When to go to London: temperature month by month

In London the average temperature goes from 4 °C in January to 18 °C in July. The months when the average is between 15 and 24 °C, generally pleasant for a full day out, are: June, July, August, September.

  1. January4 °C · very cold
  2. February4 °C · very cold
  3. March6 °C · cool
  4. April9 °C · cool
  5. May12 °C · cool
  6. June16 °C · pleasant
  7. July18 °C · pleasant
  8. August17 °C · pleasant
  9. September15 °C · pleasant
  10. October11 °C · cool
  11. November7 °C · cool
  12. December5 °C · cool

This is only the average temperature of the month. We do not show rain, wind or crowds: check the forecast close to your trip and the opening hours of the places.

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Long-term averages calculated from NASA data (POWER project, MERRA-2 reanalysis), on grid cells of about 50 km: they can differ by a degree or two from a weather station and are not a forecast. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science Directorate Applied Science Program.