United Kingdom · typical climate
Where to find sun from London
London is mild, cloudy and rarely extreme. Winter days sit around 8°, summer days in the low 20s. The rest of southern England is the same system with more or less rain.
What you can reach
About 2 hours by car: Coventry (about 2 h), Reading (about 51 min), Southend-on-Sea (about 50 min), Brighton (about 1 h).
Further, still inside 5 hours: Birmingham (about 2 h 15), Manchester (about 3 h 45), Bristol (about 2 h 30), Nottingham (about 2 h 30), Kingston upon Hull (about 3 h 30).
Inside a 4-hour door-to-door flight, and too far for that drive: Nantes, Brest, Cork, Hamburg. Four hours door to door reaches Brittany and Ireland. That is another coastline. In winter it is still not warm, and the Canaries are a longer flight.
Car times are the straight-line estimate SunFinder starts from (~70 km/h), before a routed drive. A mountain road or a ferry takes longer. The flight circle is the same 4-hour limit the tool uses.
When to stay
The coast is not sunnier in a way you can plan, and Wales is wetter. Across the Channel you are in northern France, which is not a new season. A dry weekend in the city is a reason to stay.
Crossing the water
Dover to Calais, or the tunnel, lands in northern France. The crossing is real. The climate on the far side is not.
Typical daytime high
Rounded long-term average for London. Not this week’s forecast.
This weekend, by car
A live SunFinder check from London, within about 5 hours. This is the forecast. The climate above does not change with it.
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