Climate averages 1991–2020
Girona weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Girona: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mataró (58 km away). In December its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Girona, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Girona ranks joint 51st of 93 for the warmest December highs and 60th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Girona is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 12.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 60 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
Girona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 60 | 7.5 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.2°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 55 | 8.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 73 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 91 | 11.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 91 | 11.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 74 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| July | 29.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 68 | 9.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 29.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 69 | 10.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 103 | 12.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 114 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.7°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 76 | 9.0 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 12.7°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 60 | 6.9 | 9.29 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
- Mataró in DecemberSpain · 58 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Badalona in DecemberSpain · 76 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Sabadell in DecemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 39 mm rain
- Perpignan in DecemberFrance · 80 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Terrassa in DecemberSpain · 81 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Rubí in DecemberSpain · 85 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Barcelona in DecemberSpain · 86 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Manresa in DecemberSpain · 88 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.8°C · 36 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 Girona) is explained once on the Girona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.