Ragusa weather in December

In December, Ragusa sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 60 mm of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 14°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 Ragusa's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ragusa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 60 mm; 8.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 7:13 AM – 4:42 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 2.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

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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 14°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ragusa reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°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	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Ragusa weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	13° / 6°	64	8.5	9.8	3.9
Feb	13° / 6°	57	8.2	10.6	4.0
Mar	15° / 8°	52	8.4	11.7	5.0
Apr	18° / 10°	40	7.6	12.9	6.5
May	23° / 14°	24	4.6	13.9	8.0
Jun	27° / 18°	17	2.9	14.5	8.0
Jul	30° / 21°	7	1.5	14.3	6.8
Aug	30° / 21°	15	3.2	13.4	6.4
Sep	26° / 18°	45	7.4	12.3	7.4
Oct	23° / 15°	62	8.7	11	7.2
Nov	18° / 11°	63	9.2	10	6.1
Dec	14° / 8°	60	8.5	9.5	4.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% 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 37%.

	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 (%)	60	61	61	62	62	63	62	63	63	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	63	64	64	64	65	65	66
Cloudier (%)	40	39	39	38	38	37	38	37	37	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	37	36	36	36	35	35	34

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	66	34

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ragusa gets around 60 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 27% 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	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	23

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

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 97% 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 (%)	91	92	92	93	94	95	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

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 7:01 AM to 7:19 AM, and sunset from 4:40 PM to 4:49 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	9.6	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	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:19	7:19	7:19
Sunset (PM)	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:40	4:41	4:41	4:41	4:41	4:41	4:42	4:42	4:42	4:43	4:43	4:44	4:44	4:44	4:45	4:46	4:46	4:47	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	7:01	4:40
2	9.6	7:02	4:40
3	9.6	7:03	4:40
4	9.6	7:04	4:40
5	9.6	7:05	4:40
6	9.6	7:06	4:40
7	9.6	7:06	4:40
8	9.5	7:07	4:40
9	9.5	7:08	4:40
10	9.5	7:09	4:40
11	9.5	7:09	4:41
12	9.5	7:10	4:41
13	9.5	7:11	4:41
14	9.5	7:12	4:41
15	9.5	7:12	4:41
16	9.5	7:13	4:42
17	9.5	7:13	4:42
18	9.5	7:14	4:42
19	9.5	7:15	4:43
20	9.5	7:15	4:43
21	9.5	7:16	4:44
22	9.5	7:16	4:44
23	9.5	7:17	4:44
24	9.5	7:17	4:45
25	9.5	7:17	4:46
26	9.5	7:18	4:46
27	9.5	7:18	4:47
28	9.5	7:18	4:47
29	9.5	7:19	4:48
30	9.5	7:19	4:49
31	9.5	7:19	4:49

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.22 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.22 kWh/m² to a high of 7.49 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.22 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	2.2	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	2.3	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	2.2	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	2.3	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 Ragusa?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Ragusa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ragusa in December

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

In December, Ragusa sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ragusa 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 at the nearest coast (about 32 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Nov 15 — 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)	16	15	15	16	18	21	24	26	25	23	20	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	20	Refreshing
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Ragusa 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 Ragusa peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 2 (low).

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	4	6	5	5	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very 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	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Air quality in Ragusa in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ragusa is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	15	16	16	15	14	12	13	11	12	11	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ragusa?

Ragusa sits at 36.9°N, 14.7°E, 502 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Modica, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Ragusa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ragusa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 405 m around an average of 511 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 863 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 987 m.

The land around Ragusa is covered by trees (27%), artificial surfaces (27%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

405 m

trees 27%

16 km

863 m

grassland 44%

80 km

987 m

water 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

December weather nearby: Modica 8.0 km · Comiso 11 km · Scicli 15 km · Vittoria 18 km · Rosolini 23 km · Pozzallo 24 km · Noto 31 km · Avola 37 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 Ragusa (36.9257°, 14.7244°, elevation 502 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	9
2	16	9
3	16	9
4	15	9
5	15	9
6	15	9
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	8
12	15	8
13	15	8
14	15	8
15	14	8
16	14	8
17	14	7
18	14	7
19	14	7
20	14	7
21	14	7
22	14	7
23	14	7
24	14	7
25	14	7
26	14	7
27	14	7
28	14	7
29	14	7
30	14	7
31	13	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	66	34

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	66	34

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	60	40
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	62	38
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	64	36
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	63	37
16	63	37
17	63	37
18	63	37
19	62	38
20	62	38
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	62	38
24	62	38
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	66	34

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	93	7
5	94	6
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	98	2
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1