Écija weather in December

In December, Écija sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 73 mm of rain across 7.8 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 40% 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 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Écija's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Écija's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 73 mm; 7.8 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 8:34 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover: 52%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 2.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

Écija is capital town of the municipality of Écija, 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 Écija reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 19°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)	17	17	16	16	16	16	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
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How December really feels in Écija

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.

Écija 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° / 5°	50	7.1	9.7	5.1
Feb	17° / 6°	46	6.2	10.6	6.0
Mar	20° / 9°	56	7.2	11.7	6.9
Apr	23° / 11°	47	7.2	12.9	7.3
May	27° / 14°	35	5.7	14	7.2
Jun	32° / 18°	9	1.4	14.5	5.1
Jul	36° / 21°	2	0.5	14.3	3.0
Aug	35° / 21°	5	0.7	13.4	3.1
Sep	31° / 18°	34	3.7	12.3	5.6
Oct	25° / 14°	62	7.3	11	7.3
Nov	19° / 9°	67	6.9	10	6.7
Dec	16° / 7°	73	7.8	9.5	5.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 47%.

	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 (%)	55	55	55	55	53	53	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	52	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	55	55
Cloudier (%)	45	45	45	45	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	48	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	45	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Écija gets around 73 mm of rain over 7.8 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 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	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24

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

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 96% 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 (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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
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16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
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29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 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 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:22 AM to 8:40 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:07 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	9.5	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	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:33	8:34	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:37	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:39	8:39	8:39	8:40	8:40	8:40
Sunset (PM)	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	8:22	5:58
2	9.6	8:23	5:58
3	9.6	8:24	5:58
4	9.5	8:25	5:58
5	9.5	8:26	5:58
6	9.5	8:27	5:58
7	9.5	8:27	5:58
8	9.5	8:28	5:58
9	9.5	8:29	5:58
10	9.5	8:30	5:58
11	9.5	8:30	5:58
12	9.4	8:31	5:58
13	9.4	8:32	5:58
14	9.4	8:33	5:59
15	9.4	8:33	5:59
16	9.4	8:34	5:59
17	9.4	8:34	5:59
18	9.4	8:35	6:00
19	9.4	8:36	6:00
20	9.4	8:36	6:01
21	9.4	8:37	6:01
22	9.4	8:37	6:01
23	9.4	8:38	6:02
24	9.4	8:38	6:02
25	9.4	8:38	6:03
26	9.4	8:39	6:04
27	9.4	8:39	6:04
28	9.4	8:39	6:05
29	9.4	8:40	6:05
30	9.4	8:40	6:06
31	9.4	8:40	6:07

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.21 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.96 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 2.21 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)	2.4	2.4	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	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	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	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.3	Moderate
4	2.3	Moderate
5	2.3	Moderate
6	2.3	Moderate
7	2.3	Moderate
8	2.3	Moderate
9	2.3	Moderate
10	2.2	Moderate
11	2.2	Moderate
12	2.2	Moderate
13	2.2	Moderate
14	2.2	Moderate
15	2.2	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	2.2	Moderate
24	2.2	Moderate
25	2.2	Moderate
26	2.2	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Écija?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Écija for sightseeing.

What to pack for Écija in December

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

In December, Écija sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Écija 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 Écija peaks around July 16 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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	2	7	8	7	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Low

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

Air quality in Écija in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Écija is worst in March — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	13	15	12	10	9	10	12	11	11	9	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	12	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	12	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Écija?

Écija sits at 37.5°N, 5.1°W, 105 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Palma del Río, 25 km away.

Topography around Écija

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Écija has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,541 m.

The land around Écija is covered by cropland (57%) within 3 km, cropland (62%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

107 m

cropland 57%

16 km

236 m

cropland 62%

80 km

1,541 m

trees 48%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Palma del Río 25 km · Puente-Genil 33 km · Osuna 34 km · Marchena 38 km · Montilla 39 km · Lora del Río 41 km · Cordoba 47 km · Carmona 50 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 Écija (37.5422°, -5.0826°, elevation 105 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	7
2	17	7
3	16	7
4	16	7
5	16	7
6	16	7
7	16	7
8	16	7
9	16	7
10	16	7
11	16	7
12	16	7
13	16	7
14	16	7
15	16	7
16	16	7
17	16	7
18	16	7
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	16	6
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	15	6
29	15	6
30	15	6
31	15	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	55	45
3	55	45
4	55	45
5	53	47
6	53	47
7	53	47
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	50	50
16	50	50
17	51	49
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	53	47
24	53	47
25	53	47
26	53	47
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	55	45
31	55	45

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	97	3
6	97	3
7	97	3
8	97	3
9	97	3
10	97	3
11	97	3
12	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	95	5
18	95	5
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	95	5
24	95	5
25	95	5
26	95	5
27	95	5
28	95	5
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5