Climate averages 1991–2020
Gasteiz / Vitoria weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Gasteiz / Vitoria: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logroño (46 km away). In December its highs average 9.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Gasteiz / Vitoria, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gasteiz / Vitoria ranks 87th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 65th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Gasteiz / Vitoria is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 76 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
Gasteiz / Vitoria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 76 | 12.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.5°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 67 | 11.7 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 71 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 80 | 14.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 71 | 12.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 55 | 8.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 32 | 6.7 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 32 | 7.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 43 | 8.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 71 | 11.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 87 | 13.3 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 9.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 70 | 12.0 | 9.19 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
- Logroño in DecemberSpain · 46 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Bilbao in DecemberSpain · 50 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Barakaldo in DecemberSpain · 56 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in DecemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Pamplona in DecemberSpain · 84 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Burgos in DecemberSpain · 101 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Santander in DecemberSpain · 115 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Palencia in DecemberSpain · 178 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 46 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 Gasteiz / Vitoria) is explained once on the Gasteiz / Vitoria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.