December Temperatures in Spain

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

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

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

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
64	45	Alicante	18	7
58	42	Barcelona	14	6
61	44	Castellón	16	7
56	36	Girona	13	2
50	36	Lleida	10	2
58	41	Reus	15	5
41	31	Turo De L'Home	5	-1
62	47	Valencia	17	8

Balearic Islands

Average daily temperatures in December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
62	49	Ibiza (Eivissa)	17	10
59	48	Menorca	15	9
62	49	Palma, Mallorca	17	10

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).

December temperatures: daily averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
57	43	Bilbao	14	6
50	38	Logroño	10	3
49	36	Pamplona	10	2
57	42	San Sebastián	14	6
51	38	Saragossa (Zaragoza)	11	4
48	36	Vitoria-Gasteiz	9	2

Northwest Spain

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

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
57	48	Coruña	14	9
57	42	Gijón	14	6
51	37	Lugo	11	3
55	40	Ourense	13	4
55	42	Oviedo	13	6
57	45	Pontevedra	14	7
58	44	Santander	14	7
53	41	Santiago de Compostela	12	5
54	43	Vigo	12	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 December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
51	34	Albacete	11	1
46	32	Ávila	8	0
58	41	Badajoz	15	5
46	33	Burgos	8	0
46	33	León	8	1
50	39	Madrid	10	4
38	29	Puerto de Navacerrada	3	-2
48	33	Salamanca	9	1
47	35	Segovia	9	2
53	37	Toledo	12	3
52	35	Torrejón de Ardoz	11	2
48	34	Valladolid	9	1

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.

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
64	49	Almería	18	9
64	49	Cordova (Córdoba)	18	9
56	35	Granada	14	2
63	47	Huelva	17	8
62	45	Jerez de la Frontera	17	7
63	47	Málaga	17	8
63	41	Murcia	17	5
62	44	Seville (Sevilla)	17	7
61	55	Tarifa	16	13

Average Temperatures for Spain in December