Climate averages 1991–2020
Gandia weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Gandia: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Benidorm (48 km away). In December its highs average 15.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Gandia, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gandia ranks joint 33rd of 93 for the warmest December highs and 61st of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Gandia is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 54 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
Gandia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 54 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| February | 15.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 42 | 5.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 17.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 53 | 6.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 22.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 36 | 5.1 | 14.314 h |
| June | 27.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 19 | 3.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 14.615 h |
| August | 30.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 26 | 4.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 26.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 82 | 8.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 76 | 7.4 | 11.211 h |
| November | 17.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 64 | 6.7 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 14.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 61 | 6.4 | 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
- Benidorm in DecemberSpain · 48 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Torrent in DecemberSpain · 58 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Valencia, Spain in DecemberSpain · 59 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Alicante in DecemberSpain · 74 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Elche in DecemberSpain · 90 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Castelló de la Plana in DecemberSpain · 114 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Torrevieja in DecemberSpain · 118 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Orihuela in DecemberSpain · 118 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 23 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 Gandia) is explained once on the Gandia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.