Manchester weather by month
Manchester runs from about 5°C in January to 16°C in August, with February the wettest month at 159 mm.
warmest month
August
16°C
coolest month
January
5°C
wettest month
February
159 mm
worst air month
March
12 µg/m³
The whole year, month by month.
| Month | Avg temp | Rain | Sun | PM2.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | 105 mm | 106 h | 8 |
| February | 7°C | 159 mm | 76 h | 7 |
| March | 8°C | 117 mm | 177 h | 12 |
| April | 9°C | 132 mm | 216 h | 8 |
| May | 14°C | 118 mm | 288 h | 7 |
| June | 14°C | 65 mm | 303 h | 5 |
| July | 16°C | 107 mm | 269 h | 6 |
| August | 16°C | 87 mm | 270 h | 7 |
| September | 14°C | 121 mm | 190 h | 5 |
| October | 11°C | 101 mm | 158 h | 9 |
| November | 7°C | 64 mm | 110 h | 6 |
| December | 7°C | 135 mm | 62 h | 7 |
About 2,225 hours of sun a year. Roughly 133 rainy days a year.
These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.
where these numbers come from
- · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
- · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.
Last reviewed 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.