Skegness weather in December

In December, Skegness sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-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 18% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 42 min at the start of December to 7 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Skegness's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Skegness's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:15 AM – 3:34 PM
Cloud cover
70%
6th clearest
Wind
24 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Skegness is seaside town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, 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 7°C through the month.

A typical December day in Skegness reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°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 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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785
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984
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1374
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How December really feels in Skegness

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 25 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
25
wind chill below the day's low

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

Skegness weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5912.50.87.90.7
Feb / 4610.61.29.50.8
Mar / 4610.70.611.51.4
Apr10° / 4610.3013.62.3
May13° / 519.7015.53.6
Jun16° / 12°6211.4016.64.7
Jul18° / 14°6411.3016.25.7
Aug19° / 14°6311.5014.55.8
Sep17° / 12°6410.3012.45.1
Oct13° / 10°7212010.33.6
Nov10° / 6712.90.28.42.0
Dec / 6211.90.87.41.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% 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 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23664
33763
43763
53961
63862
73862
83763
93862
103763
113763
123565
133664
143466
153466
163268
173070
183070
192971
202971
212971
223070
233070
243169
253169
263169
273169
283268
293268
303268
313367

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Skegness gets around 62 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 (%)
1402
2402
3392
4392
5392
6382
7382
8382
9382
10382
11382
12382
13382
14382
15392
16392
17392
18392
19392
20392
21393
22393
23393
24393
25403
26403
27403
28403
29403
30413
31413

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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3100
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29100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 24 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 25 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
224breezy
324breezy
424breezy
524breezy
624breezy
724breezy
824breezy
924breezy
1024breezy
1124breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of December to 7 h 24 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 7:58 AM to 8:21 AM, and sunset from 3:39 PM to 3:43 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.77:583:39
27.68:003:38
37.68:013:37
47.68:023:37
57.58:043:36
67.58:053:36
77.58:063:35
87.58:073:35
97.48:093:35
107.48:103:35
117.48:113:34
127.48:123:34
137.48:133:34
147.38:143:34
157.38:143:34
167.38:153:34
177.38:163:35
187.38:173:35
197.38:173:35
207.38:183:35
217.38:183:36
227.38:193:36
237.38:193:37
247.38:203:37
257.38:203:38
267.38:203:39
277.38:213:39
287.38:213:40
297.38:213:41
307.38:213:42
317.48:213:43

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.57 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Skegness?

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 Skegness.

What to pack for Skegness in December

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

In December, Skegness sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 4°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 Skegness in December

The nearest coast averages about 7°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 5°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec7Bracing

UV index in Skegness 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 Skegness peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 11UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Skegness?

Skegness sits at 53.1°N, 0.3°E, 6 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Boston, 31 km away.

Topography around Skegness

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Skegness has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Skegness is covered by water (33%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, water (56%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
100 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Boston 31 km · Louth 34 km · King's Lynn 44 km · Spalding 51 km · Sleaford 52 km · Cleethorpes 52 km · Grimsby 54 km · Wisbech 54 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 Skegness (53.1436°, 0.3363°, elevation 6 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).