Évora weather in December

In December, Évora sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 77 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. 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 30 min at the start of December to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Évora's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Évora's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 77 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 7:48 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 2.03 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Évora is city seat of Évora municipality.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 4.1 µg/m³ · 2019

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical December day in Évora reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 7°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 3°C cooler than November and on par with 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)	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	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	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	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
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	14	7

How December really feels in Évora

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Évora weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-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° / 6°	59	8.1	9.6	4.2
Feb	15° / 7°	50	6.9	10.5	5.0
Mar	18° / 9°	58	7.6	11.7	6.3
Apr	20° / 10°	61	8.5	13	6.6
May	24° / 12°	47	7.4	14.1	7.4
Jun	29° / 15°	12	2.6	14.6	7.1
Jul	32° / 17°	2	0.7	14.4	5.4
Aug	32° / 17°	4	1.2	13.5	5.3
Sep	28° / 16°	31	4.7	12.3	7.0
Oct	23° / 13°	79	8.4	11	7.1
Nov	17° / 10°	72	8.5	9.9	5.8
Dec	14° / 7°	77	8.4	9.4	4.4

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 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

	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 (%)	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	47	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	47	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	53	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Évora gets around 77 mm of rain over 8.4 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 28% 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 (%)	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30

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

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 94% 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	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5

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

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 12 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	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	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	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of December to 9 h 18 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 7:36 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:15 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	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:36	7:37	7:38	7:39	7:40	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:49	7:50	7:50	7:51	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:53	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:55
Sunset (PM)	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	7:36	5:06
2	9.5	7:37	5:06
3	9.5	7:38	5:06
4	9.5	7:39	5:06
5	9.4	7:40	5:06
6	9.4	7:41	5:06
7	9.4	7:42	5:06
8	9.4	7:42	5:06
9	9.4	7:43	5:06
10	9.4	7:44	5:06
11	9.4	7:45	5:06
12	9.3	7:45	5:06
13	9.3	7:46	5:07
14	9.3	7:47	5:07
15	9.3	7:48	5:07
16	9.3	7:48	5:07
17	9.3	7:49	5:08
18	9.3	7:49	5:08
19	9.3	7:50	5:08
20	9.3	7:50	5:09
21	9.3	7:51	5:09
22	9.3	7:51	5:10
23	9.3	7:52	5:10
24	9.3	7:52	5:11
25	9.3	7:53	5:11
26	9.3	7:53	5:12
27	9.3	7:53	5:12
28	9.3	7:54	5:13
29	9.3	7:54	5:14
30	9.3	7:54	5:14
31	9.3	7:55	5:15

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.03 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.73 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 2.03 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	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
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	2.0	Moderate
11	2.0	Moderate
12	2.0	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	2.0	Moderate
26	2.0	Moderate
27	2.0	Moderate
28	2.0	Moderate
29	2.0	Moderate
30	2.0	Moderate
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Évora?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Évora for sightseeing.

What to pack for Évora in December

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

In December, Évora sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Évora 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 Évora peaks around July 13 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Évora?

Évora sits at 38.6°N, 7.9°W, 242 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Beja, 61 km away.

Topography around Évora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Évora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 260 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 244 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 622 m.

The land around Évora is covered by grassland (50%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

119 m

grassland 50%

16 km

244 m

grassland 67%

80 km

622 m

grassland 64%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

December weather nearby: Beja 61 km · Setúbal 86 km · Palmela 87 km · Pinhal Novo 88 km · Badajoz 88 km · Portalegre 91 km · Montijo 94 km · Moita 95 km

Portugal travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / E / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 60% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $32,082; 2025
Happiness: 6.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 95%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 8.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 612
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 Évora (38.5659°, -7.904°, elevation 242 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. 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	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
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	14	7

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

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
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	14	7

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

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

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	15	8
2	15	8
3	15	8
4	15	8
5	15	8
6	15	8
7	15	8
8	15	8
9	15	8
10	15	8
11	15	7
12	14	7
13	14	7
14	14	7
15	14	7
16	14	7
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	14	7

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

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

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