Fira weather in December

In December, Fira sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 58 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Fira's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 9.6 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 7:29 AM – 5:00 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 12th clearest
Wind: 27 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Fira is village in Santorini, Greece.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 15°C by the end.

A typical December day in Fira reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	15
2	17	15
3	17	15
4	17	15
5	17	15
6	16	15
7	16	15
8	16	15
9	16	15
10	16	14
11	16	14
12	16	14
13	16	14
14	16	14
15	16	14
16	16	14
17	15	14
18	15	14
19	15	14
20	15	14
21	15	14
22	15	14
23	15	14
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

Fira weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 13°	69	11.3	9.8	4.2
Feb	14° / 13°	58	9.3	10.6	4.3
Mar	15° / 13°	39	6.4	11.7	5.2
Apr	17° / 15°	15	3.1	12.9	6.6
May	20° / 18°	8	1.6	13.9	8.1
Jun	23° / 22°	1	0.3	14.4	9.5
Jul	25° / 24°	0	0	14.2	9.7
Aug	25° / 24°	0	0.1	13.4	9.6
Sep	24° / 23°	5	1.1	12.2	9.4
Oct	21° / 20°	25	3.9	11.1	8.0
Nov	18° / 17°	36	6.2	10.1	6.7
Dec	16° / 14°	58	9.6	9.6	5.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	59	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	54	53	53	53	52
Cloudier (%)	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	46	47	47	47	48

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	56	44
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Fira gets around 58 mm of rain over 9.6 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	27	28	28	29	30	31	31	32	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	33	33	34	35	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	28
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	31
7	31
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	33
17	33
18	32
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	35
31	36

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 83% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	67	69	70	73	74	76	77	79	81	82	83	85	85	85	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91
Comfortable (%)	26	24	23	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9
Humid (%)	7	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	26	7
2	69	24	7
3	70	23	7
4	73	21	6
5	74	20	6
6	76	19	5
7	77	18	5
8	79	17	4
9	81	16	3
10	82	15	3
11	83	15	2
12	85	14	1
13	85	14	1
14	85	14	1
15	87	13	0
16	87	13	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	87	13	0
20	87	13	0
21	87	13	0
22	87	13	0
23	88	12	0
24	88	12	0
25	88	12	0
26	89	11	0
27	89	11	0
28	90	10	0
29	90	10	0
30	91	9	0
31	91	9	0

Wind in December

Winds average 27 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 26 km/h on the calmest days to 28 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	26	breezy
2	26	breezy
3	26	breezy
4	26	breezy
5	26	breezy
6	27	breezy
7	27	breezy
8	27	breezy
9	27	breezy
10	27	breezy
11	27	breezy
12	27	breezy
13	27	breezy
14	27	breezy
15	27	breezy
16	27	breezy
17	27	breezy
18	27	breezy
19	27	breezy
20	27	breezy
21	27	breezy
22	27	breezy
23	27	breezy
24	27	breezy
25	27	breezy
26	27	breezy
27	27	breezy
28	27	breezy
29	27	breezy
30	28	breezy
31	28	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:17 AM to 7:35 AM, and sunset from 4:59 PM to 5:08 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:17	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:35
Sunset (PM)	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:01	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	7:17	4:59
2	9.7	7:18	4:59
3	9.7	7:19	4:59
4	9.6	7:20	4:59
5	9.6	7:21	4:59
6	9.6	7:21	4:59
7	9.6	7:22	4:59
8	9.6	7:23	4:59
9	9.6	7:24	4:59
10	9.6	7:25	4:59
11	9.6	7:25	4:59
12	9.6	7:26	4:59
13	9.5	7:27	4:59
14	9.5	7:27	5:00
15	9.5	7:28	5:00
16	9.5	7:29	5:00
17	9.5	7:29	5:01
18	9.5	7:30	5:01
19	9.5	7:30	5:01
20	9.5	7:31	5:02
21	9.5	7:31	5:02
22	9.5	7:32	5:03
23	9.5	7:32	5:03
24	9.5	7:33	5:04
25	9.5	7:33	5:04
26	9.5	7:34	5:05
27	9.5	7:34	5:05
28	9.5	7:34	5:06
29	9.5	7:35	5:07
30	9.5	7:35	5:07
31	9.5	7:35	5:08

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.21 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.21 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.2	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Fira?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Fira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fira in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Fira sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Fira in December

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 24°C and coldest in February near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Nov 12 — about 5.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	16	16	17	19	22	24	24	24	22	20	18
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	16	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	24	Warm
Sep	24	Refreshing
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Fira in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fira peaks around July 17 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	8	7	9	9	9	8	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Moderate
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	Moderate
Apr	8	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Fira?

