Climate averages 1991–2020
Córdoba, Spain weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Córdoba, Spain: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jaén (87 km away). In December its highs average 12.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Córdoba, Spain, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Córdoba, Spain ranks joint 30th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 70th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Córdoba, Spain is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 53 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
Córdoba, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 53 | 7.4 | 9.910 h |
| February | 16.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 46 | 6.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 19.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 57 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 52 | 8.2 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 37 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| June | 32.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 12 | 2.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 36.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 35.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 5.8 | 1.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 28 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 24.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 62 | 7.3 | 11.211 h |
| November | 18.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 6.9 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 15.1°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 74 | 7.1 | 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
- Jaén in DecemberSpain · 87 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Alcalá de Guadaira in DecemberSpain · 112 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 73 mm rain
- Sevilla in DecemberSpain · 120 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Dos Hermanas in DecemberSpain · 122 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 7.4°C · 79 mm rain
- Granada in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Málaga in DecemberSpain · 134 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in DecemberSpain · 137 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Ciudad Real in DecemberSpain · 142 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 50 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 Córdoba) is explained once on the Córdoba, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.