Bath Weather in December
Bath in December
The short of it: Bath in December averages a high of 8 °C (47 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 90 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 7 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low 3° · rain 90 mm · daylight 7 h 52 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Bath an average December high of 8°, a low of 3° and some 90 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 8°, nights near 3°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 90 mm.
The sun is up for about 7 h 52 min in mid-December, 54 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 July and June.
Against its neighbours, Bath runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Keynsham, 10 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Bath, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KeynshamEngland | 10 km WNW | 9° | 3° | 91 mm |
| TrowbridgeEngland | 12 km ESE | 9° | 3° | 81 mm |
| KingswoodEngland | 13 km NW | 9° | 3° | 92 mm |
| MelkshamEngland | 15 km E | 8° | 3° | 77 mm |
| MangotsfieldEngland | 16 km NW | 9° | 3° | 94 mm |
| FromeEngland | 17 km S | 8° | 3° | 89 mm |
| BristolEngland | 19 km WNW | 9° | 3° | 94 mm |
| YateEngland | 19 km NNW | 8° | 3° | 91 mm |