🇵🇹 Weather in Albufeira in December
This is what the weather in Albufeira (Algarve, Portugal) was like in December in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
16.8 °C
15.6 °C – 18.2 °C
Avg. night-time low
12.6 °C
11.4 °C – 15.1 °C
Avg. rain days in period
8.8
28 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
93.9 mm
11.1 mm – 250 mm
Avg. cloud cover
41 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 20.3 °C (6 Dec 2024) · Lowest temperature 7.9 °C (27 Dec 2020) · Avg. daily peak wind 26 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 115Sunny
- 90Partly cloudy
- 17Cloudy
- 42Light rain
- 46Rain
Summary
- On average 16.8 °C during the day and 12.6 °C at night.
- On average 8.8 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 93.9 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Sunny.
- Warmest year: 2022 (avg. 18.2 °C), coolest: 2025 (avg. 15.6 °C).
- Wettest year: 2022 (250 mm), driest: 2018 (11.1 mm).
- Extremes: 20.3 °C on 6 Dec 2024 and 7.9 °C on 27 Dec 2020.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
Charts
Temperatures per year
Average over your travel period
Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max15.6°Avg. min12.0°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 187 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 49 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.3 °C · Min 9.0 °C
2024
Avg. max16.9°Avg. min12.4°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 23.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 37 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 20.3 °C · Min 8.8 °C
2023
Avg. max17.0°Avg. min12.8°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 47.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 44 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.6 °C · Min 9.4 °C
2022
Avg. max18.2°Avg. min15.1°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 250 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 48 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.8 °C · Min 10.9 °C
2021
Avg. max17.5°Avg. min13.2°- Rain days
- 10 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 94.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 42 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.1 °C · Min 9.3 °C
2020
Avg. max16.1°Avg. min12.2°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 52.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 42 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.2 °C · Min 7.9 °C
2019
Avg. max16.7°Avg. min12.0°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 91.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 42 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.6 °C · Min 8.9 °C
2018
Avg. max16.9°Avg. min12.1°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 11.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 41 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.7 °C · Min 10.2 °C
2017
Avg. max16.5°Avg. min11.4°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 56.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 32 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.5 °C · Min 8.9 °C
2016
Avg. max16.3°Avg. min12.9°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 124 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 33 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.0 °C · Min 9.7 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Albufeira in December?
- Daytime highs averaged 16.8 °C, night-time lows 12.6 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 20.3 °C (6 Dec 2024), the lowest 7.9 °C (27 Dec 2020).
- How often does it rain in Albufeira in December?
- On average there were 8.8 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 93.9 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)