Benidorm in December
Around 13 °C by day, sea 16.8 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 3 out of 5 against 5.
December in Benidorm is 13 °C by day and 16.8 °C in the sea. Too cold to swim, and that is the honest answer to the question that brings people here. But nobody comes in December for the water: Benidorm is a town that does not close for winter.
It scores 4 out of 5 for winter liveability, and that is not a guess: the score counts how many cafés, hotels and shops are still paying social security in January against the year's peak. The town is built around winterers rather than around August. Tourist load in December is 3 out of 5 against 5 in summer — noticeably fewer people, but the streets are not empty. The neighbours are quieter: Calpe reads 2 out of 5 in December, El Campello 1.
Towns nearby in December
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benidorm | 13 | 16.8 | 3/5 | 4/5 | 3 213appraised |
| Torrevieja | 13 | 16.8 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 241appraised |
| Alicante | 13 | 16.8 | 3/5 | 5/5 | 2 272appraised |
| Santa Pola | 13 | 16.8 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 604appraised |
| El Campello | 13 | 16.8 | 1/5 | 4/5 | 2 824appraised |
| Dénia | 13 | 16.6 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 2 989appraised |
| Calpe / Calp | 13 | 16.7 | 2/5 | 4/5 | 3 258appraised |
| Orihuela Costa | 13 | 16.8 | 2/5 | 3/5 | 3 348asking |
The winter column is a 1-to-5 score: how many cafés, hotels and shops run in January compared with the best month of the year. Where a village has no government figure of its own, it is our estimate. Tourists never notice; anyone who moved does.
Rain days and humidity are annual here, not monthly: 40 rainy days a year, 67% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.