Climate averages 1991–2020
La Spezia weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in La Spezia: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 6.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lucca (62 km away). In December its highs average 10.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than La Spezia, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, La Spezia ranks 35th of 79 for the warmest December highs and 76th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; La Spezia is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 113 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
La Spezia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 113 | 11.7 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 104 | 10.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 13.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 95 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 97 | 10.1 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 71 | 8.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 6.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 33 | 4.0 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 53 | 6.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 136 | 9.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 207 | 13.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 14.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 204 | 14.1 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 11.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 145 | 13.0 | 8.99 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
- Lucca in DecemberItaly · 62 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Pisa in DecemberItaly · 64 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 5.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Livorno in DecemberItaly · 74 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Genoa in DecemberItaly · 78 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Parma in DecemberItaly · 87 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Pistoia in DecemberItaly · 90 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in DecemberItaly · 92 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Prato in DecemberItaly · 105 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 108 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 La Spezia) is explained once on the La Spezia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.