Climate averages 1991–2020
Melilla weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Melilla: daytime highs average 17.5°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nador (14 km away). In December its highs average 17.9°C, about as warm as Melilla, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Melilla ranks 5th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 15th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Melilla is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 37 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
Melilla climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 37 | 7.0 | 10.110 h |
| February | 17.0°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 35 | 6.3 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 42 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 33 | 5.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 23.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 21 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| June | 26.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 7.3 | 1.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 29.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 6.5 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 25 | 3.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 43 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 17.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 32 | 6.0 | 9.810 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
- Nador in DecemberMorocco · 14 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 9.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Berkane in DecemberMorocco · 70 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 7.0°C · 31 mm rain
- Al Hoceïma in DecemberMorocco · 91 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 39 mm rain
- Taourirt in DecemberMorocco · 99 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Oujda in DecemberMorocco · 116 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Maghnia in DecemberAlgeria · 121 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Guercif in DecemberMorocco · 125 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 5.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Tlemcen in DecemberAlgeria · 155 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.2°C · 43 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 Melilla) is explained once on the Melilla year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nador lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.