Benavente weather in December

In December, Benavente sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 48 mm of precipitation across 7.8 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 Benavente's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Benavente's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
48 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
8:50 AM – 5:48 PM
Cloud cover
66%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
1.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

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

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 9°C through the month.

A typical December day in Benavente reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1103
2103
3103
4103
5103
6103
7103
8103
9103
10103
11103
12103
1393
1493
1593
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2692
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2892
2992
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3192

How December really feels in Benavente

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 23 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
23
wind chill below the day's low

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

Benavente 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 4070.89.31.9
Feb11° / 275.40.810.33.1
Mar15° / 367.30.111.74.8
Apr17° / 448.80.113.15.6
May21° / 448.2014.36.8
Jun26° / 13°275.10157.5
Jul30° / 15°143014.76.3
Aug29° / 15°152.9013.76.6
Sep25° / 12°244.2012.37.9
Oct19° / 598.2010.96.2
Nov13° / 477.80.19.63.6
Dec / 487.80.492.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% 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 62%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33862
43862
53763
63763
73763
83862
93763
103763
113664
123763
133664
143763
153763
163862
173862
183862
193862
203862
213862
223862
233862
243862
253763
263763
273763
283763
293664
303565
313664

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Benavente gets around 48 mm of rain and snow 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 precipitation averages around 25% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1241
2241
3231
4231
5231
6231
7231
8231
9241
10241
11241
12241
13241
14241
15251
16251
17252
18252
19252
20252
21262
22262
23262
24262
25272
26272
27272
28272
29272
30272
31272

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
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17100
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19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
1310calm
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1510calm
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1911calm
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2711calm
2811calm
2911calm
3011calm
3111calm

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 8:37 AM to 8:56 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:55 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.28:375:47
29.18:385:47
39.18:395:47
49.18:405:47
59.18:415:47
69.18:425:47
79.18:435:47
89.08:445:46
99.08:455:46
109.08:465:47
119.08:475:47
129.08:475:47
139.08:485:47
149.08:495:47
159.08:505:47
169.08:505:48
178.98:515:48
188.98:515:48
198.98:525:48
208.98:535:49
218.98:535:49
228.98:545:50
238.98:545:50
248.98:545:51
258.98:555:51
268.98:555:52
278.98:565:53
289.08:565:53
299.08:565:54
309.08:565:55
319.08:565:55

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.5 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.6Dim
21.6Dim
31.6Dim
41.6Dim
51.6Dim
61.6Dim
71.6Dim
81.5Dim
91.5Dim
101.5Dim
111.5Dim
121.5Dim
131.5Dim
141.5Dim
151.5Dim
161.5Dim
171.5Dim
181.5Dim
191.5Dim
201.5Dim
211.5Dim
221.5Dim
231.5Dim
241.5Dim
251.5Dim
261.5Dim
271.5Dim
281.5Dim
291.5Dim
301.5Dim
311.5Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Benavente?

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

2.1
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 Benavente.

What to pack for Benavente in December

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

In December, Benavente sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Benavente 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 Benavente peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 2 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep6High
Oct5Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Benavente?

Benavente sits at 42.0°N, 5.7°W, 750 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Zamora, 55 km away.

Topography around Benavente

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Benavente has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 715 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,703 m.

The land around Benavente is covered by cropland (44%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (54%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
213 m
80 km
1,703 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Zamora 55 km · León 67 km · San Andrés del Rabanedo 68 km · Villaquilambre 72 km · Valladolid 88 km · Laguna de Duero 92 km · Bragança 92 km · Palencia 95 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 Benavente (42.0025°, -5.6783°, elevation 750 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).