Havant weather in December

In December, Havant sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 92 mm of precipitation across 13.4 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Havant's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Havant's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
92 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:08 AM – 3:52 PM
Cloud cover
71%
9th clearest
Wind
24 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.6
out of 10

Havant is town in Hampshire, England, UK.

Density
2,241/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 9°C through the month.

A typical December day in Havant reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 5°C and 12°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Havant weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8413.40.68.21.3
Feb / 6010.50.59.71.2
Mar / 5010.10.311.51.9
Apr11° / 529.70.113.52.9
May14° / 10°509.1015.24.2
Jun17° / 13°519.5016.25.4
Jul19° / 15°529.6015.86.2
Aug19° / 15°649.9014.36.1
Sep18° / 14°6210.2012.45.6
Oct15° / 11°9613.4010.44.0
Nov11° / 9913.808.72.5
Dec / 9213.40.37.81.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23367
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Havant gets around 92 mm of rain and snow over 13.4 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 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 24 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 24 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
124breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:52 AM to 8:14 AM, and sunset from 3:55 PM to 4:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.07:523:55
28.07:543:55
38.07:553:54
48.07:563:54
57.97:573:53
67.97:583:53
77.98:003:53
87.98:013:52
97.88:023:52
107.88:033:52
117.88:043:52
127.88:053:52
137.88:063:52
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157.78:073:52
167.78:083:52
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187.78:093:53
197.78:103:53
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247.78:133:55
257.78:133:56
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277.78:133:57
287.78:143:58
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307.88:143:59
317.88:144:00

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.71 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Havant?

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

1.6
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 Havant.

What to pack for Havant in December

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

In December, Havant sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 6°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Havant 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 27 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in March near 8°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
Jan9Bracing
Feb8Bracing
Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov13Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Havant 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 Havant peaks around August 11 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 11UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Havant?

Havant sits at 50.9°N, 1.0°W, 12 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Emsworth, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Havant

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Havant has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 19 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 300 m.

The land around Havant is covered by artificial surfaces (29%), trees (26%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, water (24%), grassland (23%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and water (32%), grassland (25%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

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90 m
16 km
272 m
80 km
300 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Emsworth 4.0 km · Waterlooville 4.0 km · South Hayling 8.0 km · Hayling Island 8.0 km · Portsmouth 10 km · Southsea 11 km · Gosport 12 km · Fareham 14 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 Havant (50.8567°, -0.9856°, elevation 12 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).