Plasencia weather in December

In December, Plasencia sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 115 mm of precipitation across 9.4 wet days and about 9.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of December to 9 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Plasencia's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Plasencia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 115 mm; 9.4 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 12 min; 8:45 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 1.86 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Plasencia is innhabited place in Plasencia, 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 12°C through the month.

A typical December day in Plasencia reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 15°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)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	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

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

How December really feels in Plasencia

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.

Plasencia weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 4°	96	9.3	9.5	3.1
Feb	14° / 4°	69	7.1	10.4	4.2
Mar	17° / 7°	75	7.9	11.7	5.8
Apr	19° / 9°	68	8.8	13	6.4
May	23° / 12°	51	7.1	14.2	7.4
Jun	29° / 16°	13	2.4	14.8	6.9
Jul	33° / 19°	4	0.9	14.6	4.7
Aug	32° / 19°	8	1.5	13.6	4.9
Sep	28° / 16°	44	4.4	12.3	7.2
Oct	21° / 12°	122	9.1	10.9	6.8
Nov	15° / 7°	105	9.6	9.8	4.7
Dec	12° / 5°	115	9.4	9.2	3.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 37% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Plasencia gets around 115 mm of rain and snow over 9.4 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 30% and peaks near 33% 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 (%)	32	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	31	31	32	32	32	33	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

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 99% 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 (%)	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of December to 9 h 12 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 8:33 AM to 8:52 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:03 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)	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.2
Sunrise (AM)	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:43	8:44	8:45	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:47	8:48	8:48	8:49	8:49	8:50	8:50	8:50	8:51	8:51	8:51	8:52	8:52
Sunset (PM)	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	8:33	5:55
2	9.3	8:34	5:55
3	9.3	8:35	5:55
4	9.3	8:36	5:55
5	9.3	8:37	5:54
6	9.3	8:38	5:54
7	9.3	8:39	5:54
8	9.2	8:39	5:54
9	9.2	8:40	5:54
10	9.2	8:41	5:54
11	9.2	8:42	5:55
12	9.2	8:43	5:55
13	9.2	8:43	5:55
14	9.2	8:44	5:55
15	9.2	8:45	5:55
16	9.2	8:45	5:56
17	9.2	8:46	5:56
18	9.2	8:47	5:56
19	9.2	8:47	5:57
20	9.2	8:48	5:57
21	9.2	8:48	5:57
22	9.2	8:49	5:58
23	9.2	8:49	5:58
24	9.2	8:50	5:59
25	9.2	8:50	5:59
26	9.2	8:50	6:00
27	9.2	8:51	6:01
28	9.2	8:51	6:01
29	9.2	8:51	6:02
30	9.2	8:52	6:03
31	9.2	8:52	6:03

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.86 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.86 kWh/m² to a high of 7.82 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.86 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)	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8
Level	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.0	Moderate
2	2.0	Dim
3	2.0	Dim
4	2.0	Dim
5	1.9	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.8	Dim
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25	1.8	Dim
26	1.8	Dim
27	1.8	Dim
28	1.8	Dim
29	1.8	Dim
30	1.8	Dim
31	1.8	Dim

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Plasencia

In seasonPeak

In December, Plasencia sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Plasencia's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Plasencia?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Plasencia.

What to pack for Plasencia in December

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

In December, Plasencia sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Plasencia 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 Plasencia peaks around July 17 at about 9 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	2	6	7	7	9	9	9	6	5	2	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	2	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	7	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	2	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Plasencia?

Plasencia sits at 40.0°N, 6.1°W, 368 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Béjar, 48 km away.

Topography around Plasencia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Plasencia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,112 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,402 m.

The land around Plasencia is covered by grassland (45%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

364 m

grassland 45%

16 km

1,112 m

grassland 63%

80 km

2,402 m

grassland 59%

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

December weather nearby: Béjar 48 km · Navalmoral de la Mata 49 km · Cáceres 66 km · Arenas de San Pedro 87 km · Talavera de la Reina 107 km · Salamanca 110 km · Sequeira 113 km · Guarda 115 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
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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 Plasencia (40.0312°, -6.0884°, elevation 368 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).

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	31
3	31
4	31
5	30
6	30
7	30
8	30
9	30
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	29
14	29
15	29
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	30
21	30
22	30
23	30
24	31
25	31
26	32
27	32
28	32
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1