Logroño weather in December

In December, Logroño sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 9.9 wet days and about 8.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 06 min at the start of December to 8 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Logroño's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Logroño's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
9.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 54 min
8:39 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover
67%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
1.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Logroño is city in Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM10 22.7 µg/m³ · 2019

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 10°C through the month.

A typical December day in Logroño reaches about 10°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 14°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)
1114
2114
3114
4103
5103
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7103
8103
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How December really feels in Logroño

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 15 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
15
wind chill below the day's low

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

Logroño weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5510.31.69.21.9
Feb11° / 479.92.210.32.5
Mar14° / 5310.41.111.63.9
Apr16° / 6311.70.213.14.6
May19° / 5911.1014.46.0
Jun24° / 12°467.7015.17.2
Jul27° / 14°265.3014.87.5
Aug27° / 15°265.8013.77.4
Sep24° / 12°327012.37.4
Oct19° / 549.5010.86.0
Nov13° / 6610.90.49.63.5
Dec10° / 499.918.92.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
43268
53367
63367
73367
83466
93367
103367
113466
123466
133466
143466
153565
163565
173565
183565
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203565
213565
223565
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243466
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283565
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303664
313664

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Logroño gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 9.9 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 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1362
2362
3352
4352
5342
6342
7332
8333
9323
10323
11313
12313
13303
14303
15303
16303
17303
18303
19303
20304
21314
22314
23314
24323
25323
26323
27323
28334
29334
30334
31334

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
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21100
22100
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24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

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 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
510calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 06 min at the start of December to 8 h 54 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 8:26 AM to 8:45 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:41 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.18:265:33
29.18:275:33
39.18:285:33
49.18:295:32
59.08:305:32
69.08:315:32
79.08:325:32
89.08:335:32
99.08:345:32
109.08:345:32
118.98:355:32
128.98:365:32
138.98:375:32
148.98:385:33
158.98:385:33
168.98:395:33
178.98:405:33
188.98:405:34
198.98:415:34
208.98:415:34
218.98:425:35
228.98:425:35
238.98:435:36
248.98:435:36
258.98:445:37
268.98:445:37
278.98:445:38
288.98:455:39
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308.98:455:40
318.98:455:41

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.53 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.53 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.53 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
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231.6Dim
241.6Dim
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261.6Dim
271.6Dim
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311.6Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Logroño?

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

2.2
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 Logroño.

What to pack for Logroño in December

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

In December, Logroño sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Logroño 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 Logroño peaks around July 14 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 14UV 9Dec 22UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb2Moderate
Mar5High
Apr6High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Logroño?

Logroño sits at 42.5°N, 2.5°W, 380 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Calahorra, 44 km away.

Topography around Logroño

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Logroño has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 403 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 864 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,180 m.

The land around Logroño is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), grassland (22%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (43%), cropland (30%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
864 m
80 km
2,180 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Calahorra 44 km · Gasteiz / Vitoria 46 km · Miranda de Ebro 47 km · Altsasu 54 km · Arrasate / Mondragón 67 km · Barañáin 74 km · Ermitagaña 75 km · Iturrama 75 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 Logroño (42.4661°, -2.4512°, elevation 380 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).