Climate averages 1991–2020
Arona weather
in December.
A mild, moderately 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 Arona: daytime highs average 17.4°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz de Tenerife (59 km away). In December its highs average 20.1°C, 2.7°C warmer than Arona, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Arona ranks 6th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 29th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Arona is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 16.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 21 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
Arona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 21 | 4.8 | 10.611 h |
| February | 16.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 26 | 4.8 | 11.211 h |
| March | 17.5°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 24 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| April | 18.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 18 | 5.1 | 12.813 h |
| May | 19.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 10 | 3.3 | 13.514 h |
| June | 21.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 5.1 | 1.8 | 13.914 h |
| July | 24.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.9 | 0.4 | 13.714 h |
| August | 25.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 13.113 h |
| September | 23.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 11 | 3.0 | 12.312 h |
| October | 21.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 26 | 6.5 | 11.512 h |
| November | 19.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 23 | 6.7 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 17.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 40 | 6.2 | 10.410 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
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in DecemberSpain · 59 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in DecemberSpain · 114 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in DecemberSpain · 124 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Telde in DecemberSpain · 124 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Laayoune in DecemberWestern Sahara · 360 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Dakhla in DecemberWestern Sahara · 496 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Funchal in DecemberPortugal · 508 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in DecemberMorocco · 547 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 12 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 Arona) is explained once on the Arona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.