Banbury weather in December

In December, Banbury sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 57 mm of precipitation across 10.9 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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 16% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of December to 7 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Banbury's 6th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Banbury's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
57 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:16 AM – 3:47 PM
Cloud cover
72%
6th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Banbury is market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England.

Density
2,312/km²
people per km²

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 Banbury reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
184
284
383
483
583
683
783
883
983
1083
1183
1273
1373
1473
1573
1673
1773
1873
1973
2073
2173
2273
2373
2473
2573
2672
2772
2872
2972
3072
3172

How December really feels in Banbury

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.

Banbury weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5411.31.180.8
Feb / 429.41.29.61.1
Mar10° / 4510.10.811.52.2
Apr13° / 5211.40.213.63.4
May16° / 5710.9015.44.7
Jun19° / 11°5710.5016.45.7
Jul21° / 13°6010.90166.2
Aug21° / 13°6110.6014.46.1
Sep18° / 10°559.1012.45.7
Oct14° / 6311.4010.43.8
Nov10° / 6111.70.28.52.0
Dec / 5710.90.87.61.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23367
33367
43367
53466
63466
73466
83466
93466
103367
113268
123268
133169
143070
153070
162971
172872
182773
192674
202773
212773
222773
232872
242872
252872
262872
272872
282971
292971
302971
312971

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Banbury gets around 57 mm of rain and snow over 10.9 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 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1361
2351
3351
4351
5341
6341
7341
8341
9342
10342
11352
12352
13362
14362
15362
16373
17373
18373
19373
20373
21373
22373
23373
24373
25373
26363
27363
28363
29363
30373
31373

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
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 18 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
1417light breeze
1517light breeze
1617light breeze
1717light breeze
1817light breeze
1917light breeze
2017light breeze
2118light breeze
2218light breeze
2318light breeze
2418light breeze
2518light breeze
2618light breeze
2718light breeze
2818light breeze
2918light breeze
3018light breeze
3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of December to 7 h 36 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 7:59 AM to 8:22 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 3:55 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.97:593:51
27.88:013:50
37.88:023:50
47.88:033:49
57.78:053:49
67.78:063:48
77.78:073:48
87.78:083:48
97.68:093:47
107.68:103:47
117.68:113:47
127.68:123:47
137.68:133:47
147.58:143:47
157.58:153:47
167.58:163:47
177.58:173:47
187.58:173:48
197.58:183:48
207.58:183:48
217.58:193:49
227.58:203:49
237.58:203:50
247.58:203:50
257.58:213:51
267.58:213:51
277.58:213:52
287.58:213:53
297.58:223:54
307.58:223:55
317.68:223:55

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.62 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.09 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
20.7Dim
30.7Dim
40.7Dim
50.7Dim
60.7Dim
70.7Dim
80.7Dim
90.7Dim
100.6Dim
110.6Dim
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140.6Dim
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170.6Dim
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230.6Dim
240.6Dim
250.6Dim
260.6Dim
270.6Dim
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290.6Dim
300.6Dim
310.6Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Banbury?

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

1.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Banbury.

What to pack for Banbury in December

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

In December, Banbury sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Banbury in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Banbury peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Banbury?

Banbury sits at 52.1°N, 1.3°W, 100 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Bicester, 22 km away.

Topography around Banbury

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Banbury has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m around an average of 115 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 473 m.

The land around Banbury is covered by trees (26%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (38%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
80 m
16 km
172 m
80 km
473 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Bicester 22 km · Daventry 25 km · Royal Leamington Spa 28 km · Stratford-upon-Avon 29 km · Warwick 29 km · Witney 33 km · Rugby 35 km · Oxford 35 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 Banbury (52.0632°, -1.3422°, elevation 100 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).