Best time to visit Birmingham

Birmingham is a city of two halves. August scores 76 and January scores 30 — a 46-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. The good window runs June to September — 4 months within ten points of the best.

July is the warmest month at 20.6 °C and January the coolest at 6 °C — a 14.6 °C spread across the year. It never reaches 30 °C in an average year, which takes heat off the list of reasons to avoid any particular month. 54 nights a year dip below freezing.

Rain is spread evenly through the year — between 11 and 15 wet days in every month — so there is no dry season to aim for and no wet one to dodge. Whatever you plan, the odds of rain are much the same.

Daylight swings hard — 16.8 hours at midsummer against 7.7 at midwinter. That 9.1-hour difference changes how much fits into a day more than the temperature does.

The three strongest months are August, September, June. The one to think twice about is January. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Birmingham month by month