Ashington weather in December

In December, Ashington sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 78 mm of precipitation across 14.6 wet days and about 7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 18 min at the start of December to 6 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ashington's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ashington's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
78 mm
14.6 wet days
Daylight
6 h 54 min
8:36 AM – 3:29 PM
Cloud cover
69%
5th clearest
Wind
25 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Ashington is town and civil parish in Northumberland, United Kingdom.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ashington reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Ashington

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 15 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
15
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Ashington weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7114.41.47.50.7
Feb / 5712.31.59.20.7
Mar / 5212.11.211.41.1
Apr / 5110.40.213.81.8
May11° / 4710.4015.92.8
Jun14° / 11°6511.70173.8
Jul16° / 13°6912.5016.64.8
Aug17° / 13°7512.3014.84.8
Sep15° / 11°6310.7012.54.2
Oct12° / 7913.4010.23.0
Nov10° / 8915.20.48.11.8
Dec / 7814.60.971.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Ashington gets around 78 mm of rain and snow over 14.6 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 48% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Wind in December

Winds average 25 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 25 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 7 h 18 min at the start of December to 6 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:17 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 3:35 PM to 3:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.38:173:35
27.28:193:34
37.28:203:33
47.28:223:32
57.18:233:32
67.18:253:31
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87.18:273:30
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127.08:323:29
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.45 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.45 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Ashington?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ashington.

What to pack for Ashington in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Ashington sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Ashington in December

The nearest coast averages about 9°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

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UV index in Ashington in December

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Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ashington peaks around July 24 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
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Location & terrain

Where is Ashington?

Ashington sits at 55.2°N, 1.6°W, 32 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Bedlington, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Ashington

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ashington.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ashington has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 904 m.

The land around Ashington is covered by grassland (26%), trees (24%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, water (39%), cropland (23%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

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68 m
16 km
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80 km
904 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Bedlington 6.0 km · Blyth 7.0 km · Cramlington 10 km · Whitley Bay 17 km · North Shields 19 km · Tynemouth 20 km · Gosforth 20 km · Wallsend 21 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ashington (55.1772°, -1.5641°, elevation 32 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).