United Kingdom in November

Wet and dark; Christmas lights and markets open late in the month.

• London and the south-east · London, Oxford, Cambridge, Kent, Brightoncool

  Mildest and driest region; summer heat waves above 30 °C are now common, and older Tube lines and many homes have no air conditioning.

• South-west England · Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Devonrainy

  Mild winters and the warmest sea; Cornish roads and beaches jam in the August school holidays.

• Northern England and Wales · York, Manchester, Lake District, Snowdonia (Eryri), Cardiffrainy

  Uplands catch the Atlantic rain; May–June and September are the clearest walking months.

• Scotland · Edinburgh, Glasgow, Highlands, Skyerainy

  18+ hours of daylight in June; midges in the west from June to August; winter gales cancel ferries and close high roads.

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• St Andrew's Day

  30 Nov (Scotland)

  Optional Scottish holiday; little closes.

Crowds · United Kingdom

Low

Prices · United Kingdom

Low

• Layers: a fleece or light jacket
• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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