Huesca weather in December

In December, Huesca sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 8.1 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-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 38% 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 Huesca's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Huesca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
8:30 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover
54%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
1.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Huesca is city in Aragon, Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1096

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 Huesca reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 8°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)
1102
2102
3102
4102
5102
6102
7102
8101
9101
10101
11101
12101
13101
1491
1591
1691
1791
1891
1991
2091
2191
2291
2391
2491
2591
2691
2791
2891
2991
3091
3191

How December really feels in Huesca

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

Huesca weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 568.91.89.31.9
Feb11° / 416.81.610.32.8
Mar14° / 6590.911.64.4
Apr17° / 9111.10.313.15.2
May21° / 9010.9014.46.4
Jun26° / 13°658.50157.2
Jul29° / 16°456.9014.86.3
Aug29° / 15°647.6013.76.4
Sep24° / 12°888.4012.37.3
Oct19° / 1109.5010.86.1
Nov13° / 828.80.39.63.6
Dec / 578.1192.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25347
35248
45248
55248
65248
75248
85248
95248
105248
115248
125248
135248
145248
155248
165347
175347
185347
195347
205347
215347
225248
235347
245347
255446
265347
275347
285446
295446
305446
315545

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Huesca gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 8.1 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 26% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1303
2293
3293
4293
5283
6283
7283
8273
9272
10262
11262
12252
13252
14242
15242
16232
17233
18233
19233
20243
21243
22254
23254
24264
25264
26275
27275
28285
29285
30285
31296

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.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
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 8:17 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:34 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.28:175:26
29.18:185:26
39.18:195:26
49.18:205:25
59.18:215:25
69.18:225:25
79.08:235:25
89.08:235:25
99.08:245:25
109.08:255:25
119.08:265:25
129.08:275:25
139.08:275:25
149.08:285:26
158.98:295:26
168.98:305:26
178.98:305:26
188.98:315:27
198.98:315:27
208.98:325:27
218.98:325:28
228.98:335:28
238.98:335:29
248.98:345:29
258.98:345:30
268.98:355:30
278.98:355:31
288.98:355:32
298.98:355:32
309.08:365:33
319.08:365:34

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.78 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
41.9Dim
51.9Dim
61.9Dim
71.8Dim
81.8Dim
91.8Dim
101.8Dim
111.8Dim
121.8Dim
131.8Dim
141.8Dim
151.8Dim
161.8Dim
171.8Dim
181.8Dim
191.8Dim
201.8Dim
211.8Dim
221.8Dim
231.8Dim
241.8Dim
251.8Dim
261.8Dim
271.8Dim
281.8Dim
291.8Dim
301.8Dim
311.8Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Huesca?

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
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Huesca.

What to pack for Huesca in December

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

In December, Huesca sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Huesca 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 Huesca peaks around July 15 at about 10 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Huesca?

Huesca sits at 42.1°N, 0.4°W, 476 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Barbastro, 46 km away.

Topography around Huesca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Huesca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m around an average of 464 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,175 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,152 m.

The land around Huesca is covered by cropland (59%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%), trees (34%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
103 m
16 km
1,175 m
80 km
3,152 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Barbastro 46 km · Monzón 56 km · Ejea de los Caballeros 60 km · Zaragoza 66 km · Almozara 67 km · Delicias 68 km · Utebo 68 km · Oliver-Valdefierro 70 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 Huesca (42.1362°, -0.4087°, elevation 476 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).