December in London - London Weather and Events Guide

Christmas Lights

December Weather

• Average High: 43°F (6°C)
• Average Low: 39°F (4°C)
• Average wet days: 15 days
• Average daily sunshine: 1.75 hours

What To Wear

• Wrap up warm!

December Highlights

Any Public Holidays?

• Bank Holidays: 25 December (Christmas Day)
• Bank Holidays: 26 December or 27 December (Boxing Day) (first weekday after Christmas Day)

December Annual Events

• Christmas Lights in the West End:
• London Christmas Lights
  • Oxford Street (from mid-November)
    
  • and Regent Street (from mid-November)
• Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree Lighting (1st Thursday in December)
  
  
• The Great Christmas Pudding Race (Saturday in early December)
  
  
• Spitalfields Winter Festival (week in mid-December)
  
  
• Trafalgar Square Christmas Carols (2 weeks in December)
  
  
• London International Horse Show (week in December)
  
  
• Bankside Frost Fair (long weekend in mid-December)
  
  
• Ice Skating Rinks across London (late November to January)
  
  
• 'January' Shopping Sales:
  
  • Harrods
    
  • John Lewis
    
  • Liberty
    (from 28 December)
  • and most other shops
• Christmas Eve (24 December)
  
  
• Peter Pan Swimming Cup - Serpentine, Hyde Park (9am, 25 December)
  
  
• New Year's Eve celebrations (31 December)

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