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WLS · 300,352 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 17:08

Overcast
14°
Overcast
Feels like 14°C
Wind
14 km/h
Gusts
30 km/h
Humidity
77 %
Pressure
1028 hPa
Clouds
88 %
Storm
No
Rise 07:04 Set 16:54 Day 9 h 50 min UV 1 · Low

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend
Afternoon
Overcast
Overcast
14°
Feels like 14°
Wind ↑ SE 15 km/h
Gusts 35 km/h
Humidity 79 %
Evening
Partly cloudy
Partly cloudy
13°12°
Feels like 13°
Wind ↑ SE 10 km/h
Gusts 26 km/h
Humidity 78 %
18:00
Partly cloudy
13°
SE 10
21:00
Partly cloudy
12°
ESE 10

Swansea 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)
2°6°9°13°16°TodayFriSatSunMonTueWed12°9°Thu 29 Oct: max 14° · min 12° · normal 11.5°Fri 30 Oct: max 14° · min 9° · normal 11.4°Sat 31 Oct: max 13° · min 7° · normal 11.3°Sun 1 Nov: max 12° · min 4° · normal 11.3°Mon 2 Nov: max 12° · min 6° · normal 11.2°Tue 3 Nov: max 12° · min 4° · normal 11.1°Wed 4 Nov: max 12° · min 9° · normal 11.0°

Hourly detail

ThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThu3°10°16°14°4°02
Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Swansea climate: what a normal year looks like

From 16 h 39 min of daylight in late June to 7 h 48 min in late December.

The hottest stretch is July, when afternoons average 19 °C; the coldest is February, when nights average 3 °C.

There is no real dry season: monthly rainfall stays between 82 mm and 141 mm on average.

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

The coming week looks normal for October: forecast highs average 13 °C, against a usual 13 °C.

30-year averages (1991–2020)
MonthTypical highTypical lowRainfall
Jan7 °C4 °C131 mm
Feb8 °C3 °C101 mm
Mar9 °C4 °C89 mm
Apr12 °C6 °C82 mm
May15 °C8 °C90 mm
Jun17 °C11 °C94 mm
Jul19 °C13 °C100 mm
Aug19 °C13 °C108 mm
Sep17 °C11 °C97 mm
Oct13 °C9 °C134 mm
Nov10 °C6 °C133 mm
Dec8 °C4 °C141 mm
Whole year13 °C8 °C1,300 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 51.62° N, 3.94° 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 Swansea: pollution and pollen

2/6
Fair
European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS
PM2.54µg/m³
PM1011µg/m³
O₃69µg/m³
NO₂4µg/m³
SO₂1µg/m³

Pollen

AlderNone
BirchNone
GrassNone
MugwortNone
OliveNone
RagweedNone

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Swansea

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

Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

Moon over Swansea

Waning gibbous
87 % illuminated · 18.3 days
Rise 06:15 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.

Look up a past day in Swansea

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

Swansea weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Swansea, WLS: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “overcast”, it is 14 °C (feels like 14 °C) and the wind blows at 14 km/h.

Expected range today: 12 °C to 14 °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.

Swansea weather data for developers

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