Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in December.
A cool, moderately 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 cool month in Mijas: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 7.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately 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 Málaga (24 km away). In December its highs average 15.6°C, 2.4°C warmer than Mijas, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks joint 39th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 73rd of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Mijas is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 12.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 64 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
Mijas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 64 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 54 | 6.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 55 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 5.2 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 26.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.2 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 23 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 56 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 72 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 13.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 79 | 7.9 | 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
- Málaga in DecemberSpain · 24 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Marbella in DecemberSpain · 24 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in DecemberSpain · 52 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Gibraltar in DecemberGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Algeciras in DecemberSpain · 89 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Fnidek in DecemberMorocco · 105 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Granada in DecemberSpain · 113 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Martil in DecemberMorocco · 123 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 11.4°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 Mijas) is explained once on the Mijas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.