Weather in Manchester

Calculated from weather data of Manchester Airport (EGCC) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.1	7.5	7.7	7.5	5.2	8.9
February	8.8	10.1	9.5	9.0	7.9	9.1
March	10.4	10.8	9.5	12.3	10.5	10.5
April	13.0		12.4	13.3	11.4	15.4
May	16.5		17.0	16.3	13.5	17.5
June	19.8		22.3	19.1	19.8	19.1
July	20.5		18.6	21.6	21.6	18.1
August	20.0		19.3	22.6	18.6	20.5
September	17.9		20.1	17.6	19.3	17.6
October	14.0		14.5	15.3	14.6	12.6
November	10.1		9.4	11.3	10.0	11.0
December	7.6		8.9	4.2	8.1	6.9
Average	13.3	9.4	14.1	14.5	13.4	13.9

58th highest temperature of United Kingdom

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	2.1	2	2	2	1	4
February	3.1	4	4	4	3	3
March	3.7	5	4	4	4	3
April	4.5		5	4	2	5
May	7.6		8	9	6	7
June	11.0		12	10	11	11
July	13.0		12	13	14	12
August	12.4		12	13	13	13
September	10.3		12	9	12	9
October	8.1		8	9	10	8
November	4.9		4	6	5	7
December	3.0		5	-1	4	3
Average	6.5	3.7	7.3	7.1	7.0	6.9

39th lowest temperature of United Kingdom

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	0	3	0	1
25 °C or warmer	0	16	12	8	10
20 °C or warmer	0	43	51	49	44
0 °C or colder	11	29	24	33	16

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.7	19	21	9	24	14
February	19.4	22	5	33	16	25
March	16.7	16	23	12	14	9
April	9.9		14	9	7	4
May	8.7		7	11	20	1
June	11.1		7	6	1	18
July	14.7		23	12	12	19
August	12.3		16	4	18	15
September	14.5		18	12	11	9
October	18.4		20	18	16	33
November	17.4		21	21	11	21
December	23.4		32	16	23	27
Average	15.0	18.8	16.1	12.3	13.9	14.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.5	13	15	12	12	14
February	16.3	14	14	22	13	22
March	15.2	14	15	12	15	17
April	13.0		12	14	11	12
May	12.5		11	13	12	14
June	12.3		10	12	11	13
July	12.4		14	13	10	14
August	12.6		13	11	12	12
September	12.1		11	11	10	13
October	13.1		11	13	13	15
November	12.6		14	11	12	12
December	12.5		17	7	12	11
Average	13.2	13.9	12.7	12.6	11.8	14.1

90th highest wind speed of United Kingdom

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	SW	SW	W	SW	SW
February	SW	W	SW	SE	SW
March	S	SW	SE	W	SW
April		S	NW	NW	E
May		NW	SW	SW	W
June		E	SW	W	W
July		SW	W	W	W
August		W	W	W	W
September		S	NW	W	W
October		S	SW	SW	W
November		W	SW	W	SW
December		SW	SE	SW	S

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Manchester weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Manchester?

The warmest month is July with an average temperature of 21 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Manchester?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 7 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Manchester?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 23.5 %.

Which month is the driest in Manchester?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in May. The probability is about 8.8 %.