Climate averages 1991–2020
León, Spain weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in León, Spain: daytime highs average 8.1°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 07 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oviedo (87 km away). In December its highs average 12.0°C, 3.9°C warmer than León, Spain, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, León, Spain ranks 92nd of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 58th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; León, Spain is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 54 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
León, Spain climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 54 | 8.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 34 | 6.9 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 44 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.6°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 51 | 10.2 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 50 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 23.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 5.9 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 19 | 3.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 20 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 16.8°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 70 | 9.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 58 | 9.7 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 8.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 59 | 8.9 | 9.19 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
- Oviedo in DecemberSpain · 87 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Gijón in DecemberSpain · 104 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 121 mm rain
- Palencia in DecemberSpain · 108 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Avilés in DecemberSpain · 110 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Valladolid in DecemberSpain · 126 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Burgos in DecemberSpain · 156 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Lugo in DecemberSpain · 168 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Santander in DecemberSpain · 173 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 114 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 León) is explained once on the León, Spain year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.