Climate averages 1991–2020
Albacete weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Albacete: daytime highs average 10.6°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orihuela (129 km away). In December its highs average 16.5°C, 5.9°C warmer than Albacete, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Albacete ranks joint 68th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 17th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Albacete is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 28 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
Albacete climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 28 | 5.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 11.7°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 25 | 5.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 15.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 39 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 7.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 38 | 6.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.4°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 21 | 3.8 | 14.915 h |
| July | 32.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 6.8 | 1.8 | 14.615 h |
| August | 32.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 18 | 3.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.9°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 35 | 5.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 35 | 6.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 13.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 37 | 6.0 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 10.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 9.59 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
- Orihuela in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Murcia in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Elche in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Torrent in DecemberSpain · 130 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in DecemberSpain · 138 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Alicante in DecemberSpain · 139 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Gandia in DecemberSpain · 145 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Lorca in DecemberSpain · 148 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 30 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 Albacete) is explained once on the Albacete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.