Fira sits at 36.4°N, 25.4°E, 0 m above sea level, in Greece. The nearest listed city is Oia, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Fira

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Fira.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fira has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 355 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 548 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 971 m.

The land around Fira is covered by water (41%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, water (89%) within 16 km, and water (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

355 m

water 41%

16 km

548 m

water 89%

80 km

971 m

water 93%

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← November Fira year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Oia 7.0 km · Naxos 76 km · Paros 78 km · Mykonos 114 km · Heraklion 124 km · Rethymno 145 km · Chania 162 km · Kos 174 km

Greece travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $26,948; 2025
Happiness: 5.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 8.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 592
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Fira (36.4211°, 25.4309°, elevation 0 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	15
2	17	15
3	17	15
4	17	15
5	17	15
6	16	15
7	16	15
8	16	15
9	16	15
10	16	14
11	16	14
12	16	14
13	16	14
14	16	14
15	16	14
16	16	14
17	15	14
18	15	14
19	15	14
20	15	14
21	15	14
22	15	14
23	15	14
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	56	44
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	28
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	31
7	31
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	33
17	33
18	32
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	35
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	26	7
2	69	24	7
3	70	23	7
4	73	21	6
5	74	20	6
6	76	19	5
7	77	18	5
8	79	17	4
9	81	16	3
10	82	15	3
11	83	15	2
12	85	14	1
13	85	14	1
14	85	14	1
15	87	13	0
16	87	13	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	87	13	0
20	87	13	0
21	87	13	0
22	87	13	0
23	88	12	0
24	88	12	0
25	88	12	0
26	89	11	0
27	89	11	0
28	90	10	0
29	90	10	0
30	91	9	0
31	91	9	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	15
2	17	15
3	17	15
4	17	15
5	17	15
6	16	15
7	16	15
8	16	15
9	16	15
10	16	14
11	16	14
12	16	14
13	16	14
14	16	14
15	16	14
16	16	14
17	15	14
18	15	14
19	15	14
20	15	14
21	15	14
22	15	14
23	15	14
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	56	44
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	28
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	31
7	31
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	33
17	33
18	32
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	35
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	26	7
2	69	24	7
3	70	23	7
4	73	21	6
5	74	20	6
6	76	19	5
7	77	18	5
8	79	17	4
9	81	16	3
10	82	15	3
11	83	15	2
12	85	14	1
13	85	14	1
14	85	14	1
15	87	13	0
16	87	13	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	87	13	0
20	87	13	0
21	87	13	0
22	87	13	0
23	88	12	0
24	88	12	0
25	88	12	0
26	89	11	0
27	89	11	0
28	90	10	0
29	90	10	0
30	91	9	0
31	91	9	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	15
2	17	15
3	17	15
4	17	15
5	17	15
6	16	15
7	16	15
8	16	15
9	16	15
10	16	14
11	16	14
12	16	14
13	16	14
14	16	14
15	16	14
16	16	14
17	15	14
18	15	14
19	15	14
20	15	14
21	15	14
22	15	14
23	15	14
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	58	42
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	56	44
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	56	44
14	55	45
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	55	45
21	55	45
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	52	48

	Rain chance (%)
1	27
2	28
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	31
7	31
8	32
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	33
17	33
18	32
19	32
20	31
21	31
22	31
23	31
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	33
28	33
29	34
30	35
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	67	26	7
2	69	24	7
3	70	23	7
4	73	21	6
5	74	20	6
6	76	19	5
7	77	18	5
8	79	17	4
9	81	16	3
10	82	15	3
11	83	15	2
12	85	14	1
13	85	14	1
14	85	14	1
15	87	13	0
16	87	13	0
17	87	13	0
18	87	13	0
19	87	13	0
20	87	13	0
21	87	13	0
22	87	13	0
23	88	12	0
24	88	12	0
25	88	12	0
26	89	11	0
27	89	11	0
28	90	10	0
29	90	10	0
30	91	9	0
31	91	9	0