Climate averages 1991–2020
Faro weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Faro: daytime highs average 15.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huelva (92 km away). In December its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Faro, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Portugal, Faro ranks 2nd of 12 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 14.4°C; Faro is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 55 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
Faro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.0°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 55 | 7.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 47 | 5.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 53 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 42 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 20.7°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 14.715 h |
| July | 26.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 19 | 2.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 67 | 6.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 15.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 90 | 7.7 | 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
- Huelva in DecemberSpain · 92 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 8.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Cadiz, Spain in DecemberSpain · 156 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 100 mm rain
- Jerez de la Frontera in DecemberSpain · 164 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.0°C · 79 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in DecemberSpain · 165 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 100 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in DecemberSpain · 172 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Sevilla in DecemberSpain · 178 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in DecemberSpain · 180 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Setúbal in DecemberPortugal · 188 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 9.4°C · 77 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 Faro) is explained once on the Faro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.