Climate averages 1991–2020
Lugo weather
in December.
A cool, 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 Lugo: daytime highs average 10.1°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ourense (79 km away). In December its highs average 12.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Lugo, with 114 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Lugo ranks joint 75th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 84th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Lugo is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 9.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 107 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
Lugo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 107 | 13.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | 10.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 81 | 10.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 86 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 91 | 13.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 74 | 12.4 | 14.615 h |
| June | 20.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 48 | 8.1 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 25 | 4.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 23.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 21.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 55 | 8.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.0°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 109 | 12.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.2°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 119 | 14.1 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 10.1°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 115 | 12.8 | 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
- Ourense in DecemberSpain · 79 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 114 mm rain
- A Coruña in DecemberSpain · 79 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in DecemberSpain · 82 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Pontevedra in DecemberSpain · 110 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Vigo in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Oviedo in DecemberSpain · 144 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Avilés in DecemberSpain · 145 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 8.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Gijón in DecemberSpain · 164 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 121 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 Lugo) is explained once on the Lugo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.