#1Llandudno
14,699 peopleJanuary low·10 air frosts a year·#36 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Llandudno, #1 on this list · Photo: Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0Clwyd rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Clwyd
Llandudno has the mildest winters of Clwyd’s 39 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 3.9°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 2.1°C.
The average January low (the coldest month’s nights). Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid, the cells inside each town averaged (contains Met Office data © Crown copyright). A described list: no letters. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each figure.
#13.9°C
#2Llanfairfechan
3,547 peopleJanuary low·17 air frosts a year·#49 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Penrhyn Bay
4,201 peopleJanuary low·12 air frosts a year·#74 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 39 towns, ranked
January low, highest first. Temperatures are ranked on two decimals and shown to one, so two towns showing the same figure can rank apart; towns smaller than a 2 km cell share its figures. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.
39 towns.
#TownJanuary lowAir frostsUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Clwyd has the mildest winters?
Llandudno: January nights average a low of 3.9°C, with 10 air frosts in a typical year. Llanfairfechan and Penrhyn Bay follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low, highest first, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid: the cells inside the town, or the one nearest its centre for a town smaller than a cell. The figure is the one on each town’s Climate page.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Clwyd’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Clwyd is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live39 towns · #1 PenyfforddBest small towns28 towns · #1 PenyfforddMost affordable towns39 towns · #1 RhylSafest towns39 towns · #1 Mynydd IsaHealthiest towns39 towns · #1 PenyfforddBest towns for jobs & income39 towns · #1 GresfordMost walkable towns39 towns · #1 LlandudnoTowns with the lowest flood risk39 towns · #1 Aston and 3 moreBest towns for the outdoors39 towns · #1 PrestatynMost historic towns39 towns · #1 LlangollenTowns with the most civic life39 towns · #1 LlangollenTowns with the highest household incomes39 towns · #1 PenyfforddDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax39 towns · #1 Acrefair and Cefn-mawr and 10 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers39 towns · #1 Connah's QuayDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers39 towns · #1 Llanfairfechan and PenmaenmawrDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts39 towns · #1 LlandudnoDescribed, no lettersDriest towns39 towns · