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London weather and daylight, month by month

There is no single best month for London: it depends on whether you want long light evenings, the fewest showers or the lowest chance of a cold day. The table below puts the averages side by side so you can choose. Temperatures, rain and sunshine are Met Office long-term averages for 1991-2020 at the Greenwich, Observatory station[1]. They describe a typical month, not a forecast for your dates.

On those averages, July is the warmest month (a mean daily high of 23.8°C) and January the coldest (8.5°C). November is the wettest by total rainfall (60 mm) and July the driest (36 mm). July has the most sunshine, about 209 hours across the month. Daylight runs from about 7 h 51 in mid-December to about 16 h 37 in mid-June: we calculate it from London's latitude, so it is ours, not a Met Office figure. Further north the swing is bigger: in Inverness it is about 6 h 37 in December and 18 h 00 in June.

Bank holidays are listed because shops, museums and transport can run differently on them and popular places get busier. The dates come from GOV.UK[2]. School holidays also make sights busier; they vary by council, so check the school term dates on GOV.UK. We do not publish crowd scores, because we have no reliable source for them.

London (Greenwich, Observatory): Met Office 1991-2020 averages, with calculated daylight on the 15th of each month
MoisAvg highAvg lowPluieDays with 1 mm+ rainSunshineDaylight, LondonDaylight, InvernessBank holidays (England)Read more
Janvier 8.5°C 3.4°C 44 mm 10.5 44 h 8 h 19 7 h 16 ven. 1 janv. 2027 Où aller en janvier
Février 9.2°C 3.2°C 40 mm 9.2 66 h 9 h 50 9 h 15 Aucun Où aller en février
Mars 12.1°C 4.7°C 37 mm 7.9 110 h 11 h 50 11 h 47 Fri, 26 Mar 2027; Mon, 29 Mar 2027 Où aller en mars
Avril 15.3°C 6.0°C 39 mm 8.1 153 h 13 h 51 14 h 19 Fri, 14 Apr 2028; Mon, 17 Apr 2028 Où aller en avril
mai 18.6°C 9.1°C 44 mm 7.9 199 h 15 h 41 16 h 42 Mon, 3 May 2027; Mon, 31 May 2027 Où aller en mai
Juin 21.4°C 12.0°C 49 mm 7.8 199 h 16 h 37 18 h 00 Aucun Où aller en juin
Juillet 23.8°C 13.9°C 36 mm 7.1 209 h 16 h 06 17 h 16 Aucun Où aller en juillet
Août 23.3°C 14.1°C 53 mm 8.2 198 h 14 h 31 15 h 10 lun., 30 août 2027 Où aller en août
Septembre 20.3°C 11.6°C 52 mm 7.9 141 h 12 h 29 12 h 35 Aucun Où aller en septembre
Octobre 15.8°C 9.0°C 58 mm 10.3 100 h 10 h 29 10 h 05 Aucun Où aller en octobre
Novembre 11.6°C 6.1°C 60 mm 10.6 58 h 8 h 46 7 h 52 Aucun Où aller en novembre
Décembre 8.8°C 3.8°C 51 mm 10.2 50 h 7 h 51 6 h 37 Fri, 25 Dec 2026; Mon, 28 Dec 2026 Où aller en décembre

Bank holidays shown are the next occurrence of each from the current month, from the GOV.UK list bundled at build time. Check the official list before you book.

Beyond London

Warmest and driest places in Britain, by month

If your dates are fixed, the place can still change. This table uses the same Met Office averages for one station in each of the 41 areas we cover and names the warmest and the driest of them in each month. The month pages explain the full ranking, dated events and the outdoor checks behind each suggestion.

Warmest (highest average daily high) and driest (lowest average rainfall) of the regions we cover
MoisLe plus chaudDriestLongest daysMonth guide
Janvier Devon (9.7°C) Newcastle and Gateshead (46 mm) Cornwall (8 h 29) Janvier
Février Devon (9.7°C) Cambridge (36 mm) Cornwall (9 h 56) Février
Mars Windsor (11.7°C) Cambridge (33 mm) Cornwall (11 h 51) Mars
Avril Windsor (15.0°C) Cambridge (38 mm) Orkney (14 h 27) Avril
mai Windsor (18.4°C) Newcastle and Gateshead (42 mm) Orkney (17 h 01) mai
Juin Windsor (21.6°C) Canterbury & Kent (45 mm) Orkney (18 h 28) Juin
Juillet Windsor (23.9°C) The Jurassic Coast (41 mm) Orkney (17 h 40) Juillet
Août Windsor (23.4°C) Windsor (53 mm) Orkney (15 h 22) Août
Septembre Windsor (20.2°C) Newcastle and Gateshead (45 mm) Orkney (12 h 37) Septembre
Octobre Portsmouth and Southampton (15.9°C) Newcastle and Gateshead (55 mm) Cornwall (10 h 33) Octobre
Novembre Devon (12.5°C) Cambridge (53 mm) Cornwall (8 h 55) Novembre
Décembre Devon (10.3°C) Cambridge (49 mm) Cornwall (8 h 03) Décembre

Month-by-month weather for each region

Each page shows temperature, rain, sunshine, daylight, what to pack and bank holidays for every month.

See also when to go, all regions, where to go each month and seasonal guides.

Sources

  1. Met Office: Greenwich, Observatory location-specific long-term averages (1991-2020), and the matching Met Office station page for each region, read on 25 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. GOV.UK: UK bank holidays.

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