United Kingdom in October

Autumn colour, fewer crowds; clocks go back in the last week and evenings darken.

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

  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, Devonfine

  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.

Crowds · United Kingdom

Medium

Prices · United Kingdom

Medium

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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Rated best or good this month

• London

  Cool; autumn colour.