compared to a swimming pool, but with a bit of experience and practice most people will find the water relatively comfortable to swim in.

December is the 3rd warmest of 12 months at Scarborough. On average the water sits 1.0° than the year-round mean of 15.22° C.

Compared to November, December is 0.7° warmer than (15.53° C in November). By January the water is usually 16.27° C.

Scarborough Day-by-Day Water Temperature in December

10-year low, average and high

9.0° C
13.3° C
17.5° C
21.8° C
26.0° C
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5
10
15
20
25
31
Day-by-day low and high band with the 10-year daily average through December. Range Average

Each vertical bar above is one day of December. The shaded band covers the range the water has reached on that day across the last 10 years — the lowest reading at the bottom, the highest at the top. The line running through the bars is the daily average over those 10 years, so you can see the typical shape of the month at Scarborough.

A narrow band means the temperature on that day has stayed close to the average year on year. A taller band means it has swung more, often because of changeable weather around that time of year. Hovering a day pulls up its low, average, and high.

December Water Temperature Table for Scarborough

10-year daily averages

Day Average Low High
December 1 15.57° C 11.84° C 18.63° C
December 2 15.76° C 12.69° C 19.81° C
December 3 16.01° C 14.02° C 20.25° C
December 4 16.17° C 14.21° C 21.02° C
December 5 16.23° C 14.04° C 21.53° C
December 6 16.17° C 13.59° C 19.87° C
December 7 16.31° C 13.19° C 18.73° C
December 8 16.11° C 13.26° C 19.65° C
December 9 15.95° C 13.14° C 19.59° C
December 10 16.04° C 12.92° C 19.71° C
December 11 16.24° C 12.82° C 19.74° C
December 12 16.32° C 13.52° C 20.27° C
December 13 16.31° C 13.71° C 21.21° C
December 14 16.03° C 12.91° C 20.38° C
December 15 16.02° C 13.23° C 19.86° C
December 16 16.23° C 13.52° C 21.18° C
December 17 16.56° C 12.36° C 23.64° C
December 18 16.48° C 11.25° C 23.73° C
December 19 16.45° C 12.32° C 22.45° C
December 20 16.42° C 13.99° C 21.44° C
December 21 16.32° C 13.9° C 21.23° C
December 22 16.51° C 13.67° C 22.15° C
December 23 16.51° C 13.48° C 22.62° C
December 24 16.39° C 13.49° C 22.77° C
December 25 16.17° C 13.79° C 21.98° C
December 26 16.37° C 13.59° C 23.2° C
December 27 16.35° C 13.26° C 23.34° C
December 28 16.26° C 13.05° C 22.49° C
December 29 16.36° C 13.68° C 21.4° C
December 30 16.42° C 13.42° C 20.76° C
December 31 16.72° C 14.19° C 20.41° C

Where December Sits in the Year

December highlighted

9.0° C
13.1° C
17.3° C
21.4° C
25.5° C
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
16.27° C
16.26° C
15.51° C
14.34° C
14.72° C
14.87° C
14.75° C
14.45° C
14.62° C
15.1° C
15.53° C
16.25° C
10-year monthly history for Scarborough. Bars span historical low to high; the line marks the monthly average. Range Average
January → February → March → April → May → June → July → August → September → October → November → December →

Nearby Locations in December

Compare other South Africa water for the same month

Scarborough Location

-34.1969, 18.3739

-34.19692, 18.37385 View on OpenStreetMap →

Scarborough sits at -34.1969°N, 18.3739°E, on the coast of South Africa. The marker on the map shows the spot the readings on this page come from. It usually sits a short distance from the town centre, out on the open water itself, so the numbers stay tied to the coast rather than a generic point inland.

Coastlines bend, headlands focus the water, and the temperature can run noticeably differently between two beaches that look close together on a map. Comparing nearby locations is a quick way to see how local geography is shaping the readings.

Nearest locations to Scarborough