Climate averages 1991–2020
Limassol weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Limassol: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (60 km away). In December its highs average 17.1°C, about as warm as Limassol, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Limassol ranks joint 1st of 3 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 16.9°C; Limassol is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Limassol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 40 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.3°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 26 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 17 | 4.4 | 13.013 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 14 | 3.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 14.414 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 14.214 h |
| August | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 13.513 h |
| September | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 14 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 28 | 5.2 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 17.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 51 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Larnaca in DecemberCyprus · 60 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Nicosia in DecemberCyprus · 62 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Silifke in DecemberTurkey · 205 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 9.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Alanya in DecemberTurkey · 227 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Beirut in DecemberLebanon · 243 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Sidon in DecemberLebanon · 249 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.5°C · 201 mm rain
- Jounieh in DecemberLebanon · 249 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Tyre in DecemberLebanon · 253 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 178 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Limassol) is explained once on the Limassol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.