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United Kingdom's national averages run from 7 °C in January to 19 °C in July, with rainfall between 61 mm in April and 113 mm in October and 1.4–6.7 hours of sun a day. Against the default preferences (under 2.7 mm of rain a day, at least 6 hours of sun), the strongest months are July, April and May. Its 232 regions span 10–15 °C in annual mean temperature, so the national figure hides a good deal.
- Capital
- London
- Region
- Europe
- TZ
- Europe/London
- Area
- 240,642 km²
Best months to visit
When United Kingdom shines
Climate at a glance · 10-year ERA5
A decade of weather, in one page
— daytime high— overnight low▬ typical range
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| Month | Average daytime high (°C) | Average overnight low (°C) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7 | 2.4 | -1.9 | 10.6 |
| February | 7.7 | 2.9 | -1.1 | 11.8 |
| March | 9.2 | 3.5 | -0.3 | 13.6 |
| April | 11.5 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 16.6 |
| May | 15.0 | 7.7 | 3.4 | 19.7 |
| June | 17.6 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 23.1 |
| July | 19.0 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 24.1 |
| August | 18.8 | 12.3 | 9.3 | 22.8 |
| September | 16.7 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 21.0 |
| October | 13.2 | 8.1 | 3.7 | 16.7 |
| November | 9.4 | 4.9 | -0.1 | 13.2 |
| December | 7.7 | 3.8 | -1.3 | 11.6 |
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| Month | Rainfall (mm) |
|---|---|
| January | 92 |
| February | 91 |
| March | 85 |
| April | 61 |
| May | 69 |
| June | 82 |
| July | 88 |
| August | 89 |
| September | 95 |
| October | 113 |
| November | 98 |
| December | 107 |
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| Month | Sunshine hours (hr / day) |
|---|---|
| January | 2.0 |
| February | 3.1 |
| March | 4.4 |
| April | 6.2 |
| May | 6.7 |
| June | 6.2 |
| July | 5.5 |
| August | 5.1 |
| September | 4.2 |
| October | 3.0 |
| November | 2.2 |
| December | 1.4 |
— average▬ typical range
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| Month | Average wind speed (km/h) | Typical low | Typical high |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17.7 | 9.5 | 28.8 |
| February | 19.6 | 10.3 | 30.3 |
| March | 16.8 | 9.1 | 27.7 |
| April | 14.7 | 8.6 | 22.8 |
| May | 13.7 | 8.1 | 21.6 |
| June | 14.2 | 7.9 | 22.8 |
| July | 13.5 | 8.1 | 20.6 |
| August | 14.4 | 8.1 | 22.8 |
| September | 15.1 | 8.3 | 23.7 |
| October | 17.0 | 9.2 | 25.3 |
| November | 16.9 | 9.3 | 26.7 |
| December | 17.9 | 8.9 | 28.9 |
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What’s open · year round
Things to do in United Kingdom
Nothing on this list closes for the season in United Kingdom, but every one of them has a window worth aiming for.
- LimitedWalking in the western Highlands and Skye
Limited June–August · at its best April–May, September–October
Sources: wildernessscotland.com, outdoorscot.co.uk
- At its best
Opening seasons are checked by hand against the operators and parks themselves, not derived from the climate figures on this page. Last reviewed 2026-08-28. Dates move — confirm before you book.
232 regions
United Kingdom, taken apart
- Aberdeen6–17 °C yr
- Aberdeenshire6–17 °C yr
- Anglesey8–19 °C yr
- Angus5–18 °C yr
- Antrim7–18 °C yr
- Ards8–17 °C yr
- Argyll and Bute7–16 °C yr
- Armagh7–19 °C yr
- Ballymena7–18 °C yr
- Ballymoney7–17 °C yr
- Banbridge7–18 °C yr
- Barking and Dagenham8–22 °C yr
- Barnet7–22 °C yr
- Barnsley6–20 °C yr
- Bath and North East Somerset8–21 °C yr
