Climate averages 1991–2020
Gijón weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Gijón: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 01 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Avilés (21 km away). In December its highs average 12.8°C, about as warm as Gijón, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Gijón ranks joint 45th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 88th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Gijón is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 120 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
Gijón climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 120 | 14.6 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.6°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 102 | 13.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 107 | 14.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 119 | 15.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 109 | 15.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 78 | 12.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 21.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 64 | 11.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 22.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 72 | 12.1 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 123 | 14.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 151 | 16.0 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 13.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 121 | 13.8 | 9.09 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
- Avilés in DecemberSpain · 21 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Oviedo in DecemberSpain · 24 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 102 mm rain
- León, Spain in DecemberSpain · 104 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Santander in DecemberSpain · 150 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Lugo in DecemberSpain · 164 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Palencia in DecemberSpain · 193 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Burgos in DecemberSpain · 208 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Barakaldo in DecemberSpain · 218 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 105 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 Gijón) is explained once on the Gijón year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.