Kingston upon Hull weather in December

In December, Kingston upon Hull sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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 17% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kingston upon Hull's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kingston upon Hull's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:21 AM – 3:34 PM
Cloud cover
70%
4th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Kingston upon Hull is city in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK.

Founded
1101

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 Kingston upon Hull reaches about 7°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 11°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Kingston upon Hull

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.

Kingston upon Hull weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5411.717.80.8
Feb / 4410.21.39.41.0
Mar / 46110.911.51.8
Apr11° / 5010.90.113.72.7
May14° / 5210.2015.64.0
Jun17° / 11°6712016.75.0
Jul19° / 13°6612.5016.35.7
Aug19° / 13°6711.5014.65.8
Sep17° / 11°5710.2012.55.2
Oct14° / 6311.7010.33.6
Nov10° / 6212.50.38.32.0
Dec / 5811.90.87.31.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
33466
43565
53565
63565
73565
83565
93565
103466
113466
123367
133367
143367
153367
163169
173169
183169
193070
203070
213070
223169
233169
243268
253268
263268
273268
283268
293367
303367
313268

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Kingston upon Hull gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1403
2403
3392
4392
5382
6382
7372
8372
9372
10362
11362
12362
13362
14362
15372
16372
17382
18382
19382
20392
21392
22393
23403
24403
25403
26404
27414
28414
29414
30414
31404

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 21 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120breezy
220breezy
320breezy
420breezy
520breezy
621breezy
721breezy
821breezy
921breezy
1021breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 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 24 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:04 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 3:38 PM to 3:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:043:38
27.58:063:37
37.58:073:37
47.58:083:36
57.48:103:36
67.48:113:35
77.48:123:35
87.38:143:34
97.38:153:34
107.38:163:34
117.38:173:34
127.38:183:33
137.28:193:33
147.28:203:33
157.28:213:33
167.28:213:34
177.28:223:34
187.28:233:34
197.28:243:34
207.28:243:35
217.28:253:35
227.28:253:35
237.28:263:36
247.28:263:36
257.28:263:37
267.28:273:38
277.28:273:38
287.28:273:39
297.28:273:40
307.28:273:41
317.28:273:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.55 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.55 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 Kingston upon Hull?

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

1.0
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 Kingston upon Hull.

What to pack for Kingston upon Hull in December

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

In December, Kingston upon Hull sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Kingston upon Hull 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 20 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

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Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Kingston upon Hull 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 Kingston upon Hull peaks around August 12 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 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kingston upon Hull?

Kingston upon Hull sits at 53.7°N, 0.3°W, 8 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Beverley, 13 km away.

Topography around Kingston upon Hull

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kingston upon Hull has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 388 m.

The land around Kingston upon Hull is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and water (33%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
169 m
80 km
388 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Beverley 13 km · Brough 16 km · Grimsby 26 km · Scunthorpe 28 km · Cleethorpes 29 km · Goole 36 km · Bridlington 39 km · Thorne 44 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 Kingston upon Hull (53.7446°, -0.3352°, elevation 8 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).