Musselburgh Sea Temperature in December

Looking to find out what the average sea water temperature in Musselburgh is for December? Find out what the lowest, highest, and average water temperatures are for Musselburgh over the past 10 years.

Average water temperature in Musselburgh for December

The average, high, and low temperatures below should help you if you can swim in the water in Musselburgh in December.

8.29° C

(46.92° F)

  • highest: 10.22° C (50.4° F)
  • lowest: 6.26° C (43.27° F)

This water is very cold and can cause pain. We don't recommend you swim in this temperature for anything other than very short swims of 5 to 10 minutes unless you are a very experienced cold water swimmer.

Water temperature range by day in December in Musselburgh

The chart below shows the range of low and high temperatures by day for the month of December in Musselburgh.

Water temperatures for December in Musselburgh in recent years

Day 2024 2023 2022 2021
1 0° C 8.82° C 10.2° C 9.25° C
2 0° C 8.7° C 10.16° C 9.06° C
3 0° C 8.74° C 10.12° C 8.86° C
4 0° C 8.55° C 10.02° C 8.74° C
5 0° C 8.31° C 9.97° C 8.61° C
6 0° C 8.19° C 9.87° C 8.49° C
7 0° C 8.2° C 9.75° C 8.37° C
8 0° C 8.36° C 9.62° C 8.28° C
9 0° C 8.18° C 9.52° C 8.1° C
10 0° C 8° C 9.45° C 7.84° C
11 0° C 7.92° C 9.34° C 7.86° C
12 0° C 7.9° C 9.18° C 8.17° C
13 0° C 7.85° C 9.01° C 8.26° C
14 0° C 7.96° C 8.84° C 8.34° C
15 0° C 8.37° C 8.75° C 8.02° C
16 0° C 8.64° C 8.72° C 8.04° C
17 0° C 8.4° C 8.5° C 7.94° C
18 0° C 8.67° C 8.36° C 7.49° C
19 0° C 8.56° C 8.19° C 7.58° C
20 0° C 8.65° C 8.1° C 7.95° C
21 0° C 8.89° C 8.08° C 8.03° C
22 0° C 8.88° C 8.07° C 7.99° C
23 0° C 8.64° C 7.88° C 7.86° C
24 0° C 8.68° C 7.65° C 7.73° C
25 0° C 8.69° C 7.71° C 7.61° C
26 0° C 8.58° C 7.74° C 7.53° C
27 0° C 8.46° C 7.68° C 7.37° C
28 0° C 8.18° C 7.63° C 7.38° C
29 0° C 8.03° C 7.69° C 7.43° C
30 0° C 7.84° C 7.79° C 7.37° C
31 0° C 7.63° C 7.69° C 7.51° C

Water temperature in December for locations near Musselburgh

Portobello

United Kingdom, Europe

2.21 miles away

Cockenzie

United Kingdom, Europe

4.01 miles away

Leith

United Kingdom, Europe

4.93 miles away

Edinburgh

United Kingdom, Europe

5.26 miles away

Kinghorn

United Kingdom, Europe

10.07 miles away

Burntisland

United Kingdom, Europe

10.66 miles away

Data source and citation

Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Musselburgh comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and their 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature.

The water temperature data is constructed by combining observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys, and Argo floats) on a regular global grid. A spatially complete sea surface temperature map is then built by interpolating to fill in gaps in the data.

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  • "Musselburgh Sea Temperature in December". SeaTemperatures.net. Accessed on April 28, 2024. http://seatemperatures.net/europe/united-kingdom/musselburgh-december-temperature/.

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