Climate averages 1991–2020
Cartagena, Spain weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Cartagena, Spain: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (45 km away). In December its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Cartagena, Spain, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Cartagena, Spain ranks joint 19th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 10th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Cartagena, Spain is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 35 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
Cartagena, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 35 | 4.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 22 | 3.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 25.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 4.5 | 0.8 | 14.715 h |
| July | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 6.3 | 1.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 33 | 3.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 36 | 4.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 39 | 5.8 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 16.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 4.7 | 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
- Murcia in DecemberSpain · 45 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Torrevieja in DecemberSpain · 50 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Orihuela in DecemberSpain · 54 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Lorca in DecemberSpain · 64 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Elche in DecemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Alicante in DecemberSpain · 94 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Benidorm in DecemberSpain · 128 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Almería in DecemberSpain · 156 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 28 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 Cartagena) is explained once on the Cartagena, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.