Climate averages 1991–2020
Burgos weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Burgos: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palencia (77 km away). In December its highs average 8.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Burgos, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Burgos ranks 93rd of 93 for the warmest December highs and 56th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Burgos is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 6.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 56 mm to 54 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
Burgos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 54 | 9.9 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 44 | 9.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 11.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 50 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 66 | 12.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 64 | 11.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.2°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 42 | 7.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 25.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 23 | 4.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 26.2°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 39 | 6.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 62 | 9.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 63 | 11.1 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 7.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 56 | 9.2 | 9.19 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
- Palencia in DecemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in DecemberSpain · 101 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Logroño in DecemberSpain · 104 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Valladolid in DecemberSpain · 114 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Bilbao in DecemberSpain · 120 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Barakaldo in DecemberSpain · 121 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Santander in DecemberSpain · 125 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 114 mm rain
- León, Spain in DecemberSpain · 156 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 59 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 Burgos) is explained once on the Burgos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.