Marbella in December
Winter proper, mild enough for a round of golf at its own low-season rate.
Weather in December
Full December weather, day by day normals: December
Sea temperature in December
near the year's low point, alongside January
Sea temperature, bathing water and jellyfish reports: Average sea temperature
AEMET's normal for December is a 17.5°C daytime high, with rain at its most frequent of the year alongside November, 100mm over 6.6 days. The sea sits near its own yearly low, 16.6°C on Open-Meteo's reanalysis, close to January's reading. Nochevieja brings the town's public countdown to the Parque de la Represa in Marbella and the Plaza de la Iglesia in San Pedro. December is also low season on most golf clubs' own rate tables, the cheapest 18 holes among the clubs that publish one costing less than a third of the same club's high-season top rate; see Marbella in winter for every club's own figures.
What's on in December
The full calendar, every date sourced: Marbella's events calendar
Golf in December
The cheapest 18-hole December round among the clubs that publish a rate table, against that same club's own high-season top rate.
The full winter guide, every club's rate: Marbella in winter: the full guide
More on December
Marbella in winter: the full guide · Things to do in Marbella · What everything costs
Questions
What's the weather like in Marbella in December?
A daytime high around 17.5°C, an overnight low near 8.9°C, 6.6 days of rain and 160 hours of sunshine, AEMET's 1981–2010 normal for the Málaga Airport station, the nearest full weather station to Marbella.
Is the sea warm enough to swim in Marbella in December?
Marbella's sea averages 16.6°C in December, an Open-Meteo marine reanalysis for 2023–2025 at the nearest modelled point to the coast, not an in-situ buoy reading.
What's on in Marbella in December?
See the dated town events on this page, each read from the organiser's own listing or the Ayuntamiento de Marbella's own calendar rather than guessed at.
Every weather and sea figure on this page is a published normal, not a forecast for this year; every event date is read from the organiser's own listing or the Ayuntamiento's own calendar on the date shown. Nothing here is estimated or carried over from a previous year without saying so.
AEMET (Málaga Airport, 1981-2010): https://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=6155A&k=and · Open-Meteo marine (2023-2025): https://marine-api.open-meteo.com/v1/marine · winter.json (25 August 2026): cabopinogolfmarbella.com