Climate averages 1991–2020
Roquetas de Mar weather
in December.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Roquetas de Mar: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almería (16 km away). In December its highs average 17.0°C, 0.9°C warmer than Roquetas de Mar, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Roquetas de Mar ranks joint 16th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 8th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Roquetas de Mar is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 28 mm to 26 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
Roquetas de Mar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.2°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 26 | 4.8 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.7°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 24 | 4.6 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 17 | 4.0 | 13.113 h |
| May | 22.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 4.0 | 0.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 29.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 29.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 26.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 14 | 1.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 22.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 23 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 28 | 4.6 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 16.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 28 | 4.2 | 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
- Almería in DecemberSpain · 16 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 9.1°C · 28 mm rain
- El Ejido in DecemberSpain · 18 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Granada in DecemberSpain · 100 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 3.2°C · 58 mm rain
- Lorca in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in DecemberSpain · 133 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 10.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Jaén in DecemberSpain · 153 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Málaga in DecemberSpain · 161 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Melilla in DecemberSpain · 166 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 10.8°C · 32 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 Roquetas de Mar) is explained once on the Roquetas de Mar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Almería lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.