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Sternes in December

Mild and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Sternes is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 54°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 48 minutes.December in Sternes is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 12°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 48 minutes.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
54°F12°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 53% of days
Daylight
9h 48mon average

Is December a good time to visit Sternes?

December sits outside Sternes's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or September to October. Expect mild days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 64°F in December, against 61°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in December, against 16°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

53% of days in December, against 3% to 55% through the year.

Cloud cover

49% cover in December, against 1% to 49% through the year.

Daylight

9h 48m in December, against 9h 48m to 14h 31m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November70°21°low 60°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December64°18°low 54°low 12°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January61°16°low 51°low 11°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Sternes sits, in December

Europe/Athens
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:25 AMsets 5:12 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
35.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Folegandros142 km north-east

The land around Sternes, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Greece in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Sternes

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Sternes. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (119 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (0 m) against the climate model's (119 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.