Bailén weather in December

In December, Bailén sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 62 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-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 39% 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 Bailén's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bailén's year-round climate.

Daytime high
14°
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Rainfall
62 mm
8.4 wet days
Daylight
9 h 24 min
8:30 AM – 5:52 PM
Cloud cover
52%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
2.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Bailén is capital of Bailén Municipality, Spain.

Air quality
Moderate
PM10 33.8 µg/m³ · 2010

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Bailén reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

-5°10°15°20°151015202531
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1156
2156
3156
4155
5155
6155
7155
8155
9155
10155
11145
12145
13145
14145
15145
16145
17145
18145
19145
20145
21145
22145
23145
24145
25144
26144
27144
28144
29144
30144
31144

How December really feels in Bailén

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Bailén weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan14° / 528.29.74.2
Feb15° / 477.510.55.1
Mar19° / 477.811.76.5
Apr21° / 10°457.8137.0
May26° / 14°326.1147.5
Jun31° / 18°112.114.65.5
Jul35° / 21°20.814.43.2
Aug35° / 21°61.413.53.4
Sep30° / 17°26412.36.1
Oct24° / 13°477.4117.4
Nov18° / 577.79.96.0
Dec14° / 628.49.44.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25248
35248
45248
55248
65248
75149
85248
95149
105149
115149
125050
135050
145050
155050
165050
175149
185050
195050
205050
215149
225248
235248
245248
255248
265347
275347
285347
295347
305248
315347

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Bailén gets around 62 mm of rain over 8.4 wet days in December, the wettest month. 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 28% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
127
227
326
426
526
626
726
826
926
1026
1126
1226
1326
1426
1526
1626
1726
1826
1927
2027
2127
2227
2327
2428
2528
2628
2728
2828
2928
3028
3128

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.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16982
17982
18982
19982
20982
21982
22982
23982
24982
25982
26982
27982
28982
29982
30991
31991

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

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 8:18 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 6:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.58:185:51
29.58:195:51
39.58:205:51
49.58:215:51
59.58:225:51
69.58:235:51
79.58:245:51
89.48:255:51
99.48:255:51
109.48:265:51
119.48:275:51
129.48:285:51
139.48:285:52
149.48:295:52
159.48:305:52
169.48:305:52
179.48:315:53
189.48:315:53
199.48:325:53
209.48:335:54
219.48:335:54
229.48:345:55
239.48:345:55
249.48:345:56
259.48:355:56
269.48:355:57
279.48:365:57
289.48:365:58
299.48:365:59
309.48:365:59
319.48:376:00

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.16 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.16 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 2.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

0123151015202531
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.3Moderate
22.3Moderate
32.3Moderate
42.2Moderate
52.2Moderate
62.2Moderate
72.2Moderate
82.2Moderate
92.2Moderate
102.2Moderate
112.2Moderate
122.2Moderate
132.1Moderate
142.1Moderate
152.1Moderate
162.1Moderate
172.1Moderate
182.1Moderate
192.1Moderate
202.1Moderate
212.1Moderate
222.1Moderate
232.1Moderate
242.1Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.2Moderate
272.2Moderate
282.2Moderate
292.2Moderate
302.2Moderate
312.2Moderate
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Bailén?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Bailén for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bailén in December

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

In December, Bailén sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Bailén 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 Bailén peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb3Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bailén?

Bailén sits at 38.1°N, 3.8°W, 349 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Linares, 12 km away.

Topography around Bailén

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bailén has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m around an average of 359 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 550 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,041 m.

The land around Bailén is covered by trees (55%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
151 m
16 km
550 m
80 km
2,041 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Linares 12 km · La Carolina 24 km · Andújar 25 km · Baeza 29 km · Jaén 36 km · Úbeda 37 km · Martos 45 km · Villanueva del Arzobispo 68 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
Roman Catholic 58%atheist 16%agnostic 11%non-believer 11%

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 Bailén (38.0964°, -3.7779°, elevation 349 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).