Average Sunshine in Spain for December

The tables below give December averages for the hours of sunshine and number of sunny days at dozens of cities throughout Spain.

You can jump to a separate table for each section of the country: East, Northeast, Northwest, Central, Balearic Islands and South of Spain.

The month's totals are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000.

Eastern Spain

This section covers Spain's east coast on the Mediterranean Sea and includes the regions of Catalonia (Cataluña) and Valencian Community (Comunidad Valenciana). The highest weather station in the list is on the peak of Turo De L'Home in Parc Natural del Montseny at 1706 metres (5597 feet) elevation.

Total December sunshine

Hours	Place	Clear Days
163	Alicante	7
138	Barcelona	7
155	Castellón	6
132	Girona	10
96	Lleida	5
138	Reus	5
152	Turo De L'Home	7
150	Valencia	7

Balearic Islands

Average amount of sun in December

Hours	Place	Clear Days
148	Ibiza (Eivissa)	5
136	Menorca	2
154	Palma, Mallorca	4

Northeast Spain

Cities on this list are located near Spain's border with France, in the regions of Aragon, Basque Country (País Vasco), La Rioja and Navarre (Comunidad Foral de Navarra).

Average December sun

Hours	Place	Clear Days
78	Bilbao	3
90	Logroño	3
85	Pamplona	3
82	San Sebastián	3
116	Saragossa (Zaragoza)	4
73	Vitoria-Gasteiz	2

Northwest Spain

Cities in Asturias, Cantabria and Galicia, Spain's regions along the Atlantic Ocean, are included in this section.

Number of sunny hours and days in December on average

Hours	Place	Clear Days
93	Coruña	4
92	Gijón	3
79	Lugo	2
70	Ourense	2
105	Oviedo	3
98	Pontevedra	7
74	Santander	3
88	Santiago de Compostela	4
90	Vigo	6

Central Spain

Weather information in this table is for the regions of Castile and Leon (Castilla y León), Castile-La Mancha, Community of Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) and Extremadura. One weather station, Puerto de Navacerrada, is at 1894 metres (6214 feet) elevation at a ski resort near Madrid.

Average total sunshine in December

Hours	Place	Clear Days
129	Albacete	7
118	Ávila	5
120	Badajoz	6
74	Burgos	3
116	León	6
124	Madrid	7
93	Puerto de Navacerrada	7
96	Salamanca	3
107	Segovia	4
120	Toledo	5
112	Torrejón de Ardoz	7
81	Valladolid	3

Southern Spain

This list covers the Andalusia (Andalucía) and Murcia regions, which stretch along Spain's southern coasts on the Atlantic and Mediterranean, including Costa del Sol.

Total December sunshine

Hours	Place	Clear Days
176	Almería	6
176	Cordova (Córdoba)	6
149	Granada	8
147	Huelva	8
162	Jerez de la Frontera	8
158	Málaga	6
159	Murcia	7
154	Seville (Sevilla)	9
142	Tarifa	5