Kirkintilloch weather in December

In December, Kirkintilloch sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 128 mm of precipitation across 16.1 wet days and about 6.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 06 min at the start of December to 6 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kirkintilloch's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kirkintilloch's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
128 mm
16.1 wet days
Daylight
6 h 42 min
8:51 AM – 3:34 PM
Cloud cover
79%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.5
out of 10

Kirkintilloch is town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, 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 6°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kirkintilloch reaches about 6°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 2°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Kirkintilloch

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.

Kirkintilloch weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 13417.34.57.40.4
Feb / 107153.69.20.6
Mar / 97152.711.41.3
Apr11° / 7814.10.913.82.4
May14° / 8014.10.1163.5
Jun16° / 8614.4017.24.3
Jul18° / 11°9515.6016.74.8
Aug17° / 11°10316.2014.84.7
Sep15° / 8913.7012.54.1
Oct12° / 12515.60.110.12.7
Nov / 11716.10.681.3
Dec / 12816.12.86.80.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Kirkintilloch gets around 128 mm of rain and snow over 16.1 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 52% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1545
2545
3546
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5536
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7536
8527
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11517
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15508
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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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Dry (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
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914light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 06 min at the start of December to 6 h 48 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 8:33 AM to 8:57 AM, and sunset from 3:40 PM to 3:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.18:333:40
27.18:343:39
37.08:363:39
47.08:373:38
57.08:393:37
66.98:403:37
76.98:413:36
86.98:433:36
96.98:443:35
106.88:453:35
116.88:463:35
126.88:473:35
136.88:483:34
146.78:493:34
156.78:503:34
166.78:513:34
176.78:523:34
186.78:533:35
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206.78:543:35
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236.78:563:37
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266.78:573:38
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316.88:573:43

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.34 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.34 kWh/m² to a high of 4.61 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 0.34 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 Kirkintilloch?

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

0.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kirkintilloch.

What to pack for Kirkintilloch in December

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

In December, Kirkintilloch sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 16 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Kirkintilloch 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 46 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in February near 7°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
Jan8Bracing
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Aug15Cool
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UV index in Kirkintilloch 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 Kirkintilloch peaks around June 20 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 20UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kirkintilloch?

Kirkintilloch sits at 55.9°N, 4.2°W, 51 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Bishopbriggs, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Kirkintilloch

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kirkintilloch has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,211 m.

The land around Kirkintilloch is covered by grassland (48%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) within 80 km.

3 km
74 m
16 km
571 m
80 km
1,211 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Bishopbriggs 5.0 km · Cumbernauld 10 km · Glasgow 11 km · Bearsden 12 km · Coatbridge 12 km · Rutherglen 13 km · Airdrie 13 km · Viewpark 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 Kirkintilloch (55.9393°, -4.1526°, elevation 51 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).