Average January Temperatures in the United Kingdom

Average temperatures for January at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom are listed below in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit.

The tables give the normals for maximum and minimum daily temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020.

Across the UK, January temperatures average a daily high of 7 degrees Celsius (44 degrees Fahrenheit) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F).

Southern England

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
45 35 Birmingham 7 2
45 34 Bristol 7 1
47 38 Dover 8 4
50 44 Isles of Scilly 10 6
47 38 London, Greenwich 8 3
47 36 London, Kew Gardens 9 2
46 35 Norwich 8 2
44 35 Nottingham 7 2
48 40 Plymouth 9 4
48 38 Southampton 9 3
45 34 Stoke-on-Trent 7 1
48 40 Weymouth 9 5
47 36 Worthing 8 2

Northern England

Average daily temperatures in January
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
45 34 Ambleside, Windermere Lake 7 1
45 36 Berwick-upon-Tweed 7 2
45 35 Dumfries 7 2
46 36 Hull 8 2
45 37 Liverpool 7 3
45 34 Manchester 7 1
45 34 Middlesbrough 7 1
47 37 Newcastle upon Tyne 8 3
46 36 Prestwick 8 2
42 32 Rochester, Northumberland Park 6 0
45 36 Sheffield 7 2

Wales

January temperatures: daily averages
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
47 37 Cardiff 9 3
47 37 Harlech 8 3
44 34 Llandrindod Wells 7 1
46 37 Rhyl 8 3
47 40 Swansea 8 4

Scotland

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
44 34 Aberdeen 7 1
44 33 Dundee 7 1
45 35 Edinburgh 7 2
45 36 Glasgow 7 2
45 34 Inverness 7 1
44 36 Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 7 2
43 36 Lerwick, Shetland Islands 6 2
45 37 Stornoway, Outer Hebrides 7 3
46 39 Tiree, Inner Hebrides 8 4

Northern Ireland

Average January temperatures
High °F Low °F Place High °C Low °C
46 36 Armagh 8 2
47 36 Belfast 8 2
46 35 Castlederg 8 2
47 37 Londonderry 8 3
47 39 Warrenpoint  8 4
Reference

Met Office. Research programmes. Climate science. UK Climate Averages.

United Kingdom Temperatures
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