Bilbao in December
Around 10.5 °C by day, sea 14.5 °C. Too cold to swim. Quieter than the peak: 1 out of 5 against 4.
December in Bilbao is 10.5 °C by day and 14.5 °C in the water. Load is 1 out of 5, the year's floor.
December is the month that separates a city from a resort. Bilbao's winter score is 5 out of 5: the same shops, schools and hospitals run in December as in June. Compare that with the resort coasts, where part of what is open closes until spring. A one-bedroom rents at €950 here and a two-bedroom at €1,300 ; in Barcelona it is €1,150 and €1,600.
Towns nearby in December
| Town | Air | Sea | Busy | Winter | €/m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilbao | 10.5 | 14.5 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 3 524appraised |
| Getxo | 10.5 | 14.5 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 4 125appraised |
| San Sebastián / Donostia | 10.5 | 14.2 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 5 186appraised |
| Zarautz | 10.5 | 14.4 | 1/5 | 5/5 | 6 994asking |
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: 140 rainy days a year, 77% humidity in winter. We have no monthly normals yet and will not invent a split.