Best time to visit London
The month-by-month edit — when London actually opens up, when to avoid it, and how crowds and hotel rates move through the year.
The short answer
When London is at its best
London at the top end is the most varied luxury hotel market on earth — palace hotels (Claridge's, the Connaught, the Savoy), modernist insurgents (the NoMad, the Shangri-La at the Shard), and the kind of single-suite townhouse experiences (the Beaumont, Hazlitt's) that don't really exist anywhere else. The dining scene now sits in the global top tier across formats, from the three-star tasting room to the Sunday-roast pub.
Month by month
The London calendar
Average daytime high, rain days, crowd pressure (1–5) and hotel-rate index (1–5). Verified against climate-data.org and our hotel-rate tracking.
| Month | Avg high | Rain days | Crowd | Rate idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8°C | 12 d | ||
| Feb | 9°C | 10 d | ||
| Mar | 11°C | 11 d | ||
| Apr | 14°C | 10 d | ||
| May | 17°C | 10 d | ||
| Jun | 21°C | 9 d | ||
| Jul | 23°C | 8 d | ||
| Aug | 23°C | 9 d | ||
| Sep | 20°C | 9 d | ||
| Oct | 15°C | 11 d | ||
| Nov | 11°C | 11 d | ||
| Dec | 9°C | 12 d |
Sources: Numbeo cost-of-living — London · climate-data.org — London