Bowthorpe weather in December

In December, Bowthorpe sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-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 17% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of December to 7 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Bowthorpe's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bowthorpe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:09 AM – 3:34 PM
Cloud cover
71%
9th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Bowthorpe is village in Norfolk, England.

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 Bowthorpe reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°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)
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How December really feels in Bowthorpe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 25 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
25
wind chill below the day's low

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

Bowthorpe weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5011.80.880.8
Feb / 4110.11.29.50.9
Mar / 45110.611.51.7
Apr11° / 4310.5013.62.8
May14° / 5110.8015.54.1
Jun17° / 12°6311.4016.55.2
Jul20° / 14°6612.2016.15.9
Aug20° / 14°6711.6014.55.9
Sep17° / 12°5810.4012.45.4
Oct14° / 6411.9010.33.8
Nov10° / 58120.28.52.1
Dec / 5311.50.67.51.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33565
43565
53763
63763
73763
83862
93664
103763
113763
123763
133664
143565
153466
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173268
183169
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213070
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303169
313169

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Bowthorpe gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 38% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1382
2382
3382
4372
5372
6372
7372
8372
9362
10362
11372
12372
13371
14371
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31392

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 21 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
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1021breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of December to 7 h 30 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 7:52 AM to 8:15 AM, and sunset from 3:38 PM to 3:42 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.87:523:38
27.77:543:37
37.77:553:36
47.77:563:36
57.67:573:35
67.67:593:35
77.68:003:35
87.68:013:34
97.58:023:34
107.58:033:34
117.58:043:34
127.58:053:34
137.58:063:34
147.48:073:34
157.48:083:34
167.48:093:34
177.48:103:34
187.48:103:34
197.48:113:35
207.48:113:35
217.48:123:35
227.48:133:36
237.48:133:36
247.48:133:37
257.48:143:37
267.48:143:38
277.48:143:39
287.48:143:39
297.48:143:40
307.48:153:41
317.58:153:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.6 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.6 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Bowthorpe?

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

1.1
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 Bowthorpe.

What to pack for Bowthorpe in December

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

In December, Bowthorpe sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Bowthorpe in December

The nearest coast averages about 8°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 28 km away) 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
Jan6Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May10Bracing
Jun13Bracing
Jul15Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Bowthorpe 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 Bowthorpe peaks around August 10 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 10UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bowthorpe?

Bowthorpe sits at 52.6°N, 1.2°E, 26 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Norwich, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Bowthorpe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bowthorpe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 150 m.

The land around Bowthorpe is covered by trees (37%), grassland (27%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), trees (24%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
82 m
80 km
150 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Norwich 6.0 km · East Dereham 20 km · Great Yarmouth 35 km · Thetford 40 km · Lowestoft 40 km · Stowmarket 52 km · Bury St Edmunds 56 km · King's Lynn 57 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 Bowthorpe (52.6388°, 1.2188°, elevation 26 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).