Climate averages 1991–2020
Perugia weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th 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 Perugia: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about 0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arezzo (57 km away). In December its highs average 9.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Perugia, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Perugia ranks joint 53rd of 79 for the warmest December highs and 52nd of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Perugia is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 57 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
Perugia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 9.49 h |
| February | 8.4°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 67 | 9.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 75 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 79 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 69 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 49 | 7.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.2°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 31 | 4.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.4°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 38 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 9.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.6°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 88 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.1°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 104 | 11.6 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 83 | 10.5 | 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
- Arezzo in DecemberItaly · 57 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.7°C · 99 mm rain
- Terni in DecemberItaly · 64 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 3.2°C · 107 mm rain
- San Marino in DecemberSan Marino · 92 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Pesaro in DecemberItaly · 98 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Ancona in DecemberItaly · 106 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Rimini in DecemberItaly · 106 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 81 mm rain
- Cesena in DecemberItaly · 115 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Florence in DecemberItaly · 118 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.7°C · 97 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 Perugia) is explained once on the Perugia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.