Palermo weather in December

In December, Palermo sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 11.3 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of December to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Palermo's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Palermo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Precipitation: 67 mm; 11.3 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 7:22 AM – 4:44 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 11th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 10.6 µg/m³ · 2018

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 16°C in the first days to 13°C by the end.

A typical December day in Palermo reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 17°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°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)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7

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

Palermo weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-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	13° / 7°	65	10.3	9.7	3.7
Feb	13° / 7°	68	10.3	10.5	3.7
Mar	16° / 8°	64	10.5	11.7	4.9
Apr	18° / 10°	61	9.6	13	6.2
May	23° / 14°	37	6.2	14	7.7
Jun	27° / 18°	16	3.6	14.6	7.9
Jul	30° / 21°	6	1.6	14.4	6.8
Aug	30° / 22°	20	3.4	13.5	6.2
Sep	27° / 19°	61	8.8	12.3	7.0
Oct	23° / 15°	81	9.8	11	7.1
Nov	18° / 12°	64	10.3	9.9	5.9
Dec	14° / 8°	67	11.3	9.4	4.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	56	56	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54
Cloudier (%)	44	44	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	46

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Palermo gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 11.3 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	36
30	36
31	35

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 99% 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 (%)	95	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of December to 9 h 24 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 7:10 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 4:43 PM to 4:51 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)	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:16	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:20	7:20	7:21	7:22	7:22	7:23	7:24	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:27	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:28
Sunset (PM)	4:43	4:43	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:48	4:49	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	7:10	4:43
2	9.5	7:11	4:43
3	9.5	7:12	4:42
4	9.5	7:13	4:42
5	9.5	7:14	4:42
6	9.5	7:14	4:42
7	9.5	7:15	4:42
8	9.4	7:16	4:42
9	9.4	7:17	4:42
10	9.4	7:18	4:42
11	9.4	7:18	4:43
12	9.4	7:19	4:43
13	9.4	7:20	4:43
14	9.4	7:20	4:43
15	9.4	7:21	4:43
16	9.4	7:22	4:44
17	9.4	7:22	4:44
18	9.4	7:23	4:44
19	9.4	7:24	4:45
20	9.4	7:24	4:45
21	9.3	7:25	4:46
22	9.3	7:25	4:46
23	9.3	7:26	4:46
24	9.4	7:26	4:47
25	9.4	7:26	4:48
26	9.4	7:27	4:48
27	9.4	7:27	4:49
28	9.4	7:27	4:49
29	9.4	7:28	4:50
30	9.4	7:28	4:51
31	9.4	7:28	4:51

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.05 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.05 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 2.05 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)	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
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	2.2	Moderate
2	2.2	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.1	Moderate
9	2.1	Moderate
10	2.1	Moderate
11	2.1	Moderate
12	2.1	Moderate
13	2.0	Moderate
14	2.0	Moderate
15	2.0	Moderate
16	2.0	Moderate
17	2.0	Moderate
18	2.0	Moderate
19	2.0	Moderate
20	2.0	Moderate
21	2.0	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.0	Moderate
24	2.0	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.1	Moderate
28	2.1	Moderate
29	2.1	Moderate
30	2.1	Moderate
31	2.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Palermo?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Palermo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Palermo in December

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

In December, Palermo sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Palermo 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 27°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 28 to Nov 11 — about 5.5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	15	16	19	22	26	27	25	23	20	17
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	19	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	27	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Palermo 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 Palermo peaks around July 16 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	4	5	9	10	8	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	4	Moderate
May	5	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	7	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Palermo?

Palermo sits at 38.1°N, 13.4°E, 14 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Monreale, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Palermo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Palermo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,249 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,962 m.

The land around Palermo is covered by artificial surfaces (59%) and water (26%) within 3 km, water (36%), trees (29%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

83 m

artificial surfaces 59%

16 km

1,249 m

water 36%

80 km

1,962 m

water 49%

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

December weather nearby: Monreale 8.0 km · Villabate 8.0 km · Misilmeri 12 km · Bagheria 14 km · Carini 16 km · Partinico 23 km · Termini Imerese 33 km · Alcamo 38 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 Palermo (38.1166°, 13.3636°, elevation 14 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	16	10
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	15	9
5	15	9
6	15	9
7	15	9
8	15	9
9	15	9
10	15	9
11	15	9
12	15	9
13	15	8
14	14	8
15	14	8
16	14	8
17	14	8
18	14	8
19	14	8
20	14	8
21	14	8
22	14	8
23	14	8
24	14	8
25	14	8
26	14	8
27	14	8
28	14	7
29	13	7
30	13	7
31	13	7

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	36
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	36
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	35
11	35
12	35
13	35
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	35
18	35
19	35
20	35
21	35
22	36
23	36
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	36
30	36
31	35

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	98	2
8	98	2
9	98	2
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0