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Bristol weather

ENG · 479,024 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 23:10

Mainly clear
12°
Mainly clear
Feels like 12°C
Wind
4 km/h
Gusts
12 km/h
Humidity
77 %
Pressure
1028 hPa
Clouds
20 %
Storm
No
Rise 06:58 Set 16:49 Day 9 h 50 min UV 1 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Evening
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy
12°10°
Feels like 12°
Wind ↑ SE 5 km/h
Gusts 12 km/h
Humidity 77 %

Bristol forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

≈ A week close to the usual temperatures
Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)
4°7°11°14°17°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed11°8°Thu 29 Oct: max 15° · min 10° · normal 10.3°Fri 30 Oct: max 14° · min 9° · normal 10.2°Sat 31 Oct: max 12° · min 8° · normal 10.0°Sun 1 Nov: max 12° · min 6° · normal 10.0°Mon 2 Nov: max 10° · min 6° · normal 9.9°Tue 3 Nov: max 10° · min 6° · normal 9.8°Wed 4 Nov: max 11° · min 8° · normal 9.7°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu4°10°16°14°6°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Bristol climate: what a normal year looks like

From 16 h 38 min of daylight in late June to 7 h 50 min in late December.

The hottest stretch is July, when afternoons average 21 °C; the coldest is January, when nights average 3 °C.

There is no real dry season: monthly rainfall stays between 61 mm and 82 mm on average.

Even the coldest month, February, keeps nights above freezing on average (3 °C).

Forecast highs for the coming week average 12 °C, 2 °C cooler than a normal October (14 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan8 °C3 °C75 mm
Feb8 °C3 °C61 mm
Mar10 °C4 °C62 mm
Apr13 °C6 °C68 mm
May16 °C9 °C73 mm
Jun19 °C11 °C68 mm
Jul21 °C13 °C68 mm
Aug21 °C13 °C77 mm
Sep18 °C11 °C62 mm
Oct14 °C8 °C82 mm
Nov11 °C5 °C80 mm
Dec8 °C3 °C81 mm
Whole year14 °C8 °C860 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 51.46° N, 2.60° W, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Bristol: pollution and pollen

1/6
Good
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.58µg/m³
PM1013µg/m³
O₃44µg/m³
NO₂11µg/m³
SO₂1µg/m³

Pollen

AlderNone
BirchNone
GrassNone
MugwortNone
OliveNone
RagweedNone

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Bristol

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Bristol, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Full-screen rain radar and next-hour rain on RainAtlas
Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

Moon over Bristol

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 06:11 Set —
Fri 30/10 79%
Sat 31/10 69%
Sun 1/11 59%
Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter
Tue 3/11 38%
Wed 4/11 28%
Thu 5/11 19%
Fri 6/11 12%
Sat 7/11 6%
Sun 8/11 2%
Mon 9/11 0%
Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Europe/London); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Sea and tides near Bristol

Tide station used: Bristol

🌊 Sea surface
11.7 °C
satellite, 29/10
Sea state
Rippled
waves 0.1 m
Period
2 s
Swell
0.1 m
TodayThu 29/10
Low tide 01:15 1.7 m
High tide 08:55 9.1 m
Low tide 13:23 1.8 m
High tide 21:18 8.7 m
TomorrowFri 30/10
Low tide 01:51 1.9 m
High tide 09:37 8.5 m
Low tide 14:02 2.0 m
High tide 22:02 7.9 m
SatSat 31/10
Low tide 02:33 2.1 m
High tide 10:23 7.8 m
Low tide 14:49 2.3 m
High tide 22:51 7.1 m
SunSun 01/11
Low tide 03:30 2.4 m
High tide 11:14 7.0 m
Low tide 16:00 2.7 m
High tide 23:49 6.3 m

Indicative heights above chart datum. Coefficient: 20 for the weakest tides, 120 for the strongest.

Look up a past day in Bristol

Curious about the weather in Bristol on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Bristol weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Bristol, ENG: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “mainly clear”, it is 12 °C (feels like 12 °C) and the wind blows at 4 km/h.

Expected range today: 10 °C to 15 °C and a dry sky. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms, plus the tide times for Bristol.

Bristol weather data for developers

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Where does this forecast come from? Our engine, checked every day against 1125 weather stations