Average Humidity for the United Kingdom in January

The average humidity levels in January are listed below for cities and towns throughout the United Kingdom. The tables give the month's daily averages for the highest and lowest relative humidity levels.

Relative humidity measures the actual amount of moisture in the air as a percentage of the maximum amount of moisture the air can hold.

All the numbers here are based on weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.

You can jump to a separate table for each country: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

England

Average January humidity
Place High Low
Birmingham 89 81
Bournemouth 91 79
London 91 81
Manchester 87 79
Plymouth 89 82
Ramsgate 89 83

Wales

January relative humidity averages
Place High Low
Aberporth 87 84
Cardiff 89 84
Valley, Anglesey 87 81

Scotland

Average daily humidity in January
Place High Low
Aberdeen 88 77
Edinburgh 88 77
Forres 87 74
Lerwick, Shetland Islands 87 84
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides 89 83
Tiree, Inner Hebrides 87 83

Northern Ireland

January relative humidity
Place High Low
Belfast 89 82
Reference

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.

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