Climate averages 1991–2020
Ragusa weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Ragusa: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gela (46 km away). In December its highs average 15.4°C, 2.9°C warmer than Ragusa, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Ragusa ranks 27th of 79 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Ragusa is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 11.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 64 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
Ragusa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 64 | 8.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.5°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 57 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 13.6°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 52 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 40 | 7.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 24 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 17 | 2.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 6.8 | 1.5 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 15 | 3.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 45 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 62 | 8.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 16.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 63 | 9.2 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 12.4°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 60 | 8.5 | 9.710 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
- Gela in DecemberItaly · 46 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Siracusa in DecemberItaly · 53 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Catania in DecemberItaly · 70 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Valletta in DecemberMalta · 116 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 13.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Reggio Calabria in DecemberItaly · 156 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Messina in DecemberItaly · 159 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 10.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Palermo in DecemberItaly · 179 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 10.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Marsala in DecemberItaly · 224 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 70 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 Ragusa) is explained once on the Ragusa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.