The Warmest Places In Britain

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If you are fed up of the cold and wet weather then why not take a look at our latest infographic that reveals the warmest and driest places in the UK.

By using figures available from the Met Office, we ranked cities by warmth using a single combined metric based on maximum average temperature, dry days and total rainfall.

Those living in London should slap on the sun factor as the English capital beat all other UK cities to claim the hot top spot. This is thanks to a maximum temperature of 15.3 degrees celsius, 256 dry days and only 557 mm of rainfall annually.

Other cities that made the top 5 include: Cambridge, Chelmsford, Worcester and Canterbury.

Come summer these areas will certainly need to consider rainwater harvesting given the looming hosepipe ban!

On the other hand, those living in Glasgow should wrap up warm and always think about carrying an umbrella. The Scottish city has won the title of coldest and wettest city in the UK.

Glasgow has a maximum average temperature of just 12.2 degrees Celsius, experiences 195 dry days and receives 1,124 mm of rainfall annually, more than double the amount of rainfall received in London.

Those looking for warmth should also avoid St Davids, Newry, Leeds and Bradford. These cities join Glasgow and make the top 5 coldest cities in the UK.

Take a look at your city below and see how it compares? Are your surprised by the results? Only cities with a complete available data set have been included.

warmest cities

Use the interactive table below, pressing the arrows on the column headings, to rank cities by maximum average temperature, rainfall, dry days or our combined Warmth Index!

City	Max. Temp (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Dry days (less 1mm of rain)	Freeflush Warmth Index
Aberdeen	12	815	226	0.48
Bangor (Gwynedd)	13.7	1100	215	0.38
Bath	14.3	814	234	0.58
Belfast	13.4	944	210	0.42
Birmingham	13.5	805	234	0.56
Bristol	14.2	802	239	0.60
Cambridge	14.5	568	258	0.94
Canterbury	14.7	646	255	0.83
Cardiff	14.7	1152	216	0.39
Chelmsford	14.6	592	257	0.90
Chester	14	726	230	0.63
Coventry	13.8	700	242	0.68
Derby	13.4	709	241	0.65
Derry/Londonderry	13	853	195	0.42
Dundee	12.4	722	241	0.59
Durham	12.9	651	243	0.69
Edinburgh	12.7	704	241	0.62
Ely	14.7	1152	216	0.39
Exeter	14.8	785	244	0.66
Glasgow	12.2	1124	195	0.30
Gloucester	14.7	843	219	0.55
Hereford	14.1	665	250	0.76
Inverness	12.5	733	222	0.54
Kingston Upon Hull	14	680	242	0.71
Leeds	11.8	1024	213	0.35
Leicester	13.8	675	244	0.71
Lichfield	13.8	675	240	0.69
Lincoln	13.5	615	250	0.78
Lisburn	12.4	902	210	0.41
Liverpool	13.2	837	221	0.50
London	15.3	557	256	1.00
Manchester	13.2	867	213	0.46
Newcastle Upon Tyne	12.1	597	256	0.74
Newport	14.8	1077	230	0.45
Newry	12.3	1019	198	0.34
Norwich	13.8	674	242	0.71
Nottingham	13.4	709	241	0.65
Oxford	14.6	660	250	0.79
Perth	12.8	811	232	0.52
Peterborough	13.7	609	252	0.81
Plymouth	14.5	699	256	0.76
Portsmouth	14.5	699	256	0.76
Preston	13.9	1034	212	0.41
Ripon	13.4	643	247	0.73
Salford	13.2	867	213	0.46
Salisbury	14.1	749	243	0.65
Sheffield	13.4	835	233	0.53
Southampton	15.1	779	250	0.69
St Albans	13.7	712	247	0.68
St Asaph	13.4	814	219	0.51
St David	12.6	1138	214	0.34
Stirling	12.9	1019	218	0.39
Stoke on Trent	12.6	806	221	0.49
Sunderland	12.1	597	256	0.74
Swansea	13.5	999	217	0.42
Truro	13.4	1061	214	0.38
Wakefield	13.6	603	251	0.81
Wells	14.6	709	243	0.71
Winchester	14.6	747	249	0.69
Wolverhampton	13.7	681	240	0.69
Worcester	14.5	606	251	0.86
York	13.6	626	248	0.77
Bradford	11.8	1024	213	0.35