Baildon weather in December

In December, Baildon sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 13.8 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 30 min at the start of December to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Baildon's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baildon's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
82 mm
13.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:28 AM – 3:39 PM
Cloud cover
75%
7th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.5
out of 10

Baildon is town and civil parish in Bradford, West Yorkshire, 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 6°C through the month.

A typical December day in Baildon reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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672
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How December really feels in Baildon

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

Baildon weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7314.12.77.80.3
Feb / 6512.73.59.40.5
Mar / 6412.72.411.51.4
Apr11° / 6512.60.913.72.5
May14° / 6412.5015.63.7
Jun17° / 10°7813.7016.74.7
Jul19° / 12°7714016.35.4
Aug18° / 12°8214.2014.65.2
Sep16° / 6911.4012.54.5
Oct12° / 7513.20.110.22.9
Nov / 7413.70.78.31.4
Dec / 8213.82.27.30.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32476
42575
52674
62575
72575
82575
92575
102575
112575
122476
132476
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312575

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Baildon gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 13.8 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 44% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1455
2455
3456
4456
5456
6456
7456
8446
9446
10446
11446
12446
13446
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15446
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20446
21447
22447
23447
24448
25448
26448
27459
28459
29459
30459
31459

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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Dry (%)
1100
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3100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 17 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
1317light breeze
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1617light breeze
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1817light breeze
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2018light breeze
2118light breeze
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3018light breeze
3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 min at the start of December to 7 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:11 AM to 8:34 AM, and sunset from 3:43 PM to 3:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:113:43
27.58:123:43
37.58:133:42
47.48:153:41
57.48:163:41
67.48:173:40
77.48:193:40
87.38:203:40
97.38:213:39
107.38:223:39
117.38:233:39
127.28:243:39
137.28:253:39
147.28:263:39
157.28:273:39
167.28:283:39
177.28:293:39
187.28:293:39
197.28:303:39
207.28:313:40
217.18:313:40
227.18:323:41
237.18:323:41
247.28:333:42
257.28:333:42
267.28:333:43
277.28:333:44
287.28:343:44
297.28:343:45
307.28:343:46
317.28:343:47

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.49 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 4.74 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 0.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Baildon?

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

0.5
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baildon.

What to pack for Baildon in December

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

In December, Baildon sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Baildon in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Baildon peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Baildon?

Baildon sits at 53.8°N, 1.8°W, 155 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Saltaire, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Baildon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baildon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m around an average of 144 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 419 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 739 m.

The land around Baildon is covered by grassland (38%), trees (35%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
221 m
16 km
419 m
80 km
739 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Saltaire 2.0 km · Shipley 2.0 km · Bingley 3.0 km · Guiseley 6.0 km · Bradford 6.0 km · Yeadon 7.0 km · Keighley 8.0 km · Horsforth 10 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 Baildon (53.8471°, -1.7878°, elevation 155 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. 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).