Sparta Weather in December
Sparta in December
The short of it: Sparta in December averages a high of 14 °C (57 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 112 mm (4.4 in) of rain and about 9 h 37 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 14° · low 6° · rain 112 mm · daylight 9 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Sparta an average December high of 14°, a low of 6° and some 112 mm of rain. The year turns hard here: highs drop 4° from November to about 14°, with nights near 6°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 112 mm.
The sun is up for about 9 h 37 min in mid-December, 30 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and April.
Against its neighbours, Sparta runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Magoúla, 2 km to the WNW, is 1° cooler by day.
December in Sparta, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 9 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MagoúlaPeloponnese | 2 km WNW | 13° | 5° | 113 mm |
| MystrásPeloponnese | 5 km W | 10° | 3° | 121 mm |
| PellánaPeloponnese | 18 km NNW | 13° | 4° | 115 mm |
| KrokeésPeloponnese | 24 km SSE | 14° | 7° | 108 mm |
| Paralía VérgasPeloponnese | 25 km WSW | 15° | 7° | 114 mm |
| AvíaPeloponnese | 28 km WSW | 15° | 8° | 114 mm |
| KalamataPeloponnese | 28 km W | 16° | 7° | 115 mm |
| SkálaPeloponnese | 33 km SE | 16° | 9° | 99 mm |