Best time to visit Kingston upon Hull

September is the best month in Kingston upon Hull, scoring 78 out of 100, with January the weakest at 33. The 45-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. The good window runs June to September — 4 months within ten points of the best.

July is the warmest month at 21 °C and January the coolest at 6.4 °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. 41 nights a year dip below freezing.

There is a real wet season here. January, July, August and November carry the rain — up to 15 wet days in a month — while March, April and September drop as low as 10. That 5-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Kingston upon Hull, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea peaks at just 15.8 °C, which is wetsuit territory even at its warmest — a coast to look at rather than swim in. Daylight swings hard — 17 hours at midsummer against 7.5 at midwinter. That 9.5-hour difference changes how much fits into a day more than the temperature does.

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

Kingston upon Hull month by month