Climate averages 1991–2020
Marbella weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Marbella: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mijas (24 km away). In December its highs average 13.2°C, 2.1°C cooler than Marbella, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Marbella ranks 29th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 85th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Marbella is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 84 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
Marbella climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.6°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 84 | 9.0 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 73 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 80 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.5°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 54 | 7.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 33 | 5.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 25.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 8.7 | 1.5 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 4.5 | 0.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 31 | 3.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 77 | 7.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 93 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 15.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 116 | 9.1 | 9.710 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
- Mijas in DecemberSpain · 24 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 79 mm rain
- Málaga in DecemberSpain · 47 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Gibraltar in DecemberGibraltar · 59 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Algeciras in DecemberSpain · 66 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in DecemberSpain · 76 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Fnidek in DecemberMorocco · 85 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Martil in DecemberMorocco · 106 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 11.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Tétouan in DecemberMorocco · 113 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 69 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 Marbella) is explained once on the Marbella year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.