Ebbw Vale weather in December

In December, Ebbw Vale sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 108 mm of precipitation across 13.3 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-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 12% 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 Ebbw Vale's 8th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ebbw Vale's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
108 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:22 AM – 3:56 PM
Cloud cover
76%
8th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10

Ebbw Vale is town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK.

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 Ebbw Vale reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 11°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 Ebbw Vale

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.

Ebbw Vale weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 10014.61.78.10.5
Feb / 8011.41.99.60.7
Mar / 7612.71.411.51.6
Apr12° / 8012.90.513.62.8
May15° / 8913.6015.43.9
Jun17° / 10°8312.2016.45.0
Jul19° / 12°84130165.6
Aug19° / 12°9012.6014.45.5
Sep16° / 10°7711.2012.44.8
Oct13° / 11113.60.110.43.1
Nov / 10313.90.68.61.7
Dec / 10813.31.67.60.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22773
32872
42872
52773
62773
72872
82773
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102575
112575
122476
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312377

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Ebbw Vale gets around 108 mm of rain and snow over 13.3 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 48% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1422
2422
3413
4413
5413
6413
7403
8404
9414
10414
11414
12425
13425
14435
15435
16436
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20456
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23466
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26466
27466
28476
29476
30476
31486

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 (%)
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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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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 8:06 AM to 8:28 AM, and sunset from 4:00 PM to 4:04 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:064:00
27.98:073:59
37.88:083:59
47.88:093:58
57.88:113:58
67.88:123:57
77.78:133:57
87.78:143:57
97.78:153:56
107.78:163:56
117.68:173:56
127.68:183:56
137.68:193:56
147.68:203:56
157.68:213:56
167.68:223:56
177.68:223:56
187.68:233:57
197.68:243:57
207.58:243:57
217.58:253:58
227.58:253:58
237.58:263:59
247.58:263:59
257.68:274:00
267.68:274:00
277.68:274:01
287.68:274:02
297.68:274:03
307.68:284:04
317.68:284:04

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.63 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.63 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 Ebbw Vale?

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

0.7
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 Ebbw Vale.

What to pack for Ebbw Vale in December

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

In December, Ebbw Vale sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 2°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 Ebbw Vale 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 at the nearest coast (about 45 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
Feb7Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Ebbw Vale 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 Ebbw Vale peaks around August 13 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 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ebbw Vale?

Ebbw Vale sits at 51.8°N, 3.2°W, 311 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Merthyr Tydfil, 12 km away.

Topography around Ebbw Vale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ebbw Vale has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m around an average of 365 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 731 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 864 m.

The land around Ebbw Vale is covered by grassland (45%), trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) within 80 km.

3 km
308 m
16 km
731 m
80 km
864 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Merthyr Tydfil 12 km · Blackwood 12 km · Gelligaer 13 km · Pontypool 14 km · Aberdare 18 km · Cwmbran 19 km · Risca 20 km · Rhondda 21 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 Ebbw Vale (51.7771°, -3.2079°, elevation 311 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).