Almendralejo weather in December

In December, Almendralejo sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 56 mm of rain across 7.8 wet days and about 9.3 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 34% 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 Almendralejo's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Almendralejo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 56 mm; 7.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 8:43 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 1.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Almendralejo is capital of Almendralejo Municipality, Spain.

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 Almendralejo reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 8°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	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

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

How December really feels in Almendralejo

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.

Almendralejo 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	13° / 5°	45	7.8	9.6	3.9
Feb	15° / 6°	42	6.2	10.5	5.0
Mar	18° / 8°	43	7.2	11.7	6.4
Apr	21° / 10°	45	7.8	13	6.8
May	25° / 13°	35	6.4	14.1	7.5
Jun	30° / 17°	12	2.4	14.7	6.1
Jul	34° / 19°	3	0.6	14.4	4.1
Aug	34° / 19°	6	1.1	13.5	4.3
Sep	29° / 17°	24	3.8	12.3	6.6
Oct	23° / 13°	60	7.4	11	7.2
Nov	17° / 8°	56	7.6	9.9	5.8
Dec	14° / 6°	56	7.8	9.3	4.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

	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	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	48	47	48	48	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	53	53	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	54	53	53	52	52	52	52	53	52	52	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Almendralejo gets around 56 mm of rain over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 26% 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 (%)	24	24	24	24	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

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

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 98% 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 (%)	98	98	98	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2

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

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	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 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 8:31 AM to 8:49 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:09 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	9.4	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	9.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:31	8:32	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:43	8:44	8:44	8:45	8:45	8:46	8:46	8:47	8:47	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:48	8:49	8:49
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	8:31	6:00
2	9.5	8:32	6:00
3	9.5	8:32	6:00
4	9.4	8:33	6:00
5	9.4	8:34	6:00
6	9.4	8:35	6:00
7	9.4	8:36	6:00
8	9.4	8:37	6:00
9	9.4	8:38	6:00
10	9.4	8:38	6:00
11	9.3	8:39	6:00
12	9.3	8:40	6:00
13	9.3	8:41	6:00
14	9.3	8:41	6:01
15	9.3	8:42	6:01
16	9.3	8:43	6:01
17	9.3	8:43	6:01
18	9.3	8:44	6:02
19	9.3	8:44	6:02
20	9.3	8:45	6:02
21	9.3	8:45	6:03
22	9.3	8:46	6:03
23	9.3	8:46	6:04
24	9.3	8:47	6:04
25	9.3	8:47	6:05
26	9.3	8:48	6:05
27	9.3	8:48	6:06
28	9.3	8:48	6:07
29	9.3	8:48	6:07
30	9.3	8:49	6:08
31	9.3	8:49	6:09

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.99 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.99 kWh/m² to a high of 7.9 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.99 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	2.1	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	2.0	2.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.2	Moderate
2	2.1	Moderate
3	2.1	Moderate
4	2.1	Moderate
5	2.1	Moderate
6	2.1	Moderate
7	2.1	Moderate
8	2.0	Moderate
9	2.0	Moderate
10	2.0	Moderate
11	2.0	Moderate
12	2.0	Moderate
13	2.0	Dim
14	2.0	Dim
15	2.0	Dim
16	2.0	Dim
17	2.0	Dim
18	2.0	Dim
19	2.0	Dim
20	2.0	Dim
21	2.0	Dim
22	2.0	Dim
23	2.0	Dim
24	2.0	Dim
25	2.0	Dim
26	2.0	Dim
27	2.0	Dim
28	2.0	Dim
29	2.0	Dim
30	2.0	Moderate
31	2.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Almendralejo?

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

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Almendralejo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Almendralejo in December

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

In December, Almendralejo sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Almendralejo 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 Almendralejo peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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	10	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Almendralejo?

Almendralejo sits at 38.7°N, 6.4°W, 338 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Mérida, 27 km away.

Topography around Almendralejo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Almendralejo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 342 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 948 m.

The land around Almendralejo is covered by cropland (65%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, cropland (70%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%), cropland (29%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

76 m

cropland 65%

16 km

293 m

cropland 70%

80 km

948 m

grassland 47%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Mérida 27 km · Zafra 29 km · Montijo 31 km · Badajoz 53 km · Don Benito 56 km · Villanueva de la Serena 62 km · Cáceres 88 km · Portalegre 112 km

Spain travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 65% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $38,627; 2025
Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 99%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 3.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
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 Almendralejo (38.6832°, -6.4075°, elevation 338 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	7
2	14	7
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	14	6
8	14	6
9	14	6
10	14	6
11	14	6
12	14	6
13	14	6
14	14	6
15	14	6
16	14	6
17	14	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	5
28	13	5
29	13	5
30	13	5
31	13	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	47	53
3	46	54
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	45	55
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

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