Climate averages 1991–2020
Lorca weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Lorca: daytime highs average 14.9°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (61 km away). In December its highs average 16.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Lorca, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Lorca ranks joint 33rd 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; Lorca is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 14.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 30 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
Lorca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.3°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 30 | 5.1 | 9.910 h |
| February | 15.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 29 | 5.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 39 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 37 | 6.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 24.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 35 | 5.7 | 14.214 h |
| June | 28.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 17 | 3.2 | 14.715 h |
| July | 31.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 5.4 | 1.2 | 14.514 h |
| August | 31.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 13.614 h |
| September | 27.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 45 | 5.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 37 | 5.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 35 | 6.1 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 14.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 30 | 5.0 | 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
- Murcia in DecemberSpain · 61 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in DecemberSpain · 64 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Orihuela in DecemberSpain · 81 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Torrevieja in DecemberSpain · 96 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Elche in DecemberSpain · 110 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Almería in DecemberSpain · 114 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Roquetas de Mar in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Alicante in DecemberSpain · 131 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 25 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 Lorca) is explained once on the Lorca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.