Climate averages 1991–2020
Pamplona weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Pamplona: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Donostia / San Sebastián (61 km away). In December its highs average 11.9°C, 3.0°C warmer than Pamplona, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Pamplona ranks joint 89th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 63rd of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Pamplona is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 68 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
Pamplona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 68 | 11.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 9.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 60 | 10.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 66 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 80 | 13.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 69 | 11.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 15.315 h |
| July | 25.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 26 | 5.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 25.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 42 | 6.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 75 | 10.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 82 | 12.0 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 8.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 66 | 10.6 | 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
- Donostia / San Sebastián in DecemberSpain · 61 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 7.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Logroño in DecemberSpain · 77 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in DecemberSpain · 84 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 70 mm rain
- Bilbao in DecemberSpain · 115 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 8.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Pau in DecemberFrance · 118 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Barakaldo in DecemberSpain · 122 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 105 mm rain
- Zaragoza in DecemberSpain · 144 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Burgos in DecemberSpain · 177 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 56 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 Pamplona) is explained once on the Pamplona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.