🇵🇹 Weather in Ponta Delgada in December
This is what the weather in Ponta Delgada (São Miguel, Azores, Portugal) was like in December in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
17.9 °C
16.7 °C – 18.9 °C
Avg. night-time low
16.4 °C
15.4 °C – 17.6 °C
Avg. rain days in period
14.2
46 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
81.1 mm
35.1 mm – 126 mm
Avg. cloud cover
63 %
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 20.5 °C (8 Dec 2025) · Lowest temperature 12.7 °C (31 Dec 2022) · Avg. daily peak wind 34 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 18Sunny
- 107Partly cloudy
- 43Cloudy
- 90Light rain
- 52Rain
Summary
- On average 17.9 °C during the day and 16.4 °C at night.
- On average 14.2 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 81.1 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Partly cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2017 (avg. 18.9 °C), coolest: 2020 (avg. 16.7 °C).
- Wettest year: 2025 (126 mm), driest: 2020 (35.1 mm).
- Extremes: 20.5 °C on 8 Dec 2025 and 12.7 °C on 31 Dec 2022.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max17.5°Avg. min15.7°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 126 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 63 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 20.5 °C · Min 13.9 °C
2024
Avg. max17.9°Avg. min16.7°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 60.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.4 °C · Min 14.5 °C
2023
Avg. max18.2°Avg. min16.8°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 91.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 71 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 20.1 °C · Min 14.6 °C
2022
Avg. max17.3°Avg. min15.7°- Rain days
- 22 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 98.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.8 °C · Min 12.7 °C
2021
Avg. max18.0°Avg. min16.5°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 71.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 65 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.3 °C · Min 15.2 °C
2020
Avg. max16.7°Avg. min15.4°- Rain days
- 9 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 35.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 59 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 18.1 °C · Min 14.1 °C
2019
Avg. max18.5°Avg. min16.7°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 90.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 75 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.9 °C · Min 14.0 °C
2018
Avg. max18.2°Avg. min16.4°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 84.7 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 60 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.8 °C · Min 14.2 °C
2017
Avg. max18.9°Avg. min17.6°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 53.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 59 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 20.3 °C · Min 15.7 °C
2016
Avg. max17.5°Avg. min16.1°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 99.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 63 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 19.6 °C · Min 14.2 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Ponta Delgada in December?
- Daytime highs averaged 17.9 °C, night-time lows 16.4 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 20.5 °C (8 Dec 2025), the lowest 12.7 °C (31 Dec 2022).
- How often does it rain in Ponta Delgada in December?
- On average there were 14.2 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 81.1 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)