According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit the United Kingdom is May to June and September to October. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for the United Kingdom
- Best months
- May to June and September to October
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Europe
What the United Kingdom is best for
Historic castles, museums in Edinburgh and Dundee, scenic Highland road trips, and dramatic lochs.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in the United Kingdom by month
Monthly averages around London; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 4 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| February | about 4 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| March | about 6 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| April | about 9 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| May best | about 12 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| June best | about 16 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| July | about 18 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| August | about 17 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| September best | about 15 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| October best | about 11 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| November | about 7 °C | some rain (75 mm) |
| December | about 5 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about the United Kingdom
- Capital
- London
- Language
- English
- Currency
- British Pound (GBP)
- Time
- UTC+0, UTC+1 in summer
- Plugs
- Type G · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +44
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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