Tiverton weather in December

In December, Tiverton sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 80 mm of precipitation across 13.3 wet days and about 7.8 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 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Tiverton's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tiverton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
80 mm
13.3 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:18 AM – 4:02 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Tiverton is town in Devon, England.

Density
312/km²
people per km²

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 Tiverton reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°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 12°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 Tiverton

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 22 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
22
wind chill below the day's low

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

Tiverton 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 / 7013.30.98.21.0
Feb / 5811.10.89.71.1
Mar10° / 6011.90.511.51.9
Apr12° / 6511.80.213.52.9
May15° / 6411.8015.34.1
Jun17° / 11°6811.7016.25.2
Jul19° / 13°6811.8015.85.8
Aug19° / 13°7111.6014.35.7
Sep17° / 11°5910.9012.45.2
Oct14° / 7813.8010.43.5
Nov10° / 7813.60.18.72.1
Dec / 8013.30.37.81.2

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 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32872
42872
52872
62773
72773
82773
92773
102674
112674
122575
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312575

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Tiverton gets around 80 mm of rain and snow over 13.3 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1421
2421
3421
4421
5411
6411
7411
8411
9411
10411
11421
12421
13421
14421
15431
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18431
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27451
28451
29451
30452
31452

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
2100
3100
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27100
28100
29100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 19 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
719light breeze
819light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:02 AM to 8:24 AM, and sunset from 4:05 PM to 4:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:024:05
28.08:044:04
38.08:054:04
48.08:064:03
57.98:074:03
67.98:094:03
77.98:104:02
87.98:114:02
97.88:124:02
107.88:134:02
117.88:144:02
127.88:154:02
137.88:164:02
147.88:174:02
157.78:174:02
167.78:184:02
177.78:194:02
187.78:204:02
197.78:204:03
207.78:214:03
217.78:214:04
227.78:224:04
237.78:224:04
247.78:234:05
257.78:234:06
267.78:234:06
277.78:244:07
287.78:244:08
297.78:244:08
307.88:244:09
317.88:244:10

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.68 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.3 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.68 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 Tiverton?

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

1.2
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 Tiverton.

What to pack for Tiverton in December

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

In December, Tiverton sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Tiverton in December

The nearest coast averages about 11°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 32 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 9°C.

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

10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Tiverton 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 Tiverton peaks around August 13 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 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Tiverton?

Tiverton sits at 50.9°N, 3.5°W, 63 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Exeter, 20 km away.

Topography around Tiverton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tiverton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 338 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 650 m.

The land around Tiverton is covered by grassland (53%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
185 m
16 km
338 m
80 km
650 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Exeter 20 km · Heavitree 20 km · Taunton 30 km · Exmouth 32 km · Newton Abbot 42 km · Bridgwater 42 km · Barnstaple 44 km · Torquay 49 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 Tiverton (50.9024°, -3.4923°, elevation 63 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).