London · United Kingdom

London in January: every year compared

In January, London averages highs of 7.5 °C and lows of 2.9 °C, with 53 mm of precipitation. The warmest January was 2007 (7.7 °C), the coldest 1963 (-2.5 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 7.5 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 2.9 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 53 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 11

Day by day through January

Normal high and low for each day of January in London.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every January in London, ranked

86 months of January since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 50 of 86 (−1.1 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 4.2 °C · −1.1 °C vs normal · rank 50 of 86

Warmest years

120077.7 °C
220087.5 °C
319757.4 °C
419907.2 °C
519837.1 °C

Coldest years

11963-2.5 °C
21940-0.4 °C
319450.2 °C
419420.2 °C
519790.7 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	4.2 °C	6.6 °C	1.7 °C	77 mm	8 days	4 cm	12 days
2024	5.4 °C	7.9 °C	2.8 °C	55 mm	8 days	0 cm	9 days
2023	5.6 °C	8.4 °C	2.7 °C	56 mm	8 days	2 cm	11 days
2022	5.2 °C	8.2 °C	2.3 °C	17 mm	6 days	0 cm	5 days
2021	4.0 °C	6.2 °C	1.6 °C	110 mm	11 days	4 cm	17 days
2020	7.0 °C	9.4 °C	4.6 °C	50 mm	3 days	0 cm	10 days
2019	4.3 °C	6.7 °C	1.7 °C	24 mm	11 days	3 cm	6 days
2018	6.2 °C	8.8 °C	3.6 °C	59 mm	1 day	2 cm	12 days
2017	3.5 °C	6.6 °C	0.7 °C	64 mm	15 days	5 cm	9 days
2016	6.2 °C	8.6 °C	3.6 °C	73 mm	5 days	1 cm	16 days
2015	5.2 °C	7.9 °C	2.1 °C	68 mm	6 days	1 cm	13 days
2014	6.6 °C	9.2 °C	4.1 °C	103 mm	1 day	0 cm	21 days
2013	4.2 °C	5.9 °C	2.1 °C	43 mm	12 days	13 cm	12 days
2012	6.2 °C	8.7 °C	3.7 °C	41 mm	6 days	0 cm	6 days
2011	4.9 °C	6.8 °C	2.6 °C	75 mm	5 days	1 cm	13 days
2010	2.0 °C	3.9 °C	0.1 °C	39 mm	16 days	13 cm	11 days
2009	3.2 °C	5.5 °C	0.9 °C	54 mm	12 days	1 cm	10 days
2008	7.5 °C	9.6 °C	5.0 °C	69 mm	0 days	0 cm	13 days
2007	7.7 °C	9.9 °C	5.2 °C	51 mm	4 days	1 cm	12 days
2006	4.8 °C	6.8 °C	2.7 °C	15 mm	5 days	0 cm	5 days
2005	6.5 °C	8.9 °C	4.1 °C	22 mm	1 day	0 cm	9 days
2004	5.8 °C	8.0 °C	3.3 °C	75 mm	6 days	2 cm	15 days
2003	4.8 °C	7.0 °C	2.4 °C	58 mm	10 days	2 cm	9 days
2002	6.4 °C	8.4 °C	4.0 °C	43 mm	4 days	0 cm	10 days
2001	4.2 °C	6.3 °C	1.9 °C	76 mm	10 days	1 cm	12 days
2000	5.3 °C	7.7 °C	2.4 °C	14 mm	8 days	0 cm	3 days
1999	6.4 °C	8.6 °C	3.9 °C	71 mm	4 days	1 cm	16 days
1998	5.8 °C	8.0 °C	3.5 °C	70 mm	5 days	0 cm	12 days
1997	2.4 °C	4.3 °C	0.6 °C	7 mm	14 days	3 cm	2 days
1996	4.6 °C	6.2 °C	3.2 °C	38 mm	3 days	1 cm	7 days
1995	5.3 °C	8.0 °C	2.7 °C	96 mm	7 days	0 cm	13 days
1994	6.0 °C	8.1 °C	3.1 °C	63 mm	5 days	0 cm	15 days
1993	6.7 °C	9.1 °C	3.9 °C	52 mm	6 days	0 cm	14 days
1992	4.1 °C	6.2 °C	1.8 °C	15 mm	9 days	0 cm	5 days
1991	4.3 °C	6.2 °C	2.1 °C	58 mm	7 days	0 cm	12 days
1990	7.2 °C	9.1 °C	4.6 °C	60 mm	0 days	0 cm	14 days
1989	6.0 °C	8.5 °C	3.0 °C	28 mm	6 days	0 cm	5 days
1988	6.0 °C	8.0 °C	3.7 °C	113 mm	2 days	2 cm	21 days
1987	0.9 °C	2.7 °C	-0.9 °C	25 mm	19 days	9 cm	5 days
1986	4.1 °C	6.2 °C	1.5 °C	75 mm	10 days	8 cm	15 days
1985	1.1 °C	3.3 °C	-1.2 °C	48 mm	20 days	7 cm	9 days
