Ronda weather in December

In December, Ronda sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 124 mm of precipitation across 9 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 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ronda's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ronda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 124 mm; 9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 30 min; 8:32 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 2.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Ronda is capital town of the municipality of Ronda, 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 13°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ronda reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

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

Ronda 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	12° / 5°	88	9	9.8	3.5
Feb	13° / 5°	79	8	10.6	4.0
Mar	16° / 7°	94	9.1	11.7	5.2
Apr	18° / 9°	79	9.7	12.9	5.9
May	22° / 12°	57	7.7	13.9	7.2
Jun	26° / 16°	18	2.5	14.5	8.3
Jul	30° / 19°	2	0.5	14.3	6.6
Aug	30° / 19°	8	1.2	13.4	6.5
Sep	26° / 16°	49	5.3	12.2	7.8
Oct	21° / 12°	98	9	11.1	6.8
Nov	16° / 8°	105	8.8	10	5.2
Dec	13° / 6°	124	9	9.5	3.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	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 (%)	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	51	51	51	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	52	52	53
Cloudier (%)	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	50	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	48	48	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ronda gets around 124 mm of rain and snow over 9 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 precipitation averages around 29% and peaks near 30% 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 (%)	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

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.

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

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 min at the start of December to 9 h 30 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 8:38 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:09 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)	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5
Sunrise (AM)	8:20	8:21	8:22	8:23	8:24	8:25	8:25	8:26	8:27	8:28	8:29	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:33	8:34	8:34	8:35	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:37	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:38
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.7	8:20	6:00
2	9.7	8:21	6:00
3	9.6	8:22	6:00
4	9.6	8:23	6:00
5	9.6	8:24	6:00
6	9.6	8:25	6:00
7	9.6	8:25	6:00
8	9.6	8:26	6:00
9	9.6	8:27	6:00
10	9.5	8:28	6:00
11	9.5	8:29	6:01
12	9.5	8:29	6:01
13	9.5	8:30	6:01
14	9.5	8:31	6:01
15	9.5	8:31	6:01
16	9.5	8:32	6:02
17	9.5	8:33	6:02
18	9.5	8:33	6:02
19	9.5	8:34	6:03
20	9.5	8:34	6:03
21	9.5	8:35	6:04
22	9.5	8:35	6:04
23	9.5	8:36	6:05
24	9.5	8:36	6:05
25	9.5	8:36	6:06
26	9.5	8:37	6:06
27	9.5	8:37	6:07
28	9.5	8:38	6:07
29	9.5	8:38	6:08
30	9.5	8:38	6:09
31	9.5	8:38	6:09

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.28 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 2.28 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	2.5	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	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3	2.3
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	2.5	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	2.3	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	2.2	Moderate
19	2.2	Moderate
20	2.2	Moderate
21	2.2	Moderate
22	2.2	Moderate
23	2.3	Moderate
24	2.3	Moderate
25	2.3	Moderate
26	2.3	Moderate
27	2.3	Moderate
28	2.3	Moderate
29	2.3	Moderate
30	2.3	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Ronda

In seasonPeak

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

Ronda's rainy season runs October–May, 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 Ronda?

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

3.9

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 Ronda.

What to pack for Ronda in December

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

In December, Ronda sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Ronda 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 41 km away) is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 15°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jul 4 to Sep 29 — about 2.9 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	16	15	15	16	17	19	21	22	21	19	17	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	16	Cool
Feb	15	Cool
Mar	15	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	19	Cool
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	22	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Ronda 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 Ronda peaks around July 17 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 2 (moderate).

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	9	8	9	10	9	7	5	3	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	High	Moderate	Moderate

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

Location & terrain

Where is Ronda?

Ronda sits at 36.7°N, 5.2°W, 718 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Ubrique, 26 km away.

Topography around Ronda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ronda has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 383 m around an average of 661 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,476 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,886 m.

The land around Ronda is covered by grassland (40%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (39%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (29%), cropland (25%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

383 m

grassland 40%

16 km

1,476 m

grassland 39%

80 km

1,886 m

trees 29%

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

December weather nearby: Ubrique 26 km · San Pedro Alcántara 32 km · Estepona 35 km · Marbella 36 km · Coín 38 km · Alhaurín el Grande 44 km · Cártama 48 km · Morón de la Frontera 49 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

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 Ronda (36.7423°, -5.1671°, elevation 718 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	14	6
2	14	6
3	14	6
4	14	6
5	14	6
6	14	6
7	13	6
8	13	6
9	13	6
10	13	6
11	13	6
12	13	6
13	13	6
14	13	6
15	13	6
16	13	6
17	13	6
18	13	6
19	13	6
20	13	6
21	13	6
22	13	6
23	13	6
24	13	6
25	13	6
26	13	6
27	13	6
28	13	6
29	13	6
30	13	5
31	13	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	52	48
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	52	48
8	51	49
9	51	49
10	51	49
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	50	50
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	98	2
29	98	2
30	98	2
31	99	1