Peniche weather in December

In December, Peniche sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 88 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of December to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Peniche's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Peniche's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 15°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 88 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 12 min; 7:56 AM – 5:11 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 12th clearest
Wind: 24 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 1.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Peniche is city seat of Peniche 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month.

A typical December day in Peniche reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°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 17°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12

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

Peniche 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° / 12°	86	10.8	9.5	4.1
Feb	14° / 12°	63	8.4	10.5	4.2
Mar	15° / 13°	55	8.3	11.7	4.7
Apr	15° / 14°	53	8.7	13	4.9
May	16° / 15°	41	6.2	14.1	5.9
Jun	18° / 17°	9	2.3	14.7	7.4
Jul	19° / 18°	4	1	14.5	8.0
Aug	20° / 18°	5	1.4	13.5	8.0
Sep	19° / 18°	28	4.3	12.3	7.4
Oct	18° / 17°	84	9.2	11	6.3
Nov	16° / 15°	98	11.6	9.8	5.1
Dec	15° / 13°	88	10.8	9.3	4.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% 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 (%)	48	48	48	47	47	48	47	47	47	46	47	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	46	47	47	47	47	48	49	48
Cloudier (%)	52	52	52	53	53	52	53	53	53	54	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	54	53	53	53	53	52	51	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Peniche gets around 88 mm of rain over 10.8 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 35% and peaks near 38% 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 (%)	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	38

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	34
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	38
30	38
31	38

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 (%)	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85
Comfortable (%)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

Wind in December

Winds average 24 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 25 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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
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	24	breezy
2	24	breezy
3	24	breezy
4	24	breezy
5	24	breezy
6	24	breezy
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8	24	breezy
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16	24	breezy
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18	24	breezy
19	24	breezy
20	25	breezy
21	25	breezy
22	25	breezy
23	25	breezy
24	25	breezy
25	24	breezy
26	24	breezy
27	24	breezy
28	24	breezy
29	24	breezy
30	24	breezy
31	24	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 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 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:44 AM to 8:03 AM, and sunset from 5:10 PM to 5:19 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)	9.4	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	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:51	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:56	7:56	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:59	7:59	8:00	8:00	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:03	8:03
Sunset (PM)	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	7:44	5:10
2	9.4	7:45	5:10
3	9.4	7:46	5:10
4	9.4	7:47	5:10
5	9.4	7:48	5:10
6	9.3	7:49	5:10
7	9.3	7:50	5:10
8	9.3	7:51	5:10
9	9.3	7:51	5:10
10	9.3	7:52	5:10
11	9.3	7:53	5:10
12	9.3	7:54	5:10
13	9.3	7:54	5:10
14	9.3	7:55	5:10
15	9.2	7:56	5:11
16	9.2	7:56	5:11
17	9.2	7:57	5:11
18	9.2	7:58	5:12
19	9.2	7:58	5:12
20	9.2	7:59	5:12
21	9.2	7:59	5:13
22	9.2	8:00	5:13
23	9.2	8:00	5:14
24	9.2	8:01	5:14
25	9.2	8:01	5:15
26	9.2	8:01	5:15
27	9.2	8:02	5:16
28	9.2	8:02	5:17
29	9.2	8:02	5:17
30	9.3	8:03	5:18
31	9.3	8:03	5:19

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.94 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.94 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)	2.1	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.1	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.0	Moderate
4	2.0	Moderate
5	2.0	Moderate
6	2.0	Moderate
7	2.0	Dim
8	2.0	Dim
9	2.0	Dim
10	2.0	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
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27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	1.9	Dim
31	1.9	Dim

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Peniche

In seasonPeak

In December, Peniche sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Peniche's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Peniche?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.1

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Peniche for sightseeing.

What to pack for Peniche in December

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

In December, Peniche sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Peniche in December

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 19°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	16	18	18	19	19	18	17	15
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Bracing
May	16	Cool
Jun	18	Cool
Jul	18	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	19	Cool
Oct	18	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	15	Cool

UV index in Peniche 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 Peniche peaks around July 14 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	8	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Peniche?

Peniche sits at 39.4°N, 9.4°W, 17 m above sea level, in Portugal. The nearest listed city is Caldas da Rainha, 22 km away.

Topography around Peniche

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Peniche has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 204 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 673 m.

The land around Peniche is covered by water (70%) within 3 km, water (73%) within 16 km, and water (40%), trees (24%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

32 m

water 70%

16 km

204 m

water 73%

80 km

673 m

water 40%

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

December weather nearby: Caldas da Rainha 22 km · Torres Vedras 31 km · Alcobaça 41 km · Azambuja 54 km · Vila Franca de Xira 56 km · Marinha Grande 58 km · Monsanto 59 km · Vialonga 60 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 Peniche (39.3558°, -9.3811°, elevation 17 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	15	13
2	15	13
3	15	13
4	15	13
5	15	13
6	15	13
7	15	13
8	15	13
9	15	13
10	15	13
11	15	13
12	15	13
13	15	13
14	15	13
15	15	13
16	15	13
17	15	13
18	15	13
19	15	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	12
31	15	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	34
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	34
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	48	52
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	47	53
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	47	53
26	47	53
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	49	51
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	35
4	35
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	34
9	33
10	33
11	33
12	33
13	33
14	33
15	33
16	33
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	36
25	36
26	37
27	37
28	37
29	38
30	38
31	38

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	83	17
16	83	17
17	84	16
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	85	15
21	85	15
22	85	15
23	85	15
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15