Montilla weather in December

In December, Montilla sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 76 mm of rain across 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 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 Montilla's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Montilla's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 24 min
8:32 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
53%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
2.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Montilla is capital of Montilla Municipality, Spain.

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 15°C through the month.

A typical December day in Montilla reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 18°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

10°15°20°151015202531
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1167
2167
3167
4167
5167
6167
7167
8167
9167
10157
11156
12156
13156
14156
15156
16156
17156
18156
19156
20156
21156
22156
23156
24156
25156
26156
27156
28156
29156
30156
31156

How December really feels in Montilla

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Montilla 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan15° / 567.89.74.7
Feb16° / 506.810.65.6
Mar19° / 597.411.76.7
Apr22° / 11°517.912.97.1
May26° / 14°365.9147.5
Jun31° / 18°91.614.55.6
Jul35° / 21°20.314.33.3
Aug35° / 21°60.913.43.5
Sep30° / 18°364.212.36.0
Oct24° / 14°657.6117.3
Nov18° / 737.5106.4
Dec15° / 7689.55.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 39% 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 48%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15545
25545
35446
45446
55347
65347
75347
85149
95248
105149
115149
125050
135050
145149
155149
165050
175149
185149
195149
205149
215149
225149
235248
245248
255248
265347
275347
285446
295347
305446
315446

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Montilla gets around 76 mm of rain over 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 26% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
126
226
326
425
525
625
725
825
925
1025
1125
1226
1326
1426
1526
1626
1726
1826
1926
2027
2127
2227
2327
2427
2527
2627
2726
2826
2926
3026
3126

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 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1982
2982
3982
4982
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10982
11982
12973
13973
14973
15973
16973
17964
18964
19964
20964
21964
22964
23964
24964
25964
26964
27964
28964
29964
30964
31973

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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
209calm
219calm
229calm
239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
299calm
309calm
319calm

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 8:20 AM to 8:39 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:05 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.68:205:56
29.68:215:56
39.68:225:56
49.58:235:56
59.58:245:56
69.58:255:56
79.58:265:56
89.58:275:56
99.58:275:56
109.58:285:56
119.58:295:56
129.48:305:56
139.48:305:56
149.48:315:57
159.48:325:57
169.48:325:57
179.48:335:58
189.48:335:58
199.48:345:58
209.48:355:59
219.48:355:59
229.48:366:00
239.48:366:00
249.48:366:01
259.48:376:01
269.48:376:02
279.48:386:02
289.48:386:03
299.48:386:03
309.48:386:04
319.48:396:05

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 7.97 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 2.21 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.4Moderate
22.4Moderate
32.3Moderate
42.3Moderate
52.3Moderate
62.3Moderate
72.3Moderate
82.3Moderate
92.3Moderate
102.2Moderate
112.2Moderate
122.2Moderate
132.2Moderate
142.2Moderate
152.2Moderate
162.2Moderate
172.2Moderate
182.2Moderate
192.2Moderate
202.2Moderate
212.2Moderate
222.2Moderate
232.2Moderate
242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.2Moderate
272.2Moderate
282.2Moderate
292.2Moderate
302.2Moderate
312.3Moderate
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Montilla?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Montilla for sightseeing.

What to pack for Montilla in December

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

In December, Montilla sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Montilla 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 Montilla peaks around July 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highHighModerateJul 17UV 10Dec 19UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Moderate
Feb2Moderate
Mar7High
Apr8Very high
May7Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep7High
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Montilla?

Montilla sits at 37.6°N, 4.6°W, 382 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Cabra, 21 km away.

Topography around Montilla

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Montilla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m around an average of 330 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 647 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,799 m.

The land around Montilla is covered by trees (59%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
179 m
16 km
647 m
80 km
1,799 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Cabra 21 km · Lucena 24 km · Puente-Genil 25 km · Baena 28 km · Cordoba 36 km · Écija 39 km · Priego de Córdoba 42 km · Osuna 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
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 Montilla (37.5863°, -4.638°, elevation 382 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).