December Temperatures in Portugal

Average temperatures for December at cities throughout Portugal are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

You can jump to a separate table for each part of the country: Southern, Lisbon Region, Central and Northern Portugal.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1971 to 2000.

Southern Portugal

Cities in this section are in the Algarve & Alentejo regions. Faro and Vila Real de Santo Antonio are on Portugal's south coast.

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
58	44	Beja	15	7
56	45	Évora	14	7
63	49	Faro	17	9
54	44	Portalegre	12	7
62	46	Vila Real de Santo Antonio	17	8

Lisbon Region

Average daily temperatures in December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
61	44	Alcobaça	16	6
59	49	Lisbon (Lisboa)	15	10
59	44	Santarém	15	7
61	44	Setúbal	16	7

Central Portugal

High elevations account for the cooler temperatures in some parts of Portugal. The mountains of Serra da Estrela Natural Park are represented here by Penhas Douradas, where the weather station is at 1388 metres (4554 feet) elevation. Guarda, at 1019 metres (3343 feet), is Portugal's highest city.

December temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
59	46	Aveiro	15	8
55	42	Castelo Branco	13	6
60	43	Coimbra	15	6
45	37	Guarda	7	3
44	34	Penhas Douradas	7	1
54	39	Viseu	12	4

Northern Portugal

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
58	42	Braga	14	6
49	35	Bragança	9	2
58	44	Porto	14	7
59	43	Viana do Castelo	15	6
51	38	Vila Real	10	4

Average Temperatures for Portugal in December

Southern Portugal

Lisbon Region

Central Portugal

Northern Portugal

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