Climate averages 1991–2020
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Telde (12 km away). In December its highs average 19.3°C, about as warm as Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ranks 2nd of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 10th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 22 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
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 22 | 4.6 | 10.611 h |
| February | 18.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 25 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| March | 19.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 20 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 19.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 12 | 3.4 | 12.813 h |
| May | 20.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 6.5 | 1.5 | 13.514 h |
| June | 22.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| July | 23.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 13.714 h |
| August | 24.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13.113 h |
| September | 24.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 9.8 | 1.8 | 12.312 h |
| October | 23.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 24 | 4.9 | 11.512 h |
| November | 21.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 22 | 5.3 | 10.811 h |
| December, selected | 19.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 30 | 5.6 | 10.410 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
- Telde in DecemberSpain · 12 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Santa Lucía in DecemberSpain · 24 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 13.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife in DecemberSpain · 92 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Arona in DecemberSpain · 124 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Laayoune in DecemberWestern Sahara · 244 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Tan-Tan in DecemberMorocco · 424 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Dakhla in DecemberWestern Sahara · 494 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Funchal in DecemberPortugal · 528 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 83 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 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is explained once on the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Telde and Santa Lucía lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.