Best time to visit Sale

Month-by-month weather averages for Sale.

Sale, England, United Kingdom

°C

mm

−10°0°10°20°30°40°
0100200300400500
  • Average daily high and low
  • Precipitation
  • Good month
  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January6.5 °C / 44 °F1.9 °C / 35 °F96 mm / 3.8 inneither best nor good
February7.3 °C / 45 °F2.2 °C / 36 °F79 mm / 3.1 inneither best nor good
March9.4 °C / 49 °F2.8 °C / 37 °F77 mm / 3 inneither best nor good
April12.4 °C / 54 °F4.4 °C / 40 °F55 mm / 2.2 inneither best nor good
May15.4 °C / 60 °F7.4 °C / 45 °F74 mm / 2.9 ingood month
June18.1 °C / 65 °F10.3 °C / 51 °F86 mm / 3.4 ingood month
July19.5 °C / 67 °F12.1 °C / 54 °F98 mm / 3.9 ingood month
August18.7 °C / 66 °F11.9 °C / 53 °F91 mm / 3.6 ingood month
September16.8 °C / 62 °F10 °C / 50 °F85 mm / 3.3 ingood month
October13.4 °C / 56 °F7.7 °C / 46 °F94 mm / 3.7 inneither best nor good
November9.4 °C / 49 °F4.5 °C / 40 °F88 mm / 3.5 inneither best nor good
December7.2 °C / 45 °F2.8 °C / 37 °F106 mm / 4.2 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: neither
  5. MMay: good
  6. JJune: good
  7. JJuly: good
  8. AAugust: good
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Good
May–September
Why these months
  • May · good

    In its favour: share of daylight that is sunny 65%, precipitation 74 mm / 2.9 in, feels like (high) 12.9 °C / 55 °F, average daily high 15.4 °C / 60 °F, days with heavy rain 1.4 days, average daily low 7.4 °C / 45 °F.

    Against: wet days 13.7 days, relative humidity 77%.

  • June · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 16.7 °C / 62 °F, average daily high 18.1 °C / 65 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 63%, precipitation 86 mm / 3.4 in, days with heavy rain 2.4 days, average daily low 10.3 °C / 51 °F.

    Against: wet days 14.1 days, relative humidity 78%.

  • July · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 18.5 °C / 65 °F, average daily high 19.5 °C / 67 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 63%, precipitation 98 mm / 3.9 in, days with heavy rain 2.9 days, average daily low 12.1 °C / 54 °F.

    Against: wet days 16.2 days, relative humidity 80%.

  • August · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 17.4 °C / 63 °F, average daily high 18.7 °C / 66 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 63%, precipitation 91 mm / 3.6 in, days with heavy rain 1.9 days, average daily low 11.9 °C / 53 °F.

    Against: wet days 16 days, relative humidity 82%.

  • September · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 15.1 °C / 59 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 59%, average daily high 16.8 °C / 62 °F, precipitation 85 mm / 3.3 in, days with heavy rain 2.5 days, average daily low 10 °C / 50 °F.

    Against: wet days 12.9 days, relative humidity 84%.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Glencoe Mountain Resort, 389 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 2.6 °C3.3 °C5.4 °C9 °C12.9 °C16.7 °C18.5 °C17.4 °C15.1 °C10.9 °C6.2 °C3.6 °C
Days with heavy rain 2.4 days2.1 days1.9 days0.9 days1.4 days2.4 days2.9 days1.9 days2.5 days2.4 days2.3 days3 days
Time rain usually falls 12 am2 pm4 pm3 pm3 pm5 pm2 pm3 pm5 pm11 am4 pm2 pm
Sunshine per day 3.5 h4.9 h7.1 h9.5 h10.4 h10.7 h10.3 h9.3 h7.4 h5.3 h4 h3 h
Relative humidity 89%86%81%77%77%78%80%82%84%87%89%90%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20257.7 µg/m³6.8 µg/m³8.9 µg/m³9 µg/m³9.7 µg/m³9.2 µg/m³7.7 µg/m³7.9 µg/m³8.1 µg/m³7 µg/m³7 µg/m³6.4 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202513.7 µg/m³12.3 µg/m³15.5 µg/m³15.3 µg/m³15.1 µg/m³15.7 µg/m³13 µg/m³12.7 µg/m³13.2 µg/m³11.7 µg/m³13.4 µg/m³11.2 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

World Heritage sites nearby

UNESCO World Heritage sites within 25 km, nearest first.

  • Jodrell Bank Observatory

    21 km away

Other places in United Kingdom

Compare places month by month on the travel calendar

Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).