Climate averages 1991–2020
Halifax, United Kingdom weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Halifax, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 6.2°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Huddersfield (9 km away). In December its highs average 6.7°C, about as warm as Halifax, United Kingdom, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Halifax, United Kingdom ranks joint 133rd of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 106th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Halifax, United Kingdom is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 6.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 73 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
Halifax, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 73 | 14.1 | 8.18 h |
| February | 6.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 66 | 12.8 | 9.710 h |
| March | 8.6°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 64 | 12.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 65 | 12.6 | 14.014 h |
| May | 14.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 64 | 12.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 16.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 78 | 13.7 | 17.017 h |
| July | 18.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 77 | 14.0 | 16.517 h |
| August | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 82 | 14.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 75 | 13.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 74 | 13.6 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | 6.2°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 82 | 13.8 | 7.58 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
- Huddersfield in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 9 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Bradford in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 11 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Leeds in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 22 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Rochdale in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Wakefield in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Oldham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 26 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Burnley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Barnsley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 30 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.9°C · 70 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 Halifax) is explained once on the Halifax, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bradford and Huddersfield lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.