Climate averages 1991–2020
Ciudad Real weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Ciudad Real: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Toledo, Spain (97 km away). In December its highs average 10.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ciudad Real, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Ciudad Real ranks 67th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 54th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Ciudad Real is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 10.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 39 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
Ciudad Real climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 39 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| February | 12.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 37 | 6.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 16.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 43 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 49 | 8.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 23.2°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 42 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 29.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 15 | 3.3 | 14.915 h |
| July | 33.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.8 | 1.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.1 | 1.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 27.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 25 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 7.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 6.9 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 11.2°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 50 | 6.8 | 9.59 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
- Toledo, Spain in DecemberSpain · 97 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Talavera de la Reina in DecemberSpain · 133 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Valdemoro in DecemberSpain · 136 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Jaén in DecemberSpain · 136 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Parla in DecemberSpain · 140 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in DecemberSpain · 142 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Fuenlabrada in DecemberSpain · 145 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 1.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Getafe in DecemberSpain · 148 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 45 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 Ciudad Real) is explained once on the Ciudad Real year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.