Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in United Kingdom in December

In December, average daytime highs across the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom range from 5.3°C in East Kilbride to 9.3°C in Plymouth. Monthly rainfall ranges from 52 mm in Grimsby to 145 mm in Swansea.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

City by city

December in United Kingdom

1991–2020

Average December climate for cities in United Kingdom, 1991–2020
City	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm	Rain days
London	7.6°C2.6°C	2.6°C	58	11.2
Birmingham	6.7°C2.1°C	2.1°C	62	11.8
Glasgow	5.9°C1.4°C	1.4°C	115	15.8
Manchester	6.6°C2.1°C	2.1°C	99	15.0
Sheffield	6.9°C2.6°C	2.6°C	70	13.1
Leeds	6.8°C2.2°C	2.2°C	67	12.7
Edinburgh	6.0°C2.1°C	2.1°C	76	13.4
Liverpool	7.3°C3.6°C	3.6°C	121	17.0
Bristol	7.8°C3.2°C	3.2°C	73	11.9
Cardiff	7.9°C3.9°C	3.9°C	107	13.7
Leicester	7.0°C2.5°C	2.5°C	57	11.2
Bradford	6.4°C2.0°C	2.0°C	82	13.8
Belfast	7.9°C4.4°C	4.4°C	82	13.5
Coventry	6.9°C2.4°C	2.4°C	59	11.5
Nottingham	6.9°C2.3°C	2.3°C	57	11.5
Reading	7.5°C2.9°C	2.9°C	59	10.8
Kingston upon Hull	7.1°C2.8°C	2.8°C	58	11.9
Preston	7.0°C2.9°C	2.9°C	123	16.6
Swansea	8.2°C4.7°C	4.7°C	145	16.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	6.4°C2.5°C	2.5°C	59	12.4
Southend-on-Sea	7.7°C4.0°C	4.0°C	74	12.7
Brighton	8.3°C4.6°C	4.6°C	103	14.1
Derby	6.8°C2.4°C	2.4°C	63	12.0
Southampton	8.3°C4.2°C	4.2°C	71	11.4
Wolverhampton	6.6°C2.1°C	2.1°C	62	11.8
Plymouth	9.3°C5.6°C	5.6°C	109	15.1
Stoke-on-Trent	6.7°C2.2°C	2.2°C	69	13.1
Milton Keynes	6.9°C2.3°C	2.3°C	56	11.0
Northampton	6.9°C2.3°C	2.3°C	57	11.0
Oldham	5.8°C1.5°C	1.5°C	89	14.6
Bexley	7.8°C3.3°C	3.3°C	56	11.0
Luton	7.0°C2.4°C	2.4°C	55	11.1
Barking	7.7°C3.2°C	3.2°C	57	11.1
Archway	7.4°C2.8°C	2.8°C	58	11.2
Portsmouth	8.4°C4.3°C	4.3°C	92	13.4
Swindon	7.1°C2.4°C	2.4°C	65	11.4
Dudley	6.6°C2.0°C	2.0°C	62	11.8
Aberdeen	6.8°C3.9°C	3.9°C	74	14.2
Sutton	7.5°C2.7°C	2.7°C	63	11.0
St Helens	7.2°C3.0°C	3.0°C	98	15.5
Ipswich	7.5°C3.5°C	3.5°C	65	12.1
Wigan	7.1°C2.7°C	2.7°C	98	15.5
Croydon	7.5°C2.9°C	2.9°C	57	11.1
Warrington	7.0°C2.6°C	2.6°C	99	15.5
Walsall	6.8°C2.3°C	2.3°C	62	11.8
Mansfield	6.5°C1.9°C	1.9°C	61	11.9
Sunderland	6.7°C2.6°C	2.6°C	59	12.4
Ilford	7.7°C3.3°C	3.3°C	57	11.1
Slough	7.5°C2.9°C	2.9°C	58	11.0
Bournemouth	8.7°C5.3°C	5.3°C	78	11.8
Peterborough, United Kingdom	7.3°C2.6°C	2.6°C	52	10.8
Oxford	7.2°C2.6°C	2.6°C	57	10.9
Newport	7.9°C3.1°C	3.1°C	86	13.1
Enfield Town	7.5°C3.0°C	3.0°C	55	11.3
York	6.6°C1.7°C	1.7°C	58	11.1
Telford	6.4°C1.6°C	1.6°C	63	11.9
Poole	8.9°C5.4°C	5.4°C	78	11.8
Burnley	6.2°C1.6°C	1.6°C	118	15.6
Harrow	7.4°C2.9°C	2.9°C	58	11.2
Huddersfield	6.7°C2.5°C	2.5°C	82	13.8
Dundee, United Kingdom	5.4°C1.1°C	1.1°C	74	12.4
Blackburn	6.3°C1.8°C	1.8°C	119	16.2
Cambridge, United Kingdom	7.4°C2.8°C	2.8°C	52	11.2
Blackpool	7.4°C4.2°C	4.2°C	139	17.4
Basildon	7.7°C3.7°C	3.7°C	55	11.0
