Thinking of moving to the UK? Then the beautiful map above may be of use. It shows where you’ll find more sun or rain.
London and the South East, unsurprisingly get relatively more sun than rain.
At the other extreme the Scottish Highlands, most of Wales and Northern Ireland get relatively more rain than sun.
And if you want both consider moving to Cardiff, Cornwall or the Isle of Man (which is not actually part of the UK).
The data comes from the Met Office and is only for 2021, so you’re actual mileage may vary.
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David Hall says
What does the top right then mean? More rain AND more sun?
Gary McCormick says
The data on Northern Ireland doesn’t surprise me. My father’s U.S. Army unit trained there in 1942 before jumping off for the invasion of North Africa, and he had this to say about the weather in Northern Ireland: “If you can’t see the hills, it’s raining; if you can see the hills, it’s about to rain.”
John Sawyer says
I tried to plot a set of city locations over this and failed because I couldn’t get it to fit. What projection is this map? Can you add something like major places on the map we all want to know if we live in a dark wet hole like Portsmouth or not. 😀
Andy Stocks says
the isle of man IS part of the UK, but not of great britain
Andy Stocks says
proud of writing in english and checking by editor Ian Wright…yet there’s a missing comma after “both”; and it’s “your”, not “you’re”.
perhaps you’d best use AI if your english is this poor.