Climate averages 1991–2020
Valladolid 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 Valladolid: daytime highs average 8.9°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 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 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Palencia (43 km away). In December its highs average 8.6°C, about as warm as Valladolid, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Valladolid ranks joint 89th of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 49th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Valladolid is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 43 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
Valladolid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 43 | 8.1 | 9.510 h |
| February | 10.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 32 | 6.8 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 39 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 50 | 10.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.8°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 48 | 9.6 | 14.515 h |
| June | 26.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 5.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 29.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 17 | 3.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 29.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 14 | 3.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 30 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 58 | 8.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.0°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 52 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 8.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 47 | 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
- Palencia in DecemberSpain · 43 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Salamanca, Spain in DecemberSpain · 110 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Burgos in DecemberSpain · 114 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 56 mm rain
- León, Spain in DecemberSpain · 126 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Las Rozas de Madrid in DecemberSpain · 148 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Alcobendas in DecemberSpain · 153 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 43 mm rain
- San Sebastián de los Reyes in DecemberSpain · 153 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Pozuelo de Alarcón in DecemberSpain · 156 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.8°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 Valladolid) is explained once on the Valladolid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.