Climate averages 1991–2020
Algeciras 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 Algeciras: daytime highs average 16.2°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gibraltar (9 km away). In December its highs average 15.8°C, about as warm as Algeciras, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Algeciras ranks 15th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 86th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Algeciras is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 88 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
Algeciras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 88 | 8.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 77 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 82 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 62 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 24.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 6.4 | 1.2 | 14.615 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.2 | 0.6 | 13.514 h |
| September | 25.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 36 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 86 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 98 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 16.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 117 | 9.9 | 9.810 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
- Gibraltar in DecemberGibraltar · 9 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Fnidek in DecemberMorocco · 33 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Tangier in DecemberMorocco · 51 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Martil in DecemberMorocco · 60 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Tétouan in DecemberMorocco · 62 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Marbella in DecemberSpain · 66 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Chiclana de la Frontera in DecemberSpain · 70 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 11.0°C · 100 mm rain
- San Fernando, Spain in DecemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 100 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 Algeciras) is explained once on the Algeciras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.