Climate averages 1991–2020
Eastbourne weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Eastbourne: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hastings, United Kingdom (23 km away). In December its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Eastbourne, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Eastbourne ranks joint 3rd of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 131st of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Eastbourne is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 95 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
Eastbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 95 | 14.6 | 8.59 h |
| February | 7.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 66 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 50 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 46 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 14.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 15.515 h |
| June | 16.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 45 | 8.7 | 16.416 h |
| July | 18.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 48 | 8.4 | 16.016 h |
| August | 19.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.515 h |
| September | 17.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 113 | 14.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.2°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 121 | 15.8 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 8.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 109 | 14.4 | 8.18 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
- Hastings, United Kingdom in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 107 mm rain
- Brighton in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 31 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Hove in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Worthing in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 47 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Crawley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 50 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Maidstone in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 58 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Purley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 69 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Gillingham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 71 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 55 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 Eastbourne) is explained once on the Eastbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.