Bathgate Weather in December
Bathgate in December
The short of it: Bathgate in December averages a high of 7 °C (44 °F) and a low of 1 °C (35 °F), with 149 mm (5.9 in) of rain and about 7 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 1° · rain 149 mm · daylight 7 h 0 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
Thirty years of records give Bathgate an average December high of 7°, a low of 1° and some 149 mm of rain. Bathgate's coldest stretch of the year, 7° by day and 1° by night. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 149 mm.
The sun is up for about 7 h 0 min in mid-December, 68 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Bathgate runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Livingston, 8 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
December in Bathgate, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 2° colder, 13 mm more rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 18 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LivingstonScotland | 8 km E | 7° | 1° | 124 mm |
| BroxburnScotland | 11 km ENE | 7° | 2° | 104 mm |
| Bo’nessScotland | 13 km N | 7° | 2° | 121 mm |
| GrangemouthScotland | 13 km NNW | 7° | 2° | 125 mm |
| FalkirkScotland | 14 km NW | 7° | 2° | 128 mm |
| RosythScotland | 20 km NE | 7° | 2° | 83 mm |
| AirdrieScotland | 21 km W | 7° | 1° | 158 mm |
| CarlukeScotland | 22 km SSW | 6° | 1° | 175 mm |