Climate averages 1991–2020
Alicante weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Alicante: daytime highs average 15.8°C and nights cool to about 9.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elche (21 km away). In December its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Alicante, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Alicante ranks 24th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Alicante is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 27 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
Alicante climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 27 | 4.4 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.8°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 20 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 17.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 25 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 26 | 4.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 18 | 2.9 | 14.214 h |
| June | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 6.5 | 1.3 | 14.815 h |
| July | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 32 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 23.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 36 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 35 | 5.1 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 15.8°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 25 | 4.1 | 9.610 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
- Elche in DecemberSpain · 21 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Benidorm in DecemberSpain · 37 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Torrevieja in DecemberSpain · 44 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Orihuela in DecemberSpain · 50 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Murcia in DecemberSpain · 69 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Gandia in DecemberSpain · 74 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in DecemberSpain · 94 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Torrent in DecemberSpain · 121 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 34 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 Alicante) is explained once on the Alicante year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.