Barrow in Furness weather in December

In December, Barrow in Furness sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 166 mm of precipitation across 18.6 wet days and about 7.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Barrow in Furness's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barrow in Furness's year-round climate.

Daytime high
9th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
166 mm
18.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
8:35 AM – 3:43 PM
Cloud cover
72%
9th clearest
Wind
29 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Barrow in Furness is town and seaport in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom.

Density
713/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 8°C through the month.

A typical December day in Barrow in Furness reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Barrow in Furness

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

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Barrow in Furness weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 134180.47.70.8
Feb / 10515.30.59.40.7
Mar / 9515.10.611.51.0
Apr10° / 7512.40.113.71.9
May12° / 10°7912.8015.73.1
Jun15° / 13°8913.5016.84.0
Jul17° / 15°10616.3016.44.5
Aug17° / 15°13017.1014.64.5
Sep16° / 13°12815.7012.54.1
Oct13° / 11°16418.4010.23.0
Nov10° / 16919.20.18.31.8
Dec / 16618.60.37.21.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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

Any precipitation

Barrow in Furness gets around 166 mm of rain and snow over 18.6 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 60% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days, and about 0 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 29 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 29 km/h on the calmest days to 30 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
129windy
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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 8:18 AM to 8:41 AM, and sunset from 3:47 PM to 3:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:183:47
27.58:193:47
37.48:213:46
47.48:223:46
57.48:233:45
67.38:253:45
77.38:263:44
87.38:273:44
97.28:283:43
107.28:303:43
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307.28:413:50
317.28:413:51

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.48 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.4 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.48 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Barrow in Furness?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barrow in Furness.

What to pack for Barrow in Furness in December

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

In December, Barrow in Furness sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 19 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Barrow in Furness 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
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May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Barrow in Furness 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 Barrow in Furness peaks around August 10 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 10UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Barrow in Furness?

Barrow in Furness sits at 54.1°N, 3.2°W, 17 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Heysham, 23 km away.

Topography around Barrow in Furness

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barrow in Furness has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 335 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.

The land around Barrow in Furness is covered by water (32%), artificial surfaces (30%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, water (73%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
335 m
80 km
962 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Heysham 23 km · Morecambe 24 km · Fleetwood 25 km · Lancaster 29 km · Thornton-Cleveleys 30 km · Blackpool 35 km · Poulton-le-Fylde 35 km · Windermere 37 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 Barrow in Furness (54.1109°, -3.2276°, elevation 17 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).