Omagh weather in December

In December, Omagh sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 89 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 7.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-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 8% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Omagh's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Omagh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
89 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
7 hours
8:55 AM – 3:56 PM
Cloud cover
79%
5th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.9
out of 10

Omagh is town in Northern Ireland.

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 Omagh 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 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 Omagh

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.

Omagh 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 / 87162.17.60.7
Feb / 7213.61.59.30.9
Mar / 72151.111.51.6
Apr11° / 7114.50.313.72.5
May14° / 7413.90.115.83.6
Jun16° / 10°8014016.94.4
Jul18° / 11°8615.5016.44.8
Aug18° / 11°9015.6014.74.7
Sep16° / 7313.9012.54.1
Oct12° / 8614.30.110.22.9
Nov / 8714.80.28.21.6
Dec / 8914.417.10.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
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82179
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102179
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Omagh gets around 89 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 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 46% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1462
2462
3462
4462
5462
6462
7463
8463
9453
10453
11453
12453
13453
14443
15443
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19443
20453
21453
22464
23464
24474
25484
26494
27495
28505
29505
30515
31516

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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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
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
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2016light breeze
2116light breeze
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3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 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 8:37 AM to 9:00 AM, and sunset from 4:01 PM to 4:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:374:01
27.48:384:00
37.38:404:00
47.38:413:59
57.38:433:58
67.28:443:58
77.28:453:57
87.28:473:57
97.18:483:57
107.18:493:56
117.18:503:56
127.18:513:56
137.18:523:56
147.08:533:56
157.08:543:56
167.08:553:56
177.08:553:56
187.08:563:56
197.08:573:57
207.08:573:57
217.08:583:57
227.08:593:58
237.08:593:58
247.08:593:59
257.09:003:59
267.09:004:00
277.09:004:01
287.09:004:02
297.09:004:02
307.09:004:03
317.19:004:04

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.43 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 4.65 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 0.43 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 Omagh?

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

0.9
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 Omagh.

What to pack for Omagh in December

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

In December, Omagh sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Omagh 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 Omagh peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Omagh?

Omagh sits at 54.6°N, 7.3°W, 72 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Londonderry County Borough, 44 km away.

AntrimBanbridgeColeraine

Topography around Omagh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Omagh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 86 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 505 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 708 m.

The land around Omagh is covered by grassland (61%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (84%) within 16 km, and grassland (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
93 m
16 km
505 m
80 km
708 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Londonderry County Borough 44 km · Derry 44 km · Letterkenny 48 km · Portadown 59 km · Craigavon 61 km · Antrim 71 km · Banbridge 71 km · Coleraine 72 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 Omagh (54.6°, -7.3°, elevation 72 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. 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).