Climate averages 1991–2020
Chester weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Chester: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Liverpool (25 km away). In December its highs average 7.3°C, about as warm as Chester, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Chester ranks joint 68th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 98th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Chester is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Chester climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 62 | 13.1 | 8.18 h |
| February | 7.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 54 | 12.1 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 59 | 12.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 64 | 13.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 68 | 12.6 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.8°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 80 | 13.2 | 16.917 h |
| July | 19.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 84 | 14.0 | 16.416 h |
| August | 19.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 80 | 13.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 68 | 12.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 71 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 71 | 14.0 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | 7.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 74 | 13.7 | 7.68 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Liverpool in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Warrington in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 99 mm rain
- St Helens in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 3.0°C · 98 mm rain
- Crewe in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Wigan in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 43 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Southport in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 4.2°C · 139 mm rain
- Stoke-on-Trent in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 52 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Salford in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 52 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 99 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Chester) is explained once on the Chester year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.