1984	4.5 °C	7.0 °C	1.8 °C	88 mm	9 days	7 cm	16 days
1983	7.1 °C	9.3 °C	4.4 °C	37 mm	2 days	3 cm	9 days
1982	3.6 °C	6.0 °C	1.0 °C	44 mm	12 days	13 cm	8 days
1981	4.9 °C	6.9 °C	2.4 °C	31 mm	9 days	1 cm	10 days
1980	2.6 °C	4.7 °C	0.2 °C	27 mm	16 days	1 cm	3 days
1979	0.7 °C	2.9 °C	-1.8 °C	59 mm	23 days	12 cm	10 days
1978	3.6 °C	5.9 °C	0.7 °C	71 mm	12 days	9 cm	11 days
1977	3.5 °C	5.7 °C	1.1 °C	50 mm	14 days	5 cm	12 days
1976	6.0 °C	8.0 °C	3.7 °C	27 mm	9 days	2 cm	7 days
1975	7.4 °C	9.5 °C	4.8 °C	101 mm	1 day	0 cm	14 days
1974	6.7 °C	8.8 °C	4.2 °C	68 mm	3 days	0 cm	17 days
1973	4.6 °C	6.6 °C	2.5 °C	21 mm	8 days	1 cm	6 days
1972	4.1 °C	6.1 °C	1.8 °C	67 mm	7 days	5 cm	15 days
1971	4.8 °C	6.7 °C	2.6 °C	77 mm	6 days	0 cm	14 days
1970	4.6 °C	6.4 °C	2.4 °C	64 mm	9 days	3 cm	16 days
1969	6.1 °C	8.1 °C	3.6 °C	55 mm	3 days	0 cm	13 days
1968	4.5 °C	6.7 °C	2.0 °C	62 mm	9 days	24 cm	12 days
1967	4.7 °C	6.5 °C	2.7 °C	32 mm	9 days	4 cm	9 days
1966	2.6 °C	4.5 °C	0.7 °C	33 mm	16 days	4 cm	10 days
1965	3.5 °C	5.7 °C	0.9 °C	38 mm	13 days	4 cm	12 days
1964	2.6 °C	4.7 °C	0.4 °C	18 mm	12 days	4 cm	6 days
1963	-2.5 °C	-0.4 °C	-4.7 °C	27 mm	29 days	17 cm	8 days
1962	4.5 °C	7.1 °C	1.7 °C	64 mm	9 days	4 cm	14 days
1961	3.9 °C	6.2 °C	1.5 °C	87 mm	10 days	0 cm	15 days
1960	4.2 °C	6.3 °C	1.8 °C	49 mm	11 days	9 cm	14 days
1959	1.9 °C	4.4 °C	-0.4 °C	72 mm	21 days	4 cm	12 days
1958	3.8 °C	6.3 °C	1.1 °C	67 mm	12 days	2 cm	12 days
1957	5.8 °C	7.8 °C	3.2 °C	16 mm	4 days	0 cm	5 days
1956	3.8 °C	6.5 °C	1.0 °C	70 mm	12 days	7 cm	14 days
1955	2.9 °C	5.1 °C	0.5 °C	57 mm	12 days	12 cm	14 days
1954	2.9 °C	4.8 °C	0.7 °C	20 mm	12 days	3 cm	6 days
1953	2.9 °C	4.7 °C	0.9 °C	26 mm	14 days	11 cm	4 days
1952	3.2 °C	5.8 °C	0.6 °C	41 mm	10 days	2 cm	12 days
1951	4.4 °C	6.4 °C	2.0 °C	65 mm	8 days	2 cm	13 days
1950	4.5 °C	6.4 °C	2.3 °C	20 mm	10 days	1 cm	4 days
1949	5.5 °C	8.1 °C	2.7 °C	33 mm	7 days	0 cm	4 days
1948	6.1 °C	8.7 °C	3.4 °C	84 mm	5 days	0 cm	21 days
1947	1.8 °C	4.4 °C	-0.7 °C	34 mm	21 days	7 cm	12 days
1946	3.3 °C	5.8 °C	1.0 °C	29 mm	15 days	0 cm	7 days
1945	0.2 °C	2.3 °C	-1.9 °C	43 mm	24 days	16 cm	7 days
1944	6.1 °C	8.7 °C	3.5 °C	31 mm	6 days	0 cm	11 days
1943	5.3 °C	7.4 °C	3.2 °C	78 mm	6 days	3 cm	18 days
1942	0.2 °C	2.9 °C	-2.4 °C	45 mm	24 days	10 cm	9 days
1941	0.8 °C	2.4 °C	-1.2 °C	76 mm	21 days	12 cm	15 days
1940	-0.4 °C	2.3 °C	-3.0 °C	31 mm	26 days	14 cm	8 days

January records

Hottest day

14.5 °C

January 9, 2015 estimate

Coldest night

-12.4 °C

January 25, 1963 estimate

Wettest day

28 mm

January 14, 2021 estimate

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Questions & answers

How warm is London in January?

Highs average 7.5 °C and lows 2.9 °C. A typical January brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 7 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in London in January?

About 53 mm falls in January, over some 11 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest January was 1988 (113 mm), the driest 1997 (7 mm).

What was the warmest January in London?

2007, with a mean temperature of 7.7 °C. The coldest was 1963 (-2.5 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 50 of 86.