Climate averages 1991–2020
Granada weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Granada: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vélez-Málaga (63 km away). In December its highs average 15.7°C, 2.8°C warmer than Granada, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Granada ranks 48th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 57th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Granada is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 12.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 50 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
Granada climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 50 | 7.8 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 48 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 57 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 9.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 8.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 29.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 26 | 5.0 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.7 | 2.7 | 14.414 h |
| August | 33.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 14 | 4.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.7°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 58 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 12.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 58 | 7.6 | 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
- Vélez-Málaga in DecemberSpain · 63 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Jaén in DecemberSpain · 67 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- El Ejido in DecemberSpain · 84 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Málaga in DecemberSpain · 89 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in DecemberSpain · 100 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Almería in DecemberSpain · 109 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Mijas in DecemberSpain · 113 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 74 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 Granada) is explained once on the Granada year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.