East London Weather in December
Average highs run from 20°C on December 1 to 21°C on December 31, and lows from 12°C to 14°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 182 mm over about 16 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 21°C
- Average low
- 13°C
- Precipitation
- 182 mm
- Record high
- 38°CDec 23, 1968
- Record low
- 1°CDec 26, 2023
- Daylight
- 14 h 09 min to 14 h 18 min
- Cloud cover
- 70%
- Humidity
- 81%
- Dew point
- 18°C
- Wind
- 22.3 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 20°C | 12°C | 33°C 1984 | 7°C 2004 | 50% |
| Dec 2 | 19°C | 13°C | 31°C 1965 | 6°C 2019 | 52% |
| Dec 3 | 19°C | 13°C | 29°C 1964 | 6°C 2004 | 52% |
| Dec 4 | 20°C | 13°C | 31°C 1990 | 9°C 2010 | 54% |
| Dec 5 | 20°C | 13°C | 30°C 1983 | 8°C 2011 | 53% |
| Dec 6 | 21°C | 13°C | 31°C 1991 | 7°C 2011 | 53% |
| Dec 7 | 20°C | 13°C | 30°C 1972 | 6°C 2002 | 54% |
| Dec 8 | 20°C | 13°C | 37°C 1973 | 6°C 2002 | 54% |
| Dec 9 | 21°C | 14°C | 29°C 1974 | 7°C 2001 | 55% |
| Dec 10 | 20°C | 13°C | 36°C 1957 | 8°C 2007 | 53% |
| Dec 11 | 20°C | 13°C | 30°C 1966 | 7°C 2004 | 52% |
| Dec 12 | 21°C | 13°C | 35°C 1965 | 7°C 2004 | 51% |
| Dec 13 | 21°C | 14°C | 30°C 1964 | 7°C 2002 | 51% |
| Dec 14 | 21°C | 14°C | 31°C 1974 | 7°C 2019 | 51% |
| Dec 15 | 21°C | 13°C | 29°C 1978 | 7°C 2002 | 52% |
| Dec 16 | 21°C | 13°C | 30°C 1983 | 6°C 2002 | 52% |
| Dec 17 | 21°C | 13°C | 32°C 1974 | 7°C 2011 | 51% |
| Dec 18 | 21°C | 13°C | 31°C 1999 | 7°C 2011 | 51% |
| Dec 19 | 21°C | 13°C | 30°C 1998 | 6°C 2003 | 51% |
| Dec 20 | 21°C | 13°C | 32°C 1980 | 5°C 2003 | 52% |
| Dec 21 | 21°C | 14°C | 33°C 1959 | 7°C 2023 | 53% |
| Dec 22 | 21°C | 14°C | 33°C 1987 | 8°C 2008 | 52% |
| Dec 23 | 21°C | 13°C | 38°C 1968 | 6°C 2003 | 52% |
| Dec 24 | 22°C | 14°C | 33°C 1993 | 7°C 2003 | 52% |
| Dec 25 | 21°C | 13°C | 30°C 1977 | 2°C 2001 | 54% |
| Dec 26 | 21°C | 14°C | 34°C 1964 | 1°C 2023 | 54% |
| Dec 27 | 21°C | 14°C | 33°C 1962 | 8°C 2024 | 54% |
| Dec 28 | 21°C | 14°C | 30°C 1966 | 7°C 2004 | 54% |
| Dec 29 | 21°C | 13°C | 28°C 1973 | 6°C 2004 | 52% |
| Dec 30 | 21°C | 14°C | 31°C 1966 | 7°C 2024 | 52% |
| Dec 31 | 21°C | 14°C | 29°C 1964 | 7°C 2007 | 54% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).
- December 1
- sunrise 4:53 AM, sunset 7:02 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 5:02 AM, sunset 7:20 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SF000068858, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.