Norwich	7.4°C3.2°C	3.2°C	53	11.5
Middlesbrough	6.9°C3.1°C	3.1°C	65	13.4
Bolton	6.5°C2.1°C	2.1°C	99	15.5
Stockport	6.6°C2.1°C	2.1°C	99	15.0
High Wycombe	7.4°C2.7°C	2.7°C	58	10.9
Gloucester, United Kingdom	7.6°C2.8°C	2.8°C	66	11.7
Exeter	8.5°C4.1°C	4.1°C	73	11.9
Colchester	7.6°C3.7°C	3.7°C	62	11.6
Salford	6.6°C2.0°C	2.0°C	99	15.0
Solihull	6.8°C2.2°C	2.2°C	61	11.7
Watford	7.4°C2.9°C	2.9°C	57	11.2
Saint Peters	7.8°C4.6°C	4.6°C	84	14.2
Crawley	7.6°C3.0°C	3.0°C	71	11.8
Burton upon Trent	6.9°C2.4°C	2.4°C	64	11.8
Cheltenham	7.5°C2.7°C	2.7°C	62	11.5
Rotherham	7.0°C2.6°C	2.6°C	60	12.1
Worthing	8.5°C4.8°C	4.8°C	99	13.4
Doncaster	6.9°C2.2°C	2.2°C	60	12.1
Chesterfield	6.7°C2.3°C	2.3°C	72	13.2
Chelmsford	7.6°C3.3°C	3.3°C	54	10.5
Sutton Coldfield	6.7°C2.2°C	2.2°C	61	11.7
Wakefield	6.7°C2.2°C	2.2°C	67	12.7
Walthamstow	7.7°C3.1°C	3.1°C	57	11.1
Dagenham	7.7°C3.4°C	3.4°C	56	11.0
Basingstoke	7.4°C2.7°C	2.7°C	64	11.2
Maidstone	7.9°C3.5°C	3.5°C	62	11.5
Bedford	7.4°C2.7°C	2.7°C	53	11.0
Woking	7.7°C2.8°C	2.8°C	62	10.9
Lincoln, United Kingdom	7.1°C2.3°C	2.3°C	54	10.8
West Bromwich	6.6°C2.0°C	2.0°C	62	11.8
Eastbourne	8.7°C5.8°C	5.8°C	109	14.4
Worcester, United Kingdom	7.4°C2.6°C	2.6°C	61	11.1
Bath	7.5°C2.8°C	2.8°C	72	12.0
Gillingham	7.7°C3.5°C	3.5°C	55	11.0
Rochdale	6.3°C1.8°C	1.8°C	99	15.0
Hemel Hempstead	6.9°C2.5°C	2.5°C	57	11.2
Hayes	7.5°C2.9°C	2.9°C	58	11.0
Harlow	7.3°C2.6°C	2.6°C	55	11.3
Hastings, United Kingdom	8.4°C4.7°C	4.7°C	107	14.3
High Peak	5.5°C1.3°C	1.3°C	88	14.3
Darlington	6.3°C1.8°C	1.8°C	62	12.6
Stevenage	7.1°C2.5°C	2.5°C	54	11.0
Southport	7.6°C4.2°C	4.2°C	139	17.4
Chester	7.2°C2.7°C	2.7°C	74	13.7
Grays	7.8°C3.4°C	3.4°C	56	11.0
Harrogate	6.0°C1.5°C	1.5°C	69	12.4
Hartlepool	7.0°C3.2°C	3.2°C	65	13.7
Nuneaton	6.9°C2.4°C	2.4°C	59	11.5
Redditch	6.9°C2.1°C	2.1°C	60	11.4
Fulham	7.7°C2.8°C	2.8°C	58	11.2
Grimsby	7.1°C2.8°C	2.8°C	52	11.2
Cannock	6.5°C2.1°C	2.1°C	66	12.0
St Albans	7.1°C2.7°C	2.7°C	56	11.2
South Shields	7.0°C3.1°C	3.1°C	59	12.4
Derry	7.4°C3.4°C	3.4°C	90	15.8
Weston-super-Mare	8.3°C4.0°C	4.0°C	80	12.8
Halifax, United Kingdom	6.2°C1.9°C	1.9°C	82	13.8
Tamworth	7.0°C2.3°C	2.3°C	64	11.8
Scunthorpe	6.8°C1.9°C	1.9°C	53	10.7
Stockton-on-Tees	6.8°C2.8°C	2.8°C	65	13.4
Carlisle	6.1°C1.5°C	1.5°C	100	14.8
Rugby	6.7°C2.0°C	2.0°C	58	11.2
Lisburn	7.5°C3.6°C	3.6°C	82	13.5
Paisley	6.2°C1.8°C	1.8°C	124	16.3
Shrewsbury	7.0°C2.1°C	2.1°C	63	12.2
Fylde	7.3°C3.9°C	3.9°C	139	17.4
Crewe	6.8°C2.1°C	2.1°C	66	12.6
Bracknell	7.3°C2.5°C	2.5°C	59	10.8
East Kilbride	5.3°C0.7°C	0.7°C	115	15.8
Hove	8.4°C4.7°C	4.7°C	103	14.1
Aylesbury	7.2°C2.5°C	2.5°C	58	10.9
Purley	7.4°C2.6°C	2.6°C	65	11.4
Guildford	7.8°C2.9°C	2.9°C	62	10.9
Barnsley	6.4°C1.9°C	1.9°C	70	13.1
Lowestoft	7.7°C4.7°C	4.7°C	72	13.6
Maidenhead	7.6°C2.9°C	2.9°C	59	10.8
Stafford	6.9°C2.3°C	2.3°C	66	12.0
Uxbridge	7.5°C2.9°C	2.9°C	58	11.0

A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.