Climate averages 1991–2020
Vigo weather
in December.
A cool, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Vigo: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pontevedra (23 km away). In December its highs average 13.4°C, about as warm as Vigo, with 198 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Vigo ranks joint 41st of 93 for the warmest December highs and 93rd of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Vigo is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 221 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
Vigo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.3°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 221 | 14.6 | 9.59 h |
| February | 13.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 149 | 11.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 158 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 152 | 13.4 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 118 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 21.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 57 | 7.6 | 15.215 h |
| July | 23.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 35 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 23.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 49 | 6.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.0°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 8.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 214 | 13.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 235 | 15.2 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 13.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 224 | 15.0 | 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
- Pontevedra in DecemberSpain · 23 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 7.1°C · 198 mm rain
- Ourense in DecemberSpain · 72 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Santiago de Compostela in DecemberSpain · 73 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 4.9°C · 142 mm rain
- Braga in DecemberPortugal · 80 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 205 mm rain
- Porto in DecemberPortugal · 121 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 7.4°C · 167 mm rain
- Lugo in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 115 mm rain
- A Coruña in DecemberSpain · 129 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 140 mm rain
- Aveiro in DecemberPortugal · 177 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 7.6°C · 141 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 Vigo) is explained once on the Vigo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.