Donabate Weather in December
Donabate in December
The short of it: Donabate in December averages a high of 8 °C (47 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 7 h 30 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and July. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 3° · rain 82 mm · daylight 7 h 30 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & July
Thirty years of records give Donabate an average December high of 8°, a low of 3° and some 82 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 8°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 4th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 7 h 30 min in mid-December, 60 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and July.
Against its neighbours, Donabate runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Malahide, 4 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
December in Donabate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 2° colder, 18 mm less rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 30 min
- Average wind
- 21 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MalahideLeinster | 4 km S | 9° | 3° | 80 mm |
| An RosLeinster | 5 km NE | 8° | 3° | 87 mm |
| SwordsLeinster | 5 km SW | 9° | 3° | 75 mm |
| PortmarnockLeinster | 7 km S | 9° | 3° | 80 mm |
| DonaghmedeLeinster | 10 km S | 9° | 3° | 77 mm |
| SkerriesLeinster | 11 km NNE | 8° | 3° | 89 mm |
| BeaumontLeinster | 12 km SSW | 9° | 3° | 74 mm |
| BalbrigganLeinster | 14 km N | 8° | 3° | 88 mm |