Climate averages 1991–2020
Maidstone weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Maidstone: daytime highs average 7.9°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gillingham (14 km away). In December its highs average 7.7°C, about as warm as Maidstone, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Maidstone ranks joint 14th of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 57th of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Maidstone is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 56 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
Maidstone climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 56 | 11.0 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.9°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 47 | 9.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 44 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 51 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 56 | 10.5 | 15.516 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 59 | 10.2 | 16.517 h |
| July | 21.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 59 | 11.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 21.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 68 | 10.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 50 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 62 | 11.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 63 | 11.2 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 7.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 62 | 11.5 | 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
- Gillingham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 14 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Grays in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Bexley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 32 kmHigh 7.8°C · Low 3.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Southend-on-Sea in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 33 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 4.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Basildon in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 34 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Dagenham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Barking in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 42 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Purley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 44 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.6°C · 65 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 Maidstone) is explained once on the Maidstone year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.