Spain
Valencia in December
🧥 WinterPleasant and mostly dry.
🎒 Pack: warm jacket for evenings
Why December scores 9.4What goes into the score
How it works- Weather comfort9.4
- ✓Comfortable temperatures (18.4°C highs / 8.9°C lows)
- ✓Comfortable humidity (dew point 5.8°C)
- ✓Mostly dry (~33 mm rain)
- Air quality9.5
- ✓Good (within WHO guideline) (PM2.5 ~8 µg/m³)
- Seasonal hazards10.0
- ·No notable seasonal hazards
- Safety baseline7.5
- ·Increased caution
| Dec | May | |
|---|---|---|
| Score | 9.4 Excellent | 9.6 Excellent |
| Season | 🧥 Winter | 🌷 Spring |
| High / low | 18° / 9° | 28° / 15° |
| Rain | 33 mm | 38 mm |
| Humidity | dew pt 6° | dew pt 10° |
| PM2.5 | 8 µg/m³ | 8 µg/m³ |
Typical-month data: NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis) 2015–2024 (modelled, not a forecast).
Holidays & crowdsDecember 2026
Long weekendThere's at least one long weekend. Domestic travel picks up and popular spots get busier over those days.
- Christmas Day 25–27 Dec · 3 days off in a row
Other public holidays: Immaculate Conception (8 Dec)
National holidays only; regional holidays and school breaks aren't included. Source: holidays (open-source public-holiday calendar).
Explore ValenciaEvents, sights, food & souvenirs
Check event dates locallySpain's third-largest city on the Mediterranean coast, known as the home of paella, the futuristic City of Arts and Sciences and the Las Fallas festival.
No major events on our calendar for December.
Coming up later
Las FallasEvery yearMain days 15–19 March every year
Huge satirical sculptures are displayed and burned, with daily firecracker displays (mascletà).
Why go: Hotels are fully booked and streets are packed; the burning (cremà) is the night of 19 March.
Where: Across the city
La TomatinaDate variesLast Wednesday of August
A huge tomato fight in the town's streets.
Why go: Participation requires a ticket bought in advance.
Where: Buñol, about 40 km from Valencia
Nou d'Octubre (Valencian Community Day)Every year9 October every year
Regional day with a civic procession.
Why go: It is a local public holiday.
Where: City centre
City of Arts and Sciences
A complex of futuristic buildings by Santiago Calatrava housing a science museum, an aquarium and an opera house.
Turia Gardens
A long park built in the old riverbed of the Turia, ideal for walking and cycling.
Mercado Central
A large modernist market hall with produce, ham and seafood stalls.
💡 Closed on Sundays.
Valencia Cathedral
A cathedral that houses a chalice venerated as the Holy Grail, with the Miguelete bell tower.
La Lonja de la Seda
A UNESCO-listed Gothic silk exchange.
Albufera Natural Park
A freshwater lagoon south of the city surrounded by rice fields, known for sunset boat trips.
Paella valenciana
Rice cooked with chicken, rabbit and beans in a wide pan.
💡 Restaurants in El Palmar and along Malvarrosa beach
Horchata and fartons
A cold tiger-nut drink served with long sweet pastries.
💡 Horchaterías, especially in Alboraya
Arroz a banda and arroz negro
Rice cooked in fish stock, or with squid ink.
💡 Seafood restaurants
All i pebre
Eel stew with garlic and paprika, from the Albufera.
💡 El Palmar restaurants
Agua de Valencia
A cocktail of orange juice, cava, gin and vodka.
💡 Bars in the old town
Lladró porcelain
Porcelain figurines made in the Valencia region.
💡 Lladró shops and department stores
Saffron and paella pans
Ingredients and the wide pans for making paella at home.
💡 Mercado Central
Valencian ceramics
Hand-painted tiles and pottery from Manises.
💡 Craft shops
Oranges and turrón
Valencian oranges and nougat from nearby Jijona.
💡 Markets and sweet shops