Climate averages 1991–2020
Worcester, United Kingdom weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Worcester, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Redditch (23 km away). In December its highs average 6.9°C, 0.5°C cooler than Worcester, United Kingdom, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Worcester, United Kingdom ranks joint 51st of 143 for the warmest December highs and joint 53rd of 143 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 143 cities is 7.2°C; Worcester, United Kingdom is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 61 mm to 54 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
Worcester, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 54 | 11.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | 7.8°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 45 | 9.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.1°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 49 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 54 | 11.4 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.9°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 61 | 10.8 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 63 | 11.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 20.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 60 | 10.8 | 16.216 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 58 | 10.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 54 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 66 | 11.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 64 | 11.8 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | 7.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 61 | 11.1 | 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
- Redditch in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 23 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Cheltenham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 34 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Dudley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 36 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Gloucester, United Kingdom in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 36 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Solihull in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 39 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Birmingham in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 39 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.1°C · 62 mm rain
- West Bromwich in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 40 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Wolverhampton in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 45 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.1°C · 62 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 Worcester) is explained once on the Worcester, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.