Lytham St Annes weather in December

In December, Lytham St Annes sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 139 mm of precipitation across 17.4 wet days and about 7.3 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 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 Lytham St Annes's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lytham St Annes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
139 mm
17.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:32 AM – 3:44 PM
Cloud cover
73%
10th clearest
Wind
26 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Lytham St Annes is town in the Fylde district of Lancashire, 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 Lytham St Annes 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 Lytham St Annes

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 6 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
6
wind chill below the day's low

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

Lytham St Annes 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 / 108170.77.80.8
Feb / 8714.60.69.40.8
Mar / 8114.40.611.51.3
Apr10° / 7012.80.113.72.2
May13° / 7412.6015.63.4
Jun16° / 12°8613.5016.74.3
Jul17° / 14°9716.1016.34.8
Aug18° / 14°11716.8014.64.8
Sep16° / 13°11114.8012.54.3
Oct13° / 10°13717.3010.33.1
Nov10° / 13818.40.18.31.8
Dec / 13917.40.57.31.1

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

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33268
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53169
63169
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83070
93070
103070
112971
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Lytham St Annes gets around 139 mm of rain and snow over 17.4 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 56% and peaks near 57% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1570
2570
3570
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7560
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31552

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 26 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 26 km/h on the calmest days to 27 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
126breezy
226breezy
326breezy
426breezy
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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 8:15 AM to 8:38 AM, and sunset from 3:49 PM to 3:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:153:49
27.58:163:48
37.58:183:47
47.58:193:47
57.48:203:46
67.48:223:46
77.48:233:45
87.38:243:45
97.38:253:45
107.38:263:44
117.38:273:44
127.38:293:44
137.28:293:44
147.28:303:44
157.28:313:44
167.28:323:44
177.28:333:44
187.28:343:45
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207.28:353:45
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227.28:363:46
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247.28:373:47
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277.28:383:49
287.28:383:50
297.28:383:51
307.28:383:52
317.28:383:52

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.51 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.51 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 Lytham St Annes?

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
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lytham St Annes.

What to pack for Lytham St Annes in December

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

In December, Lytham St Annes 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 17 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Lytham St Annes 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 16 km away) 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 Lytham St Annes 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 Lytham St Annes 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
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lytham St Annes?

Lytham St Annes sits at 53.7°N, 3.0°W, 10 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Blackpool, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Lytham St Annes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lytham St Annes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.

The land around Lytham St Annes is covered by water (39%), grassland (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, water (43%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and water (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
54 m
80 km
962 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Blackpool 9.0 km · Poulton-le-Fylde 10 km · Southport 11 km · Fylde 11 km · Thornton-Cleveleys 15 km · Preston 19 km · Fleetwood 20 km · Leyland 21 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 Lytham St Annes (53.7426°, -2.997°, 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).