Climate averages 1991–2020
A Coruña weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th 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 A Coruña: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santiago de Compostela (56 km away). In December its highs average 11.5°C, 1.6°C cooler than A Coruña, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, A Coruña ranks joint 41st of 93 for the warmest December highs and 90th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; A Coruña is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 140 mm to 141 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
A Coruña climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 141 | 14.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 12.8°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 102 | 12.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 103 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 110 | 14.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 83 | 12.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 53 | 8.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 22.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 33 | 6.6 | 15.115 h |
| August | 22.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 46 | 7.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 68 | 9.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 134 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 154 | 15.9 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 13.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 140 | 14.4 | 9.09 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
- Santiago de Compostela in DecemberSpain · 56 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Lugo in DecemberSpain · 79 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Pontevedra in DecemberSpain · 107 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Ourense in DecemberSpain · 123 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Vigo in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Avilés in DecemberSpain · 200 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Braga in DecemberPortugal · 202 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 205 mm rain
- Oviedo in DecemberSpain · 206 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 102 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 A Coruña) is explained once on the A Coruña year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.