Climate averages 1991–2020
Perpignan weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Perpignan: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Béziers (76 km away). In December its highs average 10.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Perpignan, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Perpignan ranks 6th of 57 for the warmest December highs and joint 2nd of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Perpignan is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 11.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 58 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
Perpignan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 5.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 50 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 62 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 6.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 26 | 4.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 30 | 4.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 55 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 87 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 11.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 56 | 6.2 | 9.19 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
- Béziers in DecemberFrance · 76 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Girona in DecemberSpain · 80 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in DecemberAndorra · 114 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Montpellier in DecemberFrance · 129 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Mataró in DecemberSpain · 134 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Manresa in DecemberSpain · 139 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Sabadell in DecemberSpain · 144 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Terrassa in DecemberSpain · 145 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 39 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 Perpignan) is explained once on the Perpignan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.