Climate averages 1991–2020
Hastings, United Kingdom 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 Hastings, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 8.4°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 107 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 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eastbourne (23 km away). In December its highs average 8.7°C, about as warm as Hastings, United Kingdom, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Hastings, United Kingdom ranks joint 7th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 129th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Hastings, United Kingdom is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 107 mm to 93 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
Hastings, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 93 | 14.4 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 48 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 9.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 47 | 8.6 | 15.515 h |
| June | 17.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 44 | 8.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 19.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 46 | 8.6 | 16.016 h |
| August | 20.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 59 | 9.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 10.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 112 | 14.4 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 120 | 15.7 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 8.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 107 | 14.3 | 8.08 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
- Eastbourne in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Maidstone in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 62 mm rain
- Brighton in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Hove in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 53 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Gillingham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 59 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Crawley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 61 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 3.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Worthing in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 67 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Grays in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 71 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 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 Hastings) is explained once on the Hastings, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.