Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in United Kingdom in January

In January, average daytime highs across the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom range from 5.2°C in East Kilbride to 8.7°C in Plymouth. Monthly rainfall ranges from 48 mm in Scunthorpe to 128 mm in Swansea.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

City by city

January in United Kingdom

1991–2020

Average January climate for cities in United Kingdom, 1991–2020
City	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm	Rain days
London	7.3°C2.1°C	2.1°C	55	10.9
Birmingham	6.5°C1.7°C	1.7°C	55	12.3
Glasgow	5.8°C1.4°C	1.4°C	116	16.7
Manchester	6.4°C1.7°C	1.7°C	88	15.0
Sheffield	6.7°C2.1°C	2.1°C	62	12.9
Leeds	6.6°C1.9°C	1.9°C	60	12.7
Edinburgh	5.8°C1.9°C	1.9°C	74	14.0
Liverpool	6.9°C3.1°C	3.1°C	91	16.3
Bristol	7.5°C2.7°C	2.7°C	67	12.4
Cardiff	7.4°C3.3°C	3.3°C	95	14.5
Leicester	6.8°C2.0°C	2.0°C	50	12.0
Bradford	6.1°C1.6°C	1.6°C	73	14.1
Belfast	7.5°C3.9°C	3.9°C	77	14.2
Coventry	6.7°C1.9°C	1.9°C	54	11.9
Nottingham	6.8°C1.9°C	1.9°C	50	11.7
Reading	7.2°C2.3°C	2.3°C	55	11.0
Kingston upon Hull	6.8°C2.4°C	2.4°C	54	11.6
Preston	6.6°C2.5°C	2.5°C	102	16.5
Swansea	7.7°C4.0°C	4.0°C	128	17.0
Newcastle upon Tyne	6.2°C2.1°C	2.1°C	53	12.2
Southend-on-Sea	7.2°C3.3°C	3.3°C	67	13.3
Brighton	7.7°C3.9°C	3.9°C	90	14.1
Derby	6.6°C1.9°C	1.9°C	55	12.3
Southampton	7.8°C3.5°C	3.5°C	67	11.5
Wolverhampton	6.3°C1.6°C	1.6°C	55	12.3
Plymouth	8.7°C4.9°C	4.9°C	102	15.5
Stoke-on-Trent	6.4°C1.7°C	1.7°C	61	12.7
Milton Keynes	6.7°C1.8°C	1.8°C	53	11.4
Northampton	6.7°C1.8°C	1.8°C	52	11.6
Oldham	5.6°C1.1°C	1.1°C	81	14.4
Bexley	7.5°C2.6°C	2.6°C	51	10.8
Luton	6.7°C1.8°C	1.8°C	52	11.0
Barking	7.4°C2.5°C	2.5°C	53	10.7
Archway	7.0°C2.2°C	2.2°C	55	10.9
Portsmouth	7.9°C3.7°C	3.7°C	83	13.4
Swindon	6.8°C1.9°C	1.9°C	62	11.5
Dudley	6.4°C1.6°C	1.6°C	55	12.3
Aberdeen	6.3°C3.4°C	3.4°C	70	14.1
Sutton	7.2°C2.1°C	2.1°C	58	11.3
St Helens	6.9°C2.6°C	2.6°C	79	15.0
Ipswich	7.0°C2.8°C	2.8°C	60	12.1
Wigan	6.8°C2.3°C	2.3°C	79	15.0
Croydon	7.2°C2.3°C	2.3°C	53	10.7
Warrington	6.8°C2.2°C	2.2°C	83	15.1
Walsall	6.6°C1.8°C	1.8°C	55	12.3
Mansfield	6.3°C1.5°C	1.5°C	53	12.0
Sunderland	6.5°C2.2°C	2.2°C	53	12.2
Ilford	7.3°C2.6°C	2.6°C	53	10.7
Slough	7.3°C2.3°C	2.3°C	55	10.9
Bournemouth	8.1°C4.5°C	4.5°C	71	12.3
Peterborough, United Kingdom	7.1°C2.1°C	2.1°C	49	11.4
Oxford	7.0°C2.1°C	2.1°C	54	10.8
Newport	7.6°C2.7°C	2.7°C	77	13.4
Enfield Town	7.2°C2.4°C	2.4°C	51	11.0
York	6.5°C1.5°C	1.5°C	54	11.8
Telford	6.1°C1.2°C	1.2°C	54	12.3
Poole	8.2°C4.7°C	4.7°C	71	12.3
Burnley	5.9°C1.3°C	1.3°C	106	15.9
Harrow	7.1°C2.3°C	2.3°C	55	10.9
Huddersfield	6.4°C2.0°C	2.0°C	73	14.1
Dundee, United Kingdom	5.3°C0.9°C	0.9°C	78	13.7
Blackburn	6.0°C1.5°C	1.5°C	103	16.3
Cambridge, United Kingdom	7.2°C2.2°C	2.2°C	50	10.8
Blackpool	6.8°C3.6°C	3.6°C	108	17.0
Basildon	7.2°C3.0°C	3.0°C	49	10.8
