Fleetwood weather in December

In December, Fleetwood sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 159 mm of precipitation across 18.2 wet days and about 7.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-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 Fleetwood's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fleetwood's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
159 mm
18.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:33 AM – 3:43 PM
Cloud cover
73%
9th clearest
Wind
25 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Fleetwood is town in Lancashire, England, 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 8°C through the month.

A typical December day in Fleetwood reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°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 Fleetwood

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 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
8
wind chill below the day's low

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

Fleetwood weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 13117.70.87.70.6
Feb / 10515.10.99.40.6
Mar / 9314.80.711.51.1
Apr10° / 7412.80.113.72.1
May13° / 7912.6015.73.3
Jun15° / 12°8914.1016.84.2
Jul17° / 14°10416.3016.34.7
Aug17° / 14°12717.8014.64.5
Sep16° / 12°12114.9012.54.1
Oct13° / 10°15317.7010.22.9
Nov10° / 15618.80.18.31.7
Dec / 15918.20.67.20.9

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 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Fleetwood gets around 159 mm of rain and snow over 18.2 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 58% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days, and about 1 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 25 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 25 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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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 8:16 AM to 8:39 AM, and sunset from 3:48 PM to 3:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:163:48
27.58:173:47
37.58:193:46
47.48:203:46
57.48:223:45
67.48:233:45
77.38:243:44
87.38:253:44
97.38:263:44
107.38:283:43
117.28:293:43
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187.18:353:44
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267.18:393:47
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317.28:393:51

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.47 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Fleetwood?

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

0.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fleetwood.

What to pack for Fleetwood in December

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

In December, Fleetwood sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 18 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Fleetwood 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
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Fleetwood 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 Fleetwood 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
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Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Fleetwood?

Fleetwood sits at 53.9°N, 3.0°W, 10 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Thornton-Cleveleys, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Fleetwood

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fleetwood has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.

The land around Fleetwood is covered by water (54%) within 3 km, water (59%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
56 m
80 km
962 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Thornton-Cleveleys 6.0 km · Poulton-le-Fylde 10 km · Fylde 12 km · Blackpool 12 km · Heysham 15 km · Morecambe 19 km · Lancaster 19 km · Lytham St Annes 20 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 Fleetwood (53.9253°, -3.0109°, elevation 10 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).