London month by month
Plan your visit to London by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 7°C
- Low
- 2°C
- Rain
- 69 mm
January is London's least glamorous month, and honestly, the city doesn't try to pretend otherwise. Daytime temperatures sit around 7°C (45°F), dropping close to freezing…
- February
- High
- 10°C
- Low
- 3°C
- Rain
- 54 mm
February is London at its quietest and coldest, and you should know that going in. Daytime temperatures hover around 9.6°C (49°F), dropping to 3.4°C (38°F) after dark, with a…
- March
- High
- 12°C
- Low
- 4°C
- Rain
- 54 mm
March is London's great unsettled month — the one where winter hasn't quite packed up but spring keeps sending advance parties. Daffodils push through across Hyde Park and St.…
- April
- High
- 14°C
- Low
- 5°C
- Rain
- 39 mm
April is when London finally shakes off winter, and you can feel the whole city exhale. Daytime temperatures hover around 14°C (57°F), which sounds modest on paper, but after…
- May
- High
- 18°C
- Low
- 9°C
- Rain
- 63 mm
May is when London finally stops teasing and commits to spring. After months of grey skies and that particular damp chill that seeps through every layer you own, the city wakes up…
- June
- High
- 22°C
- Low
- 12°C
- Rain
- 53 mm
June is when London finally delivers. After months of grey skies and that bone-deep damp that seems to settle into everything, you get proper warmth — daytime highs around 22°C…
- July
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 70 mm
July is London at its warmest and longest — and everyone knows it. Daylight stretches past 9pm, the parks are green and loud with people sprawled across every available patch of…
- August
- High
- 23°C
- Low
- 14°C
- Rain
- 40 mm
August in London is the month the city trades its residents for tourists. Half of London seems to leave for Spain or the South of France, while visitors from everywhere else pour…
- September
- High
- 20°C
- Low
- 12°C
- Rain
- 77 mm
September might be London's best-kept secret among the shoulder months. Schools go back in the first week, and the city shifts almost overnight — the tourist crowds thin out,…
- October
- High
- 16°C
- Low
- 10°C
- Rain
- 87 mm
October is when London settles into autumn properly — the plane trees along the Embankment turn gold, the parks fill with that damp-leaf smell, and the cultural calendar shifts…
- November
- High
- 11°C
- Low
- 6°C
- Rain
- 76 mm
November in London is, frankly, dark. That's the single most important thing to know before you book — by month's end, sunset arrives before 4pm, and the city spends much of its…
- December
- High
- 9°C
- Low
- 5°C
- Rain
- 63 mm
December in London is dark and cold, and you should know that upfront. The sun sets before 4pm for most of the month, temperatures hover around 9°C (48°F) during the day and drop…