Licata weather in December

In December, Licata sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 62 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-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 49% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Licata's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Licata's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 62 mm; 8.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 7:17 AM – 4:44 PM
Cloud cover: 45%; 11th clearest
Wind: 20 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 2.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Licata is chief town of the homonym municipality.

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 Licata reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°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	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11

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

Licata weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 11°	62	7.8	9.7	4.6
Feb	14° / 11°	51	7.5	10.6	4.5
Mar	15° / 12°	40	6.4	11.7	5.3
Apr	17° / 14°	26	4.7	12.9	6.5
May	20° / 17°	10	2.2	14	8.0
Jun	24° / 20°	4	0.9	14.5	9.2
Jul	26° / 23°	1	0.2	14.3	9.3
Aug	27° / 24°	4	0.8	13.4	8.9
Sep	25° / 22°	34	4.2	12.3	8.4
Oct	22° / 19°	62	6.5	11	7.6
Nov	19° / 16°	73	8.9	10	6.4
Dec	16° / 13°	62	8.5	9.5	5.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 49% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	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 (%)	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68
Cloudier (%)	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Licata gets around 62 mm of rain over 8.5 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 26% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	30	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25

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

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 87% 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 (%)	74	75	77	79	81	82	84	85	86	86	88	88	88	88	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93
Comfortable (%)	22	21	19	18	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7
Humid (%)	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	74	22	4
2	75	21	4
3	77	19	4
4	79	18	3
5	81	16	3
6	82	15	3
7	84	14	2
8	85	13	2
9	86	12	2
10	86	12	2
11	88	11	1
12	88	11	1
13	88	11	1
14	88	11	1
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	90	10	0
23	90	10	0
24	91	9	0
25	91	9	0
26	92	8	0
27	92	8	0
28	92	8	0
29	93	7	0
30	93	7	0
31	93	7	0

Wind in December

Winds average 20 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 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 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:05 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 4:52 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)	9.6	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	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:23
Sunset (PM)	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:47	4:48	4:48	4:49	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:51	4:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:05	4:43
2	9.6	7:06	4:43
3	9.6	7:07	4:43
4	9.6	7:08	4:43
5	9.6	7:08	4:43
6	9.6	7:09	4:43
7	9.5	7:10	4:43
8	9.5	7:11	4:43
9	9.5	7:12	4:43
10	9.5	7:12	4:43
11	9.5	7:13	4:43
12	9.5	7:14	4:43
13	9.5	7:15	4:44
14	9.5	7:15	4:44
15	9.5	7:16	4:44
16	9.5	7:17	4:44
17	9.5	7:17	4:45
18	9.5	7:18	4:45
19	9.5	7:18	4:45
20	9.4	7:19	4:46
21	9.4	7:19	4:46
22	9.4	7:20	4:47
23	9.4	7:20	4:47
24	9.4	7:21	4:48
25	9.5	7:21	4:48
26	9.5	7:21	4:49
27	9.5	7:22	4:49
28	9.5	7:22	4:50
29	9.5	7:22	4:51
30	9.5	7:23	4:51
31	9.5	7:23	4:52

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.24 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.59 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 2.24 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)	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	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	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
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	2.3	Moderate
2	2.3	Moderate
3	2.3	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	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	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	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Licata?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Licata for sightseeing.

What to pack for Licata in December

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

In December, Licata sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Licata in December

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 5 to Nov 12 — about 5.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	21	24	26	24	22	20	17
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Refreshing
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Licata 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 Licata peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	4	6	5	5	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	5	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Licata?

Licata sits at 37.1°N, 13.9°E, 8 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Palma di Montechiaro, 18 km away.

Topography around Licata

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Licata has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,547 m.

The land around Licata is covered by water (44%) within 3 km, water (55%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and water (34%), grassland (32%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

162 m

water 44%

16 km

456 m

water 55%

80 km

1,547 m

water 34%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Palma di Montechiaro 18 km · Gela 27 km · Canicattì 30 km · Favara 34 km · Agrigento 40 km · Niscemi 41 km · Porto Empedocle 42 km · San Cataldo 43 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 69% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $43,309; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 513
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 Licata (37.1027°, 13.9397°, elevation 8 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	14
2	17	14
3	17	14
4	17	14
5	17	14
6	17	13
7	16	13
8	16	13
9	16	13
10	16	13
11	16	13
12	16	13
13	16	13
14	16	13
15	16	13
16	16	13
17	16	13
18	16	12
19	15	12
20	15	12
21	15	12
22	15	12
23	15	12
24	15	12
25	15	12
26	15	12
27	15	12
28	15	12
29	15	12
30	15	12
31	15	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	74	22	4
2	75	21	4
3	77	19	4
4	79	18	3
5	81	16	3
6	82	15	3
7	84	14	2
8	85	13	2
9	86	12	2
10	86	12	2
11	88	11	1
12	88	11	1
13	88	11	1
14	88	11	1
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	90	10	0
23	90	10	0
24	91	9	0
25	91	9	0
26	92	8	0
27	92	8	0
28	92	8	0
29	93	7	0
30	93	7	0
31	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	74	22	4
2	75	21	4
3	77	19	4
4	79	18	3
5	81	16	3
6	82	15	3
7	84	14	2
8	85	13	2
9	86	12	2
10	86	12	2
11	88	11	1
12	88	11	1
13	88	11	1
14	88	11	1
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	90	10	0
23	90	10	0
24	91	9	0
25	91	9	0
26	92	8	0
27	92	8	0
28	92	8	0
29	93	7	0
30	93	7	0
31	93	7	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	68	32
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	68	32
15	68	32
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	67	33
19	67	33
20	67	33
21	67	33
22	67	33
23	67	33
24	67	33
25	67	33
26	67	33
27	68	32
28	68	32
29	68	32
30	68	32
31	68	32

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	74	22	4
2	75	21	4
3	77	19	4
4	79	18	3
5	81	16	3
6	82	15	3
7	84	14	2
8	85	13	2
9	86	12	2
10	86	12	2
11	88	11	1
12	88	11	1
13	88	11	1
14	88	11	1
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	90	10	0
23	90	10	0
24	91	9	0
25	91	9	0
26	92	8	0
27	92	8	0
28	92	8	0
29	93	7	0
30	93	7	0
31	93	7	0