- Bedford7–23 °C yr
- Belfast8–18 °C yr
- Bexley8–22 °C yr
- Birmingham7–22 °C yr
- Blackburn with Darwen7–19 °C yr
- Blackpool7–18 °C yr
- Blaenau Gwent7–20 °C yr
- Bolton7–20 °C yr
- Bournemouth8–21 °C yr
- Bracknell Forest7–22 °C yr
- Bradford6–19 °C yr
- Brent7–22 °C yr
- Bridgend8–19 °C yr
- Brighton and Hove8–19 °C yr
- Bristol8–22 °C yr
- Bromley7–22 °C yr
- Buckinghamshire7–22 °C yr
- Bury6–19 °C yr
- Caerphilly7–20 °C yr
- Calderdale6–19 °C yr
- Cambridgeshire7–23 °C yr
- Camden7–22 °C yr
- Cardiff8–20 °C yr
- Carmarthenshire8–19 °C yr
- Carrickfergus8–16 °C yr
- Castlereagh8–18 °C yr
- Central Bedfordshire7–23 °C yr
- Ceredigion7–19 °C yr
- Cheshire East7–20 °C yr
- Cheshire West and Chester7–20 °C yr
- Clackmannanshire6–19 °C yr
- Coleraine8–17 °C yr
- Conwy7–19 °C yr
- Cornwall9–19 °C yr
- Coventry7–22 °C yr
- Craigavon7–19 °C yr
- Croydon7–22 °C yr
- Cumbria6–18 °C yr
- Darlington6–20 °C yr
- Denbighshire7–19 °C yr
- Derby7–21 °C yr
- Derbyshire6–20 °C yr
- Derry7–18 °C yr
- Devon8–20 °C yr
- Doncaster7–21 °C yr
- Dorset8–21 °C yr
- Down8–17 °C yr
- Dudley7–21 °C yr
- Dumfries and Galloway6–18 °C yr
- Dundee6–19 °C yr
- Dungannon and South Tyrone7–18 °C yr
- Durham6–19 °C yr
- Ealing7–22 °C yr
- East Ayrshire6–17 °C yr
- East Dunbartonshire6–18 °C yr
- East Lothian6–17 °C yr
- East Renfrewshire7–18 °C yr
- East Riding of Yorkshire7–20 °C yr
- East Sussex8–21 °C yr
- Edinburgh6–18 °C yr
- Enfield7–23 °C yr
- Essex7–22 °C yr
- Falkirk6–19 °C yr
- Fermanagh7–18 °C yr
- Fife7–19 °C yr
- Flintshire7–20 °C yr
- Gateshead7–20 °C yr
- Glasgow6–18 °C yr
- Gloucestershire7–22 °C yr
- Greenwich8–23 °C yr
- Gwynedd7–18 °C yr
- Hackney8–23 °C yr
- Halton7–19 °C yr
- Halton8–20 °C yr
- Hammersmith and Fulham7–22 °C yr
- Hampshire8–22 °C yr
- Haringey8–23 °C yr
- Harrow7–22 °C yr
- Hartlepool7–19 °C yr
- Havering8–22 °C yr
- Herefordshire7–21 °C yr
- Hertfordshire7–22 °C yr
- Highland5–16 °C yr
- Hillingdon7–22 °C yr
- Hounslow7–22 °C yr
- Inverclyde6–18 °C yr
- Isle of Wight8–21 °C yr
- Isles of Scilly10–18 °C yr
- Islington8–23 °C yr
- Kensington and Chelsea7–22 °C yr
- Kent8–22 °C yr
- Kingston upon Hull7–21 °C yr
- Kingston upon Thames7–22 °C yr
- Kirklees6–19 °C yr
- Knowsley8–20 °C yr
- Lambeth8–23 °C yr
- Lancashire7–19 °C yr
- Larne7–17 °C yr
- Leeds7–20 °C yr
- Leicester7–22 °C yr
- Leicestershire7–22 °C yr
- Lewisham8–23 °C yr
- Limavady7–17 °C yr
- Lincolnshire7–22 °C yr
- Lisburn8–18 °C yr
- Liverpool7–19 °C yr
- London8–23 °C yr
- Luton7–22 °C yr
- Magherafelt7–18 °C yr
- Manchester7–20 °C yr
- Medway7–22 °C yr
- Merseyside8–20 °C yr
- Merthyr Tydfil7–20 °C yr
- Merton7–22 °C yr
- Mid Ulster7–18 °C yr
- Middlesbrough7–19 °C yr
- Midlothian6–18 °C yr
- Milton Keynes7–22 °C yr
- Monmouthshire8–21 °C yr
- Moray5–17 °C yr
- Moyle8–16 °C yr
- Neath Port Talbot7–19 °C yr
- Newcastle upon Tyne7–20 °C yr
- Newham8–23 °C yr
- Newport8–21 °C yr
- Newry and Mourne8–18 °C yr
- Newtownabbey7–18 °C yr
- Norfolk7–21 °C yr
- North Ayrshire7–18 °C yr
- North Down8–16 °C yr
- North East Lincolnshire7–21 °C yr
- North Lanarkshire6–18 °C yr
- North Lincolnshire7–21 °C yr
- North Somerset8–21 °C yr
- North Tyneside7–20 °C yr
- North Yorkshire6–19 °C yr
- Northamptonshire7–22 °C yr
- Northumberland6–18 °C yr
- Nottingham7–22 °C yr
- Nottinghamshire7–22 °C yr
- Oldham6–19 °C yr
- Omagh7–18 °C yr
- Orkney Islands7–14 °C yr
- Outer Hebrides8–16 °C yr
- Oxfordshire7–22 °C yr
- Pembrokeshire9–18 °C yr
- Perth and Kinross5–17 °C yr
- Peterborough7–22 °C yr
- Plymouth8–20 °C yr
- Poole8–21 °C yr
- Portsmouth8–20 °C yr
- Powys6–19 °C yr
- Reading7–22 °C yr
