Balaguer weather in December

In December, Balaguer sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 29 mm of precipitation across 5 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
12°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
29 mm
5 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
8:24 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover
50%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
1.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Balaguer is capital town of the municipality of Balaguer, Spain.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 13°C in the first days to 11°C by the end.

A typical December day in Balaguer reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1133
2133
3133
4133
5133
6133
7123
8123
9123
10123
11123
12122
13122
14122
15122
16122
17122
18122
19112
20112
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22112
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How December really feels in Balaguer

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 17 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
17
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Balaguer weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 304.99.33.4
Feb14° / 213.610.34.8
Mar18° / 335.611.76.6
Apr21° / 486.913.17.1
May25° / 12°456.714.37.4
Jun30° / 17°304.8155.8
Jul33° / 20°203.414.74.3
Aug32° / 19°345.113.74.6
Sep28° / 15°506.212.37.0
Oct22° / 11°52610.97.4
Nov16° / 4159.65.5
Dec12° / 29593.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% 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 42%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
35842
45842
55842
65842
75842
85941
95941
105941
115842
125842
135842
145842
155842
165842
175743
185743
195743
205743
215743
225743
235743
245842
255842
265842
275842
285941
295941
306040
316040

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Balaguer gets around 29 mm of rain and snow over 5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 16% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
117
217
317
417
517
617
717
817
917
1017
1116
1216
1316
1416
1516
1616
1716
1815
1915
2015
2115
2215
2315
2415
2515
2615
2715
2815
2915
3015
3115

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 12 min at the start of December to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:11 AM to 8:30 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.28:115:22
29.28:125:22
39.18:135:22
49.18:145:22
59.18:155:21
69.18:165:21
79.18:175:21
89.18:175:21
99.08:185:21
109.08:195:21
119.08:205:21
129.08:215:21
139.08:215:22
149.08:225:22
159.08:235:22
169.08:245:22
179.08:245:23
189.08:255:23
199.08:255:23
209.08:265:24
219.08:265:24
229.08:275:25
239.08:275:25
249.08:285:26
259.08:285:26
269.08:295:27
279.08:295:27
289.08:295:28
299.08:295:29
309.08:305:29
319.08:305:30

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.87 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.87 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.0Moderate
22.0Moderate
32.0Dim
42.0Dim
52.0Dim
61.9Dim
71.9Dim
81.9Dim
91.9Dim
101.9Dim
111.9Dim
121.9Dim
131.9Dim
141.9Dim
151.9Dim
161.9Dim
171.9Dim
181.8Dim
191.8Dim
201.8Dim
211.8Dim
221.8Dim
231.9Dim
241.9Dim
251.9Dim
261.9Dim
271.9Dim
281.9Dim
291.9Dim
301.9Dim
311.9Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Balaguer?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Balaguer.

What to pack for Balaguer in December

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

In December, Balaguer sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Balaguer 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 Balaguer peaks around July 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Balaguer?

Balaguer sits at 41.8°N, 0.8°E, 220 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Lleida, 25 km away.

Topography around Balaguer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balaguer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 245 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 761 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,840 m.

The land around Balaguer is covered by cropland (59%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
761 m
80 km
2,840 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Lleida 25 km · Tàrrega 32 km · Monzón 53 km · Barbastro 63 km · Valls 67 km · Igualada 71 km · Reus 75 km · Vila-seca 81 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 Balaguer (41.7912°, 0.8109°, elevation 220 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).