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Achnasheen in December

Chilly and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Achnasheen is chilly: highs near 47°F, lows near 36°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.December in Achnasheen is chilly: highs near 8°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
47°F8°Caverage
Low
36°F2°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 69% of days
Daylight
6h 41mon average

Is December a good time to visit Achnasheen?

December sits outside Achnasheen's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 47°F in December, against 46°F to 65°F through the year.Highs near 8°C in December, against 8°C to 18°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

69% of days in December, against 62% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

78% cover in December, against 66% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

6h 41m in December, against 6h 41m to 17h 55m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November51°11°low 40°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December47°8°low 36°low 2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January46°8°low 35°low 2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Achnasheen sits, in December

Europe/London
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
8:58 AMsets 3:37 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dornoch97 km north-east

The land around Achnasheen, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United Kingdom in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Achnasheen

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Achnasheen. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (304 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (304 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.