Norwich	7.0°C2.5°C	2.5°C	50	11.8
Middlesbrough	6.6°C2.6°C	2.6°C	58	13.1
Bolton	6.2°C1.7°C	1.7°C	83	15.1
Stockport	6.3°C1.7°C	1.7°C	88	15.0
High Wycombe	7.1°C2.1°C	2.1°C	55	11.2
Gloucester, United Kingdom	7.3°C2.3°C	2.3°C	61	11.7
Exeter	8.0°C3.5°C	3.5°C	67	12.2
Colchester	7.1°C3.0°C	3.0°C	57	12.1
Salford	6.4°C1.6°C	1.6°C	88	15.0
Solihull	6.6°C1.8°C	1.8°C	55	12.2
Watford	7.1°C2.3°C	2.3°C	54	11.2
Saint Peters	7.1°C3.8°C	3.8°C	73	13.7
Crawley	7.2°C2.4°C	2.4°C	65	11.4
Burton upon Trent	6.7°C1.9°C	1.9°C	56	12.2
Cheltenham	7.2°C2.2°C	2.2°C	57	11.3
Rotherham	6.8°C2.2°C	2.2°C	53	12.1
Worthing	7.9°C4.1°C	4.1°C	87	13.7
Doncaster	6.8°C1.8°C	1.8°C	53	12.1
Chesterfield	6.5°C1.8°C	1.8°C	64	13.2
Chelmsford	7.2°C2.7°C	2.7°C	50	10.7
Sutton Coldfield	6.5°C1.7°C	1.7°C	55	12.2
Wakefield	6.5°C1.8°C	1.8°C	60	12.7
Walthamstow	7.3°C2.4°C	2.4°C	53	10.7
Dagenham	7.4°C2.7°C	2.7°C	51	10.8
Basingstoke	7.1°C2.1°C	2.1°C	59	11.1
Maidstone	7.5°C2.8°C	2.8°C	56	11.0
Bedford	7.2°C2.2°C	2.2°C	49	10.8
Woking	7.4°C2.2°C	2.2°C	58	10.8
Lincoln, United Kingdom	7.0°C1.9°C	1.9°C	51	11.4
West Bromwich	6.4°C1.6°C	1.6°C	55	12.3
Eastbourne	7.9°C4.9°C	4.9°C	95	14.6
Worcester, United Kingdom	7.2°C2.2°C	2.2°C	54	11.8
Bath	7.2°C2.3°C	2.3°C	68	12.1
Gillingham	7.3°C2.8°C	2.8°C	49	10.8
Rochdale	6.1°C1.4°C	1.4°C	88	15.0
Hemel Hempstead	6.6°C1.9°C	1.9°C	54	11.2
Hayes	7.2°C2.3°C	2.3°C	55	10.9
Harlow	7.0°C2.0°C	2.0°C	51	11.0
Hastings, United Kingdom	7.7°C4.0°C	4.0°C	93	14.4
High Peak	5.2°C0.8°C	0.8°C	80	14.2
Darlington	6.0°C1.5°C	1.5°C	55	12.6
Stevenage	6.9°C1.9°C	1.9°C	52	11.1
Southport	7.1°C3.6°C	3.6°C	108	17.0
Chester	6.9°C2.4°C	2.4°C	62	13.1
Grays	7.4°C2.7°C	2.7°C	51	10.8
Harrogate	5.8°C1.2°C	1.2°C	62	12.8
Hartlepool	6.6°C2.7°C	2.7°C	58	13.2
Nuneaton	6.7°C1.9°C	1.9°C	54	11.9
Redditch	6.6°C1.7°C	1.7°C	54	11.6
Fulham	7.4°C2.3°C	2.3°C	55	10.9
Grimsby	6.9°C2.4°C	2.4°C	49	11.2
Cannock	6.3°C1.6°C	1.6°C	57	12.3
St Albans	6.9°C2.1°C	2.1°C	53	11.0
South Shields	6.7°C2.7°C	2.7°C	53	12.2
Derry	7.1°C3.0°C	3.0°C	87	16.4
Weston-super-Mare	7.9°C3.5°C	3.5°C	71	12.8
Halifax, United Kingdom	6.0°C1.6°C	1.6°C	73	14.1
Tamworth	6.8°C1.9°C	1.9°C	56	12.2
Scunthorpe	6.7°C1.6°C	1.6°C	48	11.3
Stockton-on-Tees	6.6°C2.4°C	2.4°C	58	13.1
Carlisle	5.9°C1.4°C	1.4°C	95	14.9
Rugby	6.5°C1.5°C	1.5°C	54	11.7
Lisburn	7.1°C3.2°C	3.2°C	77	14.2
Paisley	6.1°C1.8°C	1.8°C	125	17.5
Shrewsbury	6.8°C1.7°C	1.7°C	54	12.4
Fylde	6.8°C3.4°C	3.4°C	108	17.0
Crewe	6.5°C1.7°C	1.7°C	57	12.4
Bracknell	7.0°C1.9°C	1.9°C	55	11.0
East Kilbride	5.2°C0.8°C	0.8°C	116	16.7
Hove	7.7°C4.0°C	4.0°C	90	14.1
Aylesbury	6.9°C2.0°C	2.0°C	55	11.2
Purley	7.1°C2.1°C	2.1°C	60	11.4
Guildford	7.5°C2.4°C	2.4°C	58	10.8
Barnsley	6.1°C1.5°C	1.5°C	62	12.9
Lowestoft	7.0°C3.8°C	3.8°C	64	13.1
Maidenhead	7.3°C2.3°C	2.3°C	55	11.0
Stafford	6.7°C1.9°C	1.9°C	57	12.3
Uxbridge	7.2°C2.3°C	2.3°C	55	10.9

A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.