Craigavon weather in December

In December, Craigavon sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 12.9 wet days and about 7.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 11% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Craigavon's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Craigavon's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
8:50 AM – 3:53 PM
Cloud cover
77%
4th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Craigavon is town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK.

Founded
1965

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 Craigavon reaches about 8°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 4°C and 12°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 Craigavon

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 26 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
26
wind chill below the day's low

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

Craigavon weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7113.71.17.60.9
Feb / 5911.919.31.2
Mar10° / 6013.10.711.51.8
Apr12° / 6413.40.213.72.8
May15° / 6813.9015.73.8
Jun17° / 10°7413.1016.94.8
Jul19° / 12°7614.1016.45.1
Aug18° / 12°8114.3014.75.1
Sep16° / 10°6612.2012.54.5
Oct13° / 7713.1010.23.2
Nov10° / 7413.10.28.21.9
Dec / 7512.90.87.11.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32674
42674
52575
62575
72476
82476
92476
102476
112377
122377
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302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Craigavon gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 12.9 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 41% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1422
2422
3422
4422
5422
6412
7412
8412
9412
10402
11402
12402
13402
14402
15392
16392
17392
18402
19402
20402
21402
22413
23413
24422
25422
26432
27433
28433
29443
30443
31453

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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Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 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 8:32 AM to 8:56 AM, and sunset from 3:58 PM to 4:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:323:58
27.48:343:57
37.48:353:57
47.38:373:56
57.38:383:56
67.38:393:55
77.28:413:55
87.28:423:54
97.28:433:54
107.28:443:54
117.18:453:54
127.18:463:53
137.18:473:53
147.18:483:53
157.18:493:53
167.18:503:53
177.08:513:54
187.08:523:54
197.08:523:54
207.08:533:54
217.08:533:55
227.08:543:55
237.08:543:56
247.08:553:56
257.08:553:57
267.08:553:57
277.08:563:58
287.18:563:59
297.18:564:00
307.18:564:01
317.18:564:02

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.46 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 4.79 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 0.46 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is December a good time to visit Craigavon?

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

1.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Craigavon.

What to pack for Craigavon in December

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

In December, Craigavon sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Craigavon in December

The nearest coast averages about 11°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 49 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Craigavon 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 Craigavon peaks around July 19 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 19UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Craigavon?

Craigavon sits at 54.4°N, 6.4°W, 34 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Portadown, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Craigavon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Craigavon has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 38 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 164 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 860 m.

The land around Craigavon is covered by grassland (52%), trees (23%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
57 m
16 km
164 m
80 km
860 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Portadown 5.0 km · Banbridge 13 km · Lisburn 24 km · Newry 30 km · Antrim 32 km · Belfast 34 km · Castlereagh 35 km · Newtownabbey 39 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 Craigavon (54.4471°, -6.387°, elevation 34 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).