Climate averages 1991–2020
Sassari weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Sassari: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cagliari (173 km away). In December its highs average 14.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Sassari, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Sassari ranks joint 19th of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 39th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Sassari is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 56 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
Sassari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 56 | 9.0 | 9.610 h |
| February | 12.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 8.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 54 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.9°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 45 | 6.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 22 | 3.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 6.5 | 1.3 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 10 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 43 | 6.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 71 | 8.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 16.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 12.9°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 76 | 10.7 | 9.39 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
- Cagliari in DecemberItaly · 173 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 8.5°C · 54 mm rain
- Fiumicino in DecemberItaly · 329 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 8.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Acilia-Castel Fusano-Ostia Antica in DecemberItaly · 336 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 7.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Antibes in DecemberFrance · 339 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Cannes in DecemberFrance · 339 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Toulon in DecemberFrance · 344 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Livorno in DecemberItaly · 346 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 7.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Monaco in DecemberMonaco · 348 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 87 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 Sassari) is explained once on the Sassari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.