Zaragoza weather in December

In December, Zaragoza sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 5.6 wet days and about 9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-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 39% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
12°
11th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Precipitation
25 mm
5.6 wet days
Daylight
9 hours
8:30 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover
53%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
1.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Zaragoza is capital city of Zaragoza Municipality, Spain.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1118

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 12°C through the month.

A typical December day in Zaragoza reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1135
2135
3135
4135
5135
6135
7135
8125
9124
10124
11124
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How December really feels in Zaragoza

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.

Zaragoza weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan12° / 286.49.33.4
Feb14° / 214.610.34.6
Mar18° / 315.511.76.5
Apr21° / 426.513.17.0
May25° / 13°32614.37.4
Jun30° / 17°264.9155.7
Jul33° / 19°153.714.74.1
Aug33° / 19°204.213.74.4
Sep28° / 15°264.312.37.2
Oct22° / 12°436.310.97.4
Nov16° / 426.69.75.3
Dec12° / 255.693.6

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 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25347
35347
45347
55248
65347
75248
85248
95248
105248
115347
125248
135248
145347
155347
165347
175446
185446
195446
205545
215545
225545
235545
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255545
265545
275644
285644
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315644

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Zaragoza gets around 25 mm of rain and snow over 5.6 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 19% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
121
221
321
420
520
620
719
819
919
1018
1118
1218
1317
1417
1517
1617
1717
1817
1917
2017
2118
2218
2318
2418
2519
2619
2719
2820
2920
3020
3121

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
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
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11100
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16100
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19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December, the calmest month.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 12 min at the start of December to 9 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:17 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 5:29 PM to 5:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.28:175:29
29.28:185:29
39.28:195:29
49.18:205:29
59.18:215:29
69.18:225:29
79.18:235:28
89.18:245:28
99.18:255:28
109.18:255:28
119.08:265:29
129.08:275:29
139.08:285:29
149.08:285:29
159.08:295:29
169.08:305:29
179.08:305:30
189.08:315:30
199.08:325:30
209.08:325:31
219.08:335:31
229.08:335:32
239.08:345:32
249.08:345:33
259.08:345:33
269.08:355:34
279.08:355:34
289.08:355:35
299.08:365:36
309.08:365:36
319.08:365:37

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.81 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.81 kWh/m² to a high of 7.44 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.81 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
41.9Dim
51.9Dim
61.9Dim
71.9Dim
81.8Dim
91.8Dim
101.8Dim
111.8Dim
121.8Dim
131.8Dim
141.8Dim
151.8Dim
161.8Dim
171.8Dim
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191.8Dim
201.8Dim
211.8Dim
221.8Dim
231.8Dim
241.8Dim
251.8Dim
261.8Dim
271.8Dim
281.8Dim
291.9Dim
301.9Dim
311.9Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Zaragoza?

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

3.6
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 Zaragoza.

What to pack for Zaragoza in December

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

In December, Zaragoza sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Zaragoza 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 Zaragoza peaks around July 15 at about 10 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 10Dec 20UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5High
Apr7High
May7High
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep6High
Oct4Moderate
Nov2Moderate
Dec2Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zaragoza?

Zaragoza sits at 41.7°N, 0.9°W, 214 m above sea level, in Spain. The nearest listed city is Almozara, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Zaragoza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zaragoza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 207 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 476 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,139 m.

The land around Zaragoza is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
476 m
80 km
2,139 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Almozara 2.0 km · Delicias 3.0 km · Oliver-Valdefierro 5.0 km · Montecanal 6.0 km · Utebo 12 km · Ejea de los Caballeros 57 km · Huesca 66 km · Calatayud 72 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 Zaragoza (41.6561°, -0.8773°, elevation 214 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).