Cartaya weather in December

In December, Cartaya sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 61 mm of rain across 6.4 wet days and about 9.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Cartaya's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cartaya's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 61 mm; 6.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 8:41 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover: 50%; 12th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Cartaya is capital town of the municipality of Cartaya, 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 16°C through the month.

A typical December day in Cartaya reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°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)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Cartaya 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	15° / 9°	40	5.9	9.7	5.2
Feb	16° / 10°	35	4.8	10.6	5.8
Mar	19° / 12°	40	5.8	11.7	6.8
Apr	21° / 13°	42	6	12.9	7.2
May	24° / 16°	27	4.8	14	8.0
Jun	28° / 19°	6	1.1	14.5	7.9
Jul	31° / 21°	1	0.1	14.3	6.3
Aug	31° / 21°	2	0.5	13.4	6.2
Sep	28° / 19°	20	2.9	12.3	7.6
Oct	23° / 17°	59	6.2	11	7.6
Nov	19° / 13°	49	6.1	10	6.8
Dec	16° / 10°	61	6.4	9.5	5.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 42% 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 45%.

	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 (%)	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	55	56	55	55	54	54	54	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	56	56	56
Cloudier (%)	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	45	44	45	45	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Cartaya gets around 61 mm of rain over 6.4 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 21% and peaks near 22% 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 (%)	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20

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

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 89% 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 (%)	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90
Comfortable (%)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	87	12	1
2	87	12	1
3	87	12	1
4	88	11	1
5	88	11	1
6	88	11	1
7	88	11	1
8	89	11	0
9	89	11	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	90	10	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	91	9	0
23	90	9	1
24	90	9	1
25	90	9	1
26	90	9	1
27	90	9	1
28	90	9	1
29	90	9	1
30	90	9	1
31	90	9	1

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 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 8:30 AM to 8:48 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:16 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)	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	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	8:46	8:47	8:47	8:47	8:48	8:48
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	8:30	6:07
2	9.6	8:31	6:07
3	9.6	8:32	6:07
4	9.6	8:32	6:07
5	9.6	8:33	6:07
6	9.5	8:34	6:07
7	9.5	8:35	6:07
8	9.5	8:36	6:07
9	9.5	8:36	6:07
10	9.5	8:37	6:07
11	9.5	8:38	6:07
12	9.5	8:39	6:07
13	9.5	8:39	6:07
14	9.5	8:40	6:08
15	9.5	8:41	6:08
16	9.4	8:41	6:08
17	9.4	8:42	6:08
18	9.4	8:43	6:09
19	9.4	8:43	6:09
20	9.4	8:44	6:10
21	9.4	8:44	6:10
22	9.4	8:45	6:10
23	9.4	8:45	6:11
24	9.4	8:46	6:11
25	9.4	8:46	6:12
26	9.4	8:46	6:13
27	9.4	8:47	6:13
28	9.4	8:47	6:14
29	9.5	8:47	6:14
30	9.5	8:48	6:15
31	9.5	8:48	6:16

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.28 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.93 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 2.28 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)	2.5	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.3	Moderate
11	2.3	Moderate
12	2.3	Moderate
13	2.3	Moderate
14	2.3	Moderate
15	2.3	Moderate
16	2.2	Moderate
17	2.2	Moderate
18	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Cartaya?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Cartaya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cartaya in December

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

In December, Cartaya sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Cartaya in December

The nearest coast averages about 17°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 18 km away) is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 15 to Oct 18 — about 4.1 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	16	17	18	20	22	23	22	20	18	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	16	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	23	Refreshing
Sep	22	Refreshing
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	18	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Cartaya 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 Cartaya peaks around July 14 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

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	7	8	7	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

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

Location & terrain

Where is Cartaya?

Cartaya sits at 37.3°N, 7.2°W, 16 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Lepe, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Cartaya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cartaya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m.

The land around Cartaya is covered by grassland (52%) within 3 km, trees (31%), grassland (31%) and water (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

65 m

grassland 52%

16 km

192 m

trees 31%

80 km

946 m

grassland 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

December weather nearby: Lepe 6.0 km · Aljaraque 11 km · Isla Cristina 17 km · Huelva 19 km · Ayamonte 24 km · Moguer 28 km · Tavira 47 km · Almonte 56 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 Cartaya (37.2811°, -7.1507°, elevation 16 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	17	11
2	17	11
3	16	11
4	16	11
5	16	11
6	16	11
7	16	11
8	16	11
9	16	11
10	16	10
11	16	10
12	16	10
13	16	10
14	16	10
15	16	10
16	16	10
17	16	10
18	16	10
19	16	10
20	16	10
21	16	10
22	16	10
23	16	10
24	15	10
25	15	10
26	15	10
27	15	10
28	15	10
29	15	10
30	15	10
31	15	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	87	12	1
2	87	12	1
3	87	12	1
4	88	11	1
5	88	11	1
6	88	11	1
7	88	11	1
8	89	11	0
9	89	11	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	90	10	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	91	9	0
23	90	9	1
24	90	9	1
25	90	9	1
26	90	9	1
27	90	9	1
28	90	9	1
29	90	9	1
30	90	9	1
31	90	9	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	87	12	1
2	87	12	1
3	87	12	1
4	88	11	1
5	88	11	1
6	88	11	1
7	88	11	1
8	89	11	0
9	89	11	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	90	10	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	91	9	0
23	90	9	1
24	90	9	1
25	90	9	1
26	90	9	1
27	90	9	1
28	90	9	1
29	90	9	1
30	90	9	1
31	90	9	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	56	44
6	56	44
7	56	44
8	55	45
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	54	46
15	53	47
16	53	47
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	87	12	1
2	87	12	1
3	87	12	1
4	88	11	1
5	88	11	1
6	88	11	1
7	88	11	1
8	89	11	0
9	89	11	0
10	89	11	0
11	89	11	0
12	89	11	0
13	90	10	0
14	90	10	0
15	90	10	0
16	90	10	0
17	90	10	0
18	90	10	0
19	90	10	0
20	90	10	0
21	90	10	0
22	91	9	0
23	90	9	1
24	90	9	1
25	90	9	1
26	90	9	1
27	90	9	1
28	90	9	1
29	90	9	1
30	90	9	1
31	90	9	1