Margate Weather in December
Margate in December
The short of it: Margate in December averages a high of 20 °C (68 °F) and a low of 10 °C (51 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 15 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 20° · low 10° · rain 62 mm · daylight 15 h 21 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & February
December in Margate brings afternoons near 20° and nights around 10°, with about 62 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 20°, nights near 10°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 3rd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 15 h 21 min in mid-December, 39 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Margate runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Snug, 4 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
December in Margate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 4th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 2° warmer, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 15 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 22 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SnugTasmania | 4 km S | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| Blackmans BayTasmania | 5 km ENE | 20° | 10° | 63 mm |
| KingstonTasmania | 7 km NNE | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| Kingston BeachTasmania | 7 km NE | 20° | 10° | 61 mm |
| TaroonaTasmania | 12 km NE | 19° | 10° | 65 mm |
| Mount NelsonTasmania | 13 km NNE | 19° | 10° | 69 mm |
| DynnyrneTasmania | 14 km NNE | 20° | 10° | 64 mm |
| South HobartTasmania | 15 km NNE | 20° | 10° | 64 mm |