Heswall weather in December

In December, Heswall sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 74 mm of precipitation across 13.7 wet days and about 7.4 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 14% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Heswall's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Heswall's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
74 mm
13.7 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:30 AM – 3:47 PM
Cloud cover
73%
4th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Heswall is town in Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, 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 Heswall reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Heswall

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 23 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
23
wind chill below the day's low

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

Heswall 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 / 6213.117.80.9
Feb / 5311.91.29.41.1
Mar10° / 5912.60.711.51.9
Apr12° / 6413.10.213.73.0
May15° / 6812.6015.64.3
Jun18° / 11°8013.2016.65.1
Jul20° / 13°8414.1016.25.5
Aug19° / 13°8013.8014.65.4
Sep17° / 11°6812.3012.44.9
Oct14° / 7113.8010.33.4
Nov10° / 71140.18.42.0
Dec / 7413.70.87.41.1

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 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33169
43070
53070
63169
73169
83070
93070
102971
112872
122971
132971
142773
152773
162773
172674
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192575
202575
212575
222575
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242674
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302872
312971

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Heswall gets around 74 mm of rain and snow over 13.7 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 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1451
2451
3450
4450
5450
6451
7451
8451
9451
10451
11451
12451
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28425
29424
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31424

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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30100
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Wind in December

Winds average 16 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
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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2116light breeze
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3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 18 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 8:13 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 3:51 PM to 3:55 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:133:51
27.68:143:51
37.68:163:50
47.58:173:49
57.58:183:49
67.58:203:49
77.58:213:48
87.48:223:48
97.48:233:47
107.48:243:47
117.48:253:47
127.38:263:47
137.38:273:47
147.38:283:47
157.38:293:47
167.38:303:47
177.38:313:47
187.38:313:47
197.38:323:48
207.38:333:48
217.38:333:48
227.38:343:49
237.38:343:49
247.38:353:50
257.38:353:51
267.38:353:51
277.38:353:52
287.38:363:53
297.38:363:54
307.38:363:54
317.38:363:55

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.54 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.54 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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40.6Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Heswall?

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
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Heswall.

What to pack for Heswall in December

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

In December, Heswall sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Heswall 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 Heswall 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 Heswall peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Heswall?

Heswall sits at 53.3°N, 3.1°W, 88 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Bebington, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Heswall

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Heswall has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Heswall is covered by grassland (34%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, water (33%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
307 m
80 km
1,055 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Bebington 6.0 km · Moreton 8.0 km · Birkenhead 9.0 km · Flint 9.0 km · Wallasey 11 km · Liverpool 12 km · Garston 13 km · Kensington 13 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 Heswall (53.3273°, -3.0965°, elevation 88 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).