Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterborough, United Kingdom weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Peterborough, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cambridge, United Kingdom (48 km away). In December its highs average 7.4°C, about as warm as Peterborough, United Kingdom, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Peterborough, United Kingdom ranks joint 63rd of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Peterborough, United Kingdom is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 49 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
Peterborough, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 49 | 11.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 43 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 59 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 61 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 63 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 50 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 10.9 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | 7.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 52 | 10.8 | 7.88 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
- Cambridge, United Kingdom in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Bedford in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Northampton in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 56 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Leicester in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 60 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.5°C · 57 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 68 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 56 mm rain
- Rugby in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 72 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Nottingham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 74 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Stevenage in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 75 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.5°C · 54 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 Peterborough) is explained once on the Peterborough, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.