Peterborough climate

Name: Peterborough
Address: GB

Peterborough is warmest in July, with average highs of 21 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 1.9 °C. August is the wettest month (63 mm) and February the driest (39 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Peterborough averages 634 mm of rain, 10 days above 25 °C and 34 days below freezing.

United Kingdom · population 163,379 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 21 °C
Coldest month February 1.9 °C
Driest month February 39 mm
Wettest month August 63 mm
Least cloud August 65 % cloud
Hottest on record July 34 °C
Coldest on record January -12 °C

What to expectPeterborough through the year

Peterborough has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.9 °C in February to 21 °C in July, a swing of 13 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 10 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C, 34 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 39 mm in February to 63 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.1 °C	49 mm	72 %
February	7.9 °C	39 mm	71 %
March	10.2 °C	42 mm	71 %
April	13.0 °C	48 mm	67 %
May	16.0 °C	54 mm	66 %
June	18.9 °C	59 mm	69 %
July	21.4 °C	61 mm	65 %
August	21.1 °C	63 mm	65 %
September	18.4 °C	51 mm	67 %
October	14.4 °C	59 mm	70 %
November	10.1 °C	55 mm	71 %
December	7.4 °C	54 mm	70 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	7.1 °C	2.1 °C	4.6 °C	14.6 °C	-12.4 °C	0	9
February	7.9 °C	1.9 °C	4.9 °C	16.0 °C	-9.8 °C	0	8
March	10.2 °C	3.2 °C	6.6 °C	19.2 °C	-8.7 °C	0	5
April	13.0 °C	4.8 °C	8.9 °C	25.1 °C	-4.1 °C	0	1
May	16.0 °C	7.9 °C	12.1 °C	27.1 °C	-0.9 °C	0	0
June	18.9 °C	11.0 °C	15.1 °C	29.5 °C	3.2 °C	1	0
July	21.4 °C	13.2 °C	17.4 °C	33.7 °C	7.3 °C	4	0
August	21.1 °C	13.1 °C	17.1 °C	33.2 °C	6.9 °C	3	0
September	18.4 °C	10.9 °C	14.6 °C	29.1 °C	2.7 °C	1	0
October	14.4 °C	8.2 °C	11.2 °C	27.1 °C	-2.9 °C	0	0
November	10.1 °C	4.8 °C	7.5 °C	17.6 °C	-5.4 °C	0	3
December	7.4 °C	2.6 °C	5.0 °C	15.4 °C	-7.5 °C	0	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	49 mm	11	8.2 h/day	72 %	85 %	25 km/h
February	39 mm	10	9.9 h/day	71 %	81 %	25 km/h
March	42 mm	10	12 h/day	71 %	78 %	24 km/h
April	48 mm	11	14 h/day	67 %	76 %	22 km/h
May	54 mm	10	16 h/day	66 %	74 %	21 km/h
June	59 mm	10	17 h/day	69 %	74 %	20 km/h
July	61 mm	11	16 h/day	65 %	72 %	20 km/h
August	63 mm	10	15 h/day	65 %	73 %	20 km/h
September	51 mm	9	13 h/day	67 %	77 %	21 km/h
October	59 mm	10	11 h/day	70 %	80 %	23 km/h
November	55 mm	11	8.7 h/day	71 %	86 %	23 km/h
December	54 mm	11	7.7 h/day	70 %	87 %	24 km/h

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Peterborough.

QuestionsCommon questions about Peterborough’s climate

When is the best time to visit Peterborough?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Peterborough get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 21 °C. About 1 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.9 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 34 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Peterborough?

August, averaging 63 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is February with 39 mm. The year as a whole averages 634 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Peterborough rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 52.574°, -0.248° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.