Rainy-day ideas
Cardiff when it rains
18 indoor places from our Cardiff guide, grouped by area. Tagged by type of place (museums, galleries, theatres, libraries and similar), so check opening times and booking with each venue. Month-by-month weather
Indoor options by area
Cardiff Bay (5)
- BayArtGallery
- Norwegian Church Arts CentreArts center
- SeneddParliament
- TechniquestScience center
- Wales Millennium Centre (Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru)Arts center
Cathays Park and Roath (5)
- Cardiff M.A.D.E.Gallery
- National Museum Cardiff (Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd)Museum
- New TheatreTheater
- Sherman TheatreTheater
- The Gate Arts CentreArts center
Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff (5)
- Chapter Arts CentreArts center
- Llandaff Cathedral (Eglwys Gadeiriol Llandaf)Cathedral
- Museum of Welsh CricketMuseum
- Oriel CanfasGallery
- St Fagans National Museum of History (Sain Ffagan)Open-air museum
City centre and Cardiff Castle (3)
Dry or bright day? Outdoor picks
The same tagging in reverse: 10 parks, gardens, streets, bridges, viewpoints and similar places that are best when it is dry.
Cathays Park and Roath (4)
Pontcanna, Canton and Llandaff (3)
Cardiff Bay (2)
- Cardiff Bay Wetlands ReserveNature reserve
- Mermaid QuayWaterfront
City centre and Cardiff Castle (1)
Places are tagged from their type and a short list of manual overrides (src/data/weather-fit.json). Anything we cannot place with confidence, such as colleges, castles and mixed sites, is not listed. This is not a weather forecast.