Climate averages 1991–2020
Tarragona weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Tarragona: daytime highs average 12.8°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reus (12 km away). In December its highs average 13.1°C, about as warm as Tarragona, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Tarragona ranks joint 49th of 93 for the warmest December highs and 32nd of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Tarragona is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 12.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Tarragona climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 42 | 6.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 13.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 31 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 37 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 43 | 6.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 38 | 5.4 | 14.514 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 20 | 3.4 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 18 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 40 | 5.6 | 13.814 h |
| September | 25.3°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 77 | 8.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 16.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 6.1 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 12.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 42 | 6.0 | 9.39 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
- Reus in DecemberSpain · 12 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Sant Boi de Llobregat in DecemberSpain · 71 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 7.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Lleida in DecemberSpain · 76 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Rubí in DecemberSpain · 78 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 39 mm rain
- Terrassa in DecemberSpain · 81 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Barcelona in DecemberSpain · 82 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Manresa in DecemberSpain · 83 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Sabadell in DecemberSpain · 86 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.3°C · 39 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 Tarragona) is explained once on the Tarragona year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.