- Redbridge8–23 °C yr
- Redcar and Cleveland7–18 °C yr
- Renfrewshire7–18 °C yr
- Rhondda Cynon Taf7–20 °C yr
- Richmond upon Thames7–22 °C yr
- Rochdale6–19 °C yr
- Rotherham7–21 °C yr
- Rutland7–22 °C yr
- Salford7–20 °C yr
- Sandwell7–21 °C yr
- Scottish Borders5–18 °C yr
- Sefton7–19 °C yr
- Sheffield6–20 °C yr
- Shetland Islands7–13 °C yr
- Shropshire7–20 °C yr
- Slough7–22 °C yr
- Solihull7–22 °C yr
- Somerset8–21 °C yr
- South Ayrshire7–17 °C yr
- South Gloucestershire8–22 °C yr
- South Lanarkshire6–17 °C yr
- South Tyneside7–20 °C yr
- Southampton8–22 °C yr
- Southend-on-Sea7–21 °C yr
- Southwark8–23 °C yr
- Staffordshire7–21 °C yr
- Stirling5–17 °C yr
- Stockport6–20 °C yr
- Stockton-on-Tees7–19 °C yr
- Stoke-on-Trent7–20 °C yr
- Strabane7–18 °C yr
- Suffolk7–21 °C yr
- Sunderland7–20 °C yr
- Surrey8–22 °C yr
- Sutton7–22 °C yr
- Swansea8–19 °C yr
- Swindon7–22 °C yr
- Tameside6–19 °C yr
- Telford and Wrekin7–21 °C yr
- Thurrock8–22 °C yr
- Torbay9–20 °C yr
- Torfaen7–21 °C yr
- Tower Hamlets8–23 °C yr
- Trafford7–20 °C yr
- Vale of Glamorgan8–20 °C yr
- Wakefield7–21 °C yr
- Walsall7–21 °C yr
- Waltham Forest7–23 °C yr
- Wandsworth7–22 °C yr
- Warrington7–20 °C yr
- Warwickshire7–22 °C yr
- West Berkshire7–22 °C yr
- West Dunbartonshire6–18 °C yr
- West Lothian6–18 °C yr
- West Sussex8–21 °C yr
- Westminster7–22 °C yr
- Wigan7–20 °C yr
- Wiltshire8–22 °C yr
- Windsor and Maidenhead7–22 °C yr
- Wokingham7–22 °C yr
- Wolverhampton7–21 °C yr
- Worcestershire7–22 °C yr
- Wrexham7–20 °C yr
- York7–21 °C yr
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Month by month
A year in United Kingdom, in order
- JanJanuary6.7°C · 92 mm · 2.0 hr/day
Around 7 °C with 92 mm of rain and 2.0 hours of sun a day.
Around 7 °C with 92 mm of rain and 2.0 hours of sun a day.
- FebFebruary7.7°C · 91 mm · 3.1 hr/day
Around 8 °C with 91 mm of rain and 3.1 hours of sun a day.
Around 8 °C with 91 mm of rain and 3.1 hours of sun a day.
- MarMarch9.2°C · 85 mm · 4.4 hr/day
Around 9 °C with 84 mm of rain and 4.4 hours of sun a day.
Around 9 °C with 84 mm of rain and 4.4 hours of sun a day.
- AprApril11.5°C · 61 mm · 6.2 hr/day
Around 12 °C with 61 mm of rain and 6.2 hours of sun a day.
Around 12 °C with 61 mm of rain and 6.2 hours of sun a day.
- MayMay15.0°C · 69 mm · 6.7 hr/day
Around 15 °C with 69 mm of rain and 6.7 hours of sun a day.
Around 15 °C with 69 mm of rain and 6.7 hours of sun a day.
- JunJune17.6°C · 82 mm · 6.2 hr/day
Around 18 °C with 82 mm of rain and 6.2 hours of sun a day.
Around 18 °C with 82 mm of rain and 6.2 hours of sun a day.
- JulJuly19.0°C · 88 mm · 5.5 hr/day
Around 19 °C with 88 mm of rain and 5.5 hours of sun a day.
Around 19 °C with 88 mm of rain and 5.5 hours of sun a day.
- AugAugust18.8°C · 89 mm · 5.1 hr/day
Around 19 °C with 89 mm of rain and 5.1 hours of sun a day.
Around 19 °C with 89 mm of rain and 5.1 hours of sun a day.
- SepSeptember16.7°C · 95 mm · 4.2 hr/day
Around 17 °C with 95 mm of rain and 4.2 hours of sun a day.
Around 17 °C with 95 mm of rain and 4.2 hours of sun a day.
- OctOctober13.2°C · 113 mm · 3.0 hr/day
Around 13 °C with 113 mm of rain and 3.0 hours of sun a day.
Around 13 °C with 113 mm of rain and 3.0 hours of sun a day.
- NovNovember9.4°C · 98 mm · 2.2 hr/day
Around 9 °C with 98 mm of rain and 2.2 hours of sun a day.
Around 9 °C with 98 mm of rain and 2.2 hours of sun a day.
- DecDecember7.7°C · 107 mm · 1.4 hr/day
Around 8 °C with 107 mm of rain and 1.4 hours of sun a day.
Around 8 °C with 107 mm of rain and 1.4 hours of sun a day.
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