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Madrid in December

Cool and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Madrid is cool: highs near 54°F, lows near 36°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 20 minutes.December in Madrid is cool: highs near 12°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 20 minutes.

High
54°F12°Caverage
Low
36°F2°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 26% of days
Daylight
9h 20mon average

Is December a good time to visit Madrid?

December sits outside Madrid's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain on about two 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 54°F in December, against 52°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 12°C in December, against 11°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

26% of days in December, against 5% to 28% through the year.

Cloud cover

55% cover in December, against 17% to 55% through the year.

Daylight

9h 20m in December, against 9h 20m to 15h 00m 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. November61°16°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December54°12°low 36°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January52°11°low 34°low 1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Madrid sits, in December

Europe/Madrid
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
8:31 AMsets 5:49 PM
Above the sea
650 mupland
Latitude
40.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Valencia303 km east

The land around Madrid, 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 Spain in December

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Madrid. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.