Average Temperatures for Portugal in December

Average temperatures for December at cities throughout Portugal are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

You can jump to a separate table for each part of the country: Southern, Lisbon Region, Central and Northern Portugal.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum monthly temperatures based on weather data collected from 1971 to 2000.

Southern Portugal

Cities in this section are in the Algarve & Alentejo regions. Faro and Vila Real de Santo Antonio are on Portugal's south coast.

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
58 44 Beja 15 7
56 45 Évora 14 7
63 49 Faro 17 9
54 44 Portalegre 12 7
62 46 Vila Real de Santo Antonio 17 8

Lisbon Region

Average daily temperatures in December
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
61 44 Alcobaça 16 6
59 49 Lisbon (Lisboa) 15 10
59 44 Santarém 15 7
61 44 Setúbal 16 7

Central Portugal

High elevations account for the cooler temperatures in some parts of Portugal. The mountains of Serra da Estrela Natural Park are represented here by Penhas Douradas, where the weather station is at 1388 metres (4554 feet) elevation. Guarda, at 1019 metres (3343 feet), is Portugal's highest city.

December temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
59 46 Aveiro 15 8
55 42 Castelo Branco 13 6
60 43 Coimbra 15 6
45 37 Guarda 7 3
44 34 Penhas Douradas 7 1
54 39 Viseu 12 4

Northern Portugal

Average December temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
58 42 Braga 14 6
49 35 Bragança 9 2
58 44 Porto 14 7
59 43 Viana do Castelo 15 6
51 38 Vila Real 10 4
Reference

Instituto de Meteorologia, IP Portugal. Normais Climatológicas 71-00.

Portugal Temperatures
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