Climate averages 1991–2020
Castelló de la Plana weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Castelló de la Plana: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 5 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 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valencia, Spain (64 km away). In December its highs average 15.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Castelló de la Plana, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Castelló de la Plana ranks 35th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 19th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Castelló de la Plana is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 14.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 36 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
Castelló de la Plana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 36 | 4.5 | 9.710 h |
| February | 14.6°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.711 h |
| March | 16.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 34 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 37 | 5.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 32 | 4.9 | 14.414 h |
| June | 25.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 19 | 3.1 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 8.5 | 1.5 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 20 | 3.7 | 13.714 h |
| September | 25.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 45 | 6.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 50 | 6.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 41 | 5.3 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 14.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 34 | 5.0 | 9.49 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
- Valencia, Spain in DecemberSpain · 64 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Torrent in DecemberSpain · 71 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Gandia in DecemberSpain · 114 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Benidorm in DecemberSpain · 161 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Reus in DecemberSpain · 163 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Tarragona in DecemberSpain · 167 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Alicante in DecemberSpain · 186 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Lleida in DecemberSpain · 190 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 26 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 Castelló de la Plana) is explained once on the Castelló de la Plana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.