Moreton weather in December

In December, Moreton sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 121 mm of precipitation across 17 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 13% 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 Moreton's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moreton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
121 mm
17 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:31 AM – 3:47 PM
Cloud cover
74%
10th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Moreton is town on the north coast of the Wirral Peninsula, 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 Moreton 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 12°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 Moreton

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 8 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
8
wind chill below the day's low

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

Moreton 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 / 9116.30.97.80.8
Feb / 7513.80.99.40.9
Mar / 7313.70.711.51.5
Apr11° / 6712.70.113.72.5
May14° / 6912.6015.63.7
Jun16° / 12°8313.6016.74.6
Jul18° / 14°8715.9016.25.1
Aug18° / 14°9916.4014.65.0
Sep16° / 12°9614.1012.54.5
Oct13° / 10°11516.5010.33.2
Nov10° / 115180.18.41.8
Dec / 121170.67.31.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
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53070
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112872
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Moreton gets around 121 mm of rain and snow over 17 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 54% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1541
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3541
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28543
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31543

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 22 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
222breezy
322breezy
422breezy
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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 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.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:133:51
27.68:153:50
37.68:163:50
47.58:183:49
57.58:193:49
67.58:203:48
77.48:213:48
87.48:233:47
97.48:243:47
107.48:253:47
117.38:263:47
127.38:273:47
137.38:283:47
147.38:293:47
157.38:303:47
167.38:313:47
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187.38:323:47
197.28:333:47
207.28:333:48
217.28:343:48
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237.28:353:49
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257.28:353:50
267.38:363:51
277.38:363:52
287.38:363:52
297.38:363:53
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 0.52 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.52 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 Moreton?

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 Moreton.

What to pack for Moreton in December

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

In December, Moreton 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 Moreton 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 Moreton 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 Moreton 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 Moreton?

Moreton sits at 53.4°N, 3.1°W, 13 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Wallasey, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Moreton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moreton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Moreton is covered by grassland (31%), artificial surfaces (26%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (52%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
237 m
80 km
1,055 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Wallasey 4.0 km · Birkenhead 7.0 km · Heswall 8.0 km · Bebington 9.0 km · Liverpool 9.0 km · Bootle 10 km · Kirkdale 10 km · Kensington 11 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 Moreton (53.4°, -3.1167°, elevation 13 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).