The tables below give January averages for the number of hours with sunshine at cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom. The monthly totals are based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010.
You can jump to a separate table for: Southern England, Northern England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The UK as a whole has an average 54 hours of sun in January.
Southern England
Total January sunshine
| Place |
Hours |
| Birmingham |
48 |
| Cambridge |
58 |
| Eastbourne |
71 |
| Exeter |
65 |
| Ipswich |
64 |
| London |
50 |
| Lowestoft |
52 |
| Newquay |
67 |
| Oxford |
63 |
Northern England
Average amount of sun in January
| Place |
Hours |
| Blackpool |
56 |
| Grimsby |
61 |
| Malham Tarn, Yorkshire Dales |
37 |
| Manchester |
53 |
| Newcastle |
59 |
| Penrith |
39 |
| Sheffield |
45 |
Wales
Average January sun
| Place |
Hours |
| Aberporth |
63 |
| Aberystwyth |
46 |
| Cardiff |
54 |
| Tenby |
63 |
| Valley, Anglesey |
62 |
Scotland
Number of sunny hours in January on average
| Place |
Hours |
| Aberdeen |
61 |
| Dundee |
62 |
| Edinburgh |
50 |
| Forres |
46 |
| Glasgow |
38 |
| Kirkwall, Orkney Islands |
32 |
| Lerwick, Shetland Islands |
27 |
| Oban |
33 |
| Stornoway, Outer Hebrides |
33 |
| Tiree, Inner Hebrides |
39 |
Northern Ireland
Average total sunshine in January
| Place |
Hours |
| Armagh |
46 |
| Belfast |
50 |
| Londonderry |
37 |