Ideal weather days in London
The best time to visit London for warm, dry weather is June, July and August, with 20 to 24 such days a month.
How many days here suit you?
Set your ideal day. Each day measured at London's weather station in 2023–2025 is checked against it.
They're most common in June, July and August.
This station doesn't record cloud cover, so the sky setting is left out here.
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Your ideal days in London, month by month
Why the other days don't count
- Too cold237
- Too wet116
- Too windy51
- Too hot0
A day can fail more than one test.
Warm and dry, beach and mild days
With the Warm & dry preset (a high of 18–33 °C, no more than 1 mm of rain, wind under 20 km/h), London averaged 102 days a year in 2023–2025. Every number here is counted from real measured days in the United Kingdom, not from climate averages.
Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in June (up to 7 a month, 15 a year). Mild, still days (16–26 °C, light wind) are most common in May (up to 13 a month, 60 a year).
What spoils the other days
Most of the days that don't count are too cold (a high under 18 °C): 237 a year, mostly in October to April. Another 116 are wet (more than 1 mm of rain), mostly in July and September to April. A day can fail more than one test.
London weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Rain days | Windy days | Clear days | Warm & dry days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 °C 45 °F | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 of 31 |
| February | 10 °C 49 °F | 10 | 6 | 5 | 0 of 28 |
| March | 12 °C 54 °F | 13 | 4 | 5 | 0 of 31 |
| April | 14 °C 56 °F | 11 | 5 | 6 | 3 of 30 |
| May | 18 °C 64 °F | 7 | 2 | 6 | 12 of 31 |
| June | 22 °C 72 °F | 6 | 1 | 8 | 20 of 30 |
| July | 22 °C 72 °F | 11 | 3 | 4 | 21 of 31 |
| August | 22 °C 72 °F | 7 | 1 | 7 | 24 of 31 |
| September | 19 °C 66 °F | 10 | 2 | 9 | 17 of 30 |
| October | 15 °C 59 °F | 15 | 2 | 7 | 5 of 31 |
| November | 11 °C 52 °F | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 of 30 |
| December | 10 °C 50 °F | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 of 31 |
| Year | 130 | 51 | 68 | 102 of 365 |
Typical high is the median daily maximum. A rain day has 1 mm or more; a windy day a mean wind above 20 km/h; a clear day a daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average (9:00–17:00). Days are averaged over 2023–2025 and scaled to the length of each month.
Year by year
- 2023 103 warm, dry days
- 2024 85 warm, dry days
- 2025 incomplete (8 of 12 months)
Questions
When is the best time to visit London for good weather?
The best time to visit London for warm, dry weather is June, July and August, with 20 to 24 such days a month. Beach days (a high of 26–35 °C, almost no rain, mostly sunny) are most common in June (up to 7 a month, 15 a year). Counted from measured days at Kenley Airfield station, 2023–2025.
Does it rain a lot in London?
On average 130 days a year had 1 mm of rain or more in 2023–2025. The wettest month was December (15 rain days), the driest June (6).
How many sunny days does London get a year?
About 68 days a year had mostly clear skies (daytime cloud cover of 2/8 or less on average, 9:00–17:00), most of them in September (9).
How warm does London get?
The median daily high ranged from 7 °C (45 °F) in January to 22 °C (72 °F) in June.
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- Edinburgh530 km61 days
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Source: Kenley Airfield weather station (03781099999), 24 km from the centre of London, 170 m above sea level. Daily records from NOAA's Global Surface Summary of the Day, 2023–2025; 86% of days have a complete record. A single station may not represent every part of a city, and three years is a short record.