Climate averages 1991–2020
Ourense weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Ourense: daytime highs average 12.2°C and nights cool to about 4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (65 km away). In December its highs average 13.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Ourense, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Ourense ranks joint 56th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 82nd of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Ourense is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 108 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
Ourense climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 108 | 12.4 | 9.59 h |
| February | 12.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 77 | 10.0 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 84 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 84 | 13.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 72 | 11.8 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 26.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 27 | 5.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 48 | 7.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 110 | 11.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 112 | 13.1 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 114 | 12.3 | 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
- Pontevedra in DecemberSpain · 65 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Vigo in DecemberSpain · 72 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Lugo in DecemberSpain · 79 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in DecemberSpain · 82 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Braga in DecemberPortugal · 99 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 205 mm rain
- A Coruña in DecemberSpain · 123 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Porto in DecemberPortugal · 146 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Viseu in DecemberPortugal · 186 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 4.1°C · 160 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 Ourense) is explained once on the Ourense year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.