Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaragoza weather
in December.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Zaragoza: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 4th 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 Lleida (125 km away). In December its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Zaragoza, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Zaragoza ranks joint 61st of 93 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 93 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 93 cities is 13.1°C; Zaragoza is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 11.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 28 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
Zaragoza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 28 | 6.4 | 9.510 h |
| February | 13.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 21 | 4.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 17.2°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 42 | 6.5 | 13.313 h |
| May | 24.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 32 | 5.9 | 14.515 h |
| June | 29.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 26 | 4.8 | 15.115 h |
| July | 32.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 14.915 h |
| August | 32.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 27.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 26 | 4.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 43 | 6.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.0°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 42 | 6.6 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 11.6°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 25 | 5.6 | 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
- Lleida in DecemberSpain · 125 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Pamplona in DecemberSpain · 144 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.4°C · 66 mm rain
- Logroño in DecemberSpain · 158 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Reus in DecemberSpain · 175 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Tarragona in DecemberSpain · 187 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 6.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Pau in DecemberFrance · 189 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Castelló de la Plana in DecemberSpain · 198 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 7.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in DecemberSpain · 199 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 70 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 Zaragoza) is explained once on the Zaragoza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.