Climate averages 1991–2020
Braga weather
in December.
A cool, very wet month: the 11th 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 Braga: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 205 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Porto (47 km away). In December its highs average 13.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Braga, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Braga ranks 11th of 12 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 14.4°C; Braga is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 11.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 205 mm to 191 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
Braga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 191 | 12.5 | 9.510 h |
| February | 13.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 126 | 9.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 15.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 147 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 142 | 12.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 121 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 6.6 | 15.115 h |
| July | 26.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 28 | 4.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 4.8 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 79 | 6.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 210 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 200 | 13.2 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 12.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 205 | 13.1 | 9.29 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
- Porto in DecemberPortugal · 47 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Vigo in DecemberSpain · 80 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Ourense in DecemberSpain · 99 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Pontevedra in DecemberSpain · 100 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Aveiro in DecemberPortugal · 102 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 141 mm rain
- Viseu in DecemberPortugal · 108 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 160 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in DecemberSpain · 148 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Coimbra in DecemberPortugal · 150 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.0°C · 111 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 Braga) is explained once on the Braga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.