Climate averages 1991–2020
El Ejido weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in El Ejido: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 10.4°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 (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Roquetas de Mar (18 km away). In December its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as El Ejido, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, El Ejido ranks joint 19th 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; El Ejido is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 15.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 29 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
El Ejido climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 29 | 5.5 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 27 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 22 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 18 | 4.0 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 8.2 | 1.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 6.2 | 1.5 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 17 | 3.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 26 | 4.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 16.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 34 | 4.9 | 9.710 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
- Roquetas de Mar in DecemberSpain · 18 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Almería in DecemberSpain · 32 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Granada in DecemberSpain · 84 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in DecemberSpain · 115 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Lorca in DecemberSpain · 140 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Jaén in DecemberSpain · 140 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Málaga in DecemberSpain · 143 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Mijas in DecemberSpain · 164 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 79 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 El Ejido) is explained once on the El Ejido year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.