Climate averages 1991–2020
Jaén weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Jaén: daytime highs average 12.6°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Granada (67 km away). In December its highs average 12.9°C, about as warm as Jaén, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Jaén ranks joint 53rd of 93 for the warmest December highs and 67th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Jaén is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 11.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 56 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
Jaén climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 56 | 8.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 13.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 54 | 7.9 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 63 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 69 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 56 | 8.2 | 14.214 h |
| June | 29.2°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 23 | 3.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 33.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 14.515 h |
| August | 33.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 13 | 3.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 42 | 5.8 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.9°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 65 | 8.3 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.5°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 69 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 12.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 8.3 | 9.610 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
- Granada in DecemberSpain · 67 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Córdoba, Spain in DecemberSpain · 87 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in DecemberSpain · 113 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Málaga in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Ciudad Real in DecemberSpain · 136 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 2.5°C · 50 mm rain
- El Ejido in DecemberSpain · 140 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Mijas in DecemberSpain · 151 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in DecemberSpain · 153 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 28 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 Jaén) is explained once on the Jaén year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.