Climate averages 1991–2020
Orihuela weather
in December.
A mild, 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 mild month in Orihuela: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 4 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 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Murcia (20 km away). In December its highs average 16.3°C, about as warm as Orihuela, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Orihuela ranks joint 8th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Orihuela is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 24 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
Orihuela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 24 | 4.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 17.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 20 | 4.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 20.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.8°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 30 | 4.8 | 13.213 h |
| May | 26.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 3.6 | 14.214 h |
| June | 30.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.8 | 1.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 14.515 h |
| August | 33.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 7.4 | 1.9 | 13.614 h |
| September | 29.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 37 | 4.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 32 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 19.6°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 16.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 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 · 20 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Torrevieja in DecemberSpain · 26 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 8.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Elche in DecemberSpain · 29 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 7.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Alicante in DecemberSpain · 50 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 9.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Cartagena, Spain in DecemberSpain · 54 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Lorca in DecemberSpain · 81 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Benidorm in DecemberSpain · 87 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 8.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Gandia in DecemberSpain · 118 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 8.3°C · 61 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 Orihuela) is explained once on the Orihuela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.