Lorca weather in December

In December, Lorca sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 30 mm of precipitation across 5 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 Lorca's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lorca's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 30 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 8:21 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 46%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.8; out of 10

Lorca is capital of Lorca Municipality, Spain.

Air quality: Good; PM10 21.7 µg/m³ · 2019

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 14°C through the month.

A typical December day in Lorca reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 18°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)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

Lorca weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	14° / 3°	30	5.1	0.8	9.7	4.5
Feb	15° / 4°	29	5.1	0.5	10.5	5.1
Mar	17° / 6°	39	6.1	0.2	11.7	6.2
Apr	20° / 9°	37	6.9	0	12.9	6.8
May	23° / 12°	35	5.7	0	14	7.7
Jun	28° / 16°	17	3.2	0	14.6	7.5
Jul	31° / 19°	5	1.2	0	14.3	6.2
Aug	31° / 19°	14	3.2	0	13.5	5.9
Sep	26° / 16°	45	5.9	0	12.3	7.4
Oct	22° / 12°	37	5.8	0	11	7.4
Nov	17° / 7°	35	6.2	0.1	10	6.1
Dec	14° / 4°	30	5	0.3	9.4	4.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	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 (%)	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	62	64	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	41	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	41	40	39	38	38	36	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Lorca gets around 30 mm of rain and snow over 5 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 17% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13

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

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.

	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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	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 8:09 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 5:53 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	9.4	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	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:09	8:10	8:11	8:12	8:13	8:13	8:14	8:15	8:16	8:17	8:17	8:18	8:19	8:19	8:20	8:21	8:21	8:22	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:25	8:25	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:27	8:27	8:27
Sunset (PM)	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	8:09	5:44
2	9.6	8:10	5:44
3	9.6	8:11	5:44
4	9.5	8:12	5:44
5	9.5	8:13	5:44
6	9.5	8:13	5:44
7	9.5	8:14	5:44
8	9.5	8:15	5:44
9	9.5	8:16	5:44
10	9.5	8:17	5:44
11	9.4	8:17	5:44
12	9.4	8:18	5:44
13	9.4	8:19	5:44
14	9.4	8:19	5:45
15	9.4	8:20	5:45
16	9.4	8:21	5:45
17	9.4	8:21	5:46
18	9.4	8:22	5:46
19	9.4	8:22	5:46
20	9.4	8:23	5:47
21	9.4	8:24	5:47
22	9.4	8:24	5:48
23	9.4	8:24	5:48
24	9.4	8:25	5:49
25	9.4	8:25	5:49
26	9.4	8:26	5:50
27	9.4	8:26	5:50
28	9.4	8:26	5:51
29	9.4	8:27	5:51
30	9.4	8:27	5:52
31	9.4	8:27	5:53

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.33 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.33 kWh/m² to a high of 7.64 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.33 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	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
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	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	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	2.3	Moderate
17	2.3	Moderate
18	2.3	Moderate
19	2.3	Moderate
20	2.3	Moderate
21	2.3	Moderate
22	2.3	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.4	Moderate
27	2.4	Moderate
28	2.4	Moderate
29	2.4	Moderate
30	2.4	Moderate
31	2.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Lorca?

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

4.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Lorca for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lorca in December

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

In December, Lorca sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Lorca in December

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 34 km away) is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 2 to Nov 1 — about 5 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	15	15	16	18	21	24	26	24	22	19	16
Comfort	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Cool
Feb	15	Bracing
Mar	15	Bracing
Apr	16	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	24	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	24	Warm
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Lorca 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 Lorca peaks around July 15 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

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

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

Location & terrain

Where is Lorca?

Lorca sits at 37.7°N, 1.7°W, 339 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Totana, 21 km away.

Topography around Lorca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lorca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 461 m around an average of 365 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 757 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,066 m.

The land around Lorca is covered by grassland (26%), artificial surfaces (24%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (33%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (29%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

461 m

grassland 26%

16 km

757 m

grassland 33%

80 km

2,066 m

grassland 29%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

December weather nearby: Totana 21 km · Águilas 31 km · Alhama de Murcia 31 km · Mazarrón 35 km · Huercal-Overa 38 km · Mula 45 km · Cehegín 48 km · Caravaca 50 km

Spain travel facts

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Happiness: 6.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
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Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Lorca (37.6712°, -1.7017°, elevation 339 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	15	5
2	15	5
3	15	5
4	15	5
5	15	5
6	14	5
7	14	5
8	14	5
9	14	5
10	14	5
11	14	5
12	14	5
13	14	4
14	14	4
15	14	4
16	14	4
17	14	4
18	14	4
19	14	4
20	14	4
21	14	4
22	14	4
23	14	4
24	14	4
25	14	4
26	14	4
27	14	4
28	14	4
29	14	4
30	14	4
31	14	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	61	39
2	61	39
3	61	39
4	61	39
5	61	39
6	61	39
7	61	39
8	59	41
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	58	42
13	58	42
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	58	42
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	58	42
22	59	41
23	59	41
24	60	40
25	61	39
26	62	38
27	62	38
28	64	36
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100