Climate averages 1991–2020
Palencia weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Palencia: daytime highs average 8.6°C and nights cool to about 1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Valladolid (43 km away). In December its highs average 8.9°C, about as warm as Palencia, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Palencia ranks 91st of 93 for the warmest December highs and 48th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Palencia is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 8.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 42 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
Palencia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 9.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 32 | 6.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 38 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 50 | 10.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 51 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.2 | 15.215 h |
| July | 28.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 17 | 3.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 28.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 14 | 3.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 5.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 56 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 52 | 9.1 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 8.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 9.29 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
- Valladolid in DecemberSpain · 43 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Burgos in DecemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 56 mm rain
- León, Spain in DecemberSpain · 108 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Salamanca, Spain in DecemberSpain · 150 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Santander in DecemberSpain · 172 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in DecemberSpain · 177 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Logroño in DecemberSpain · 178 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in DecemberSpain · 178 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.7°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 Palencia) is explained once on the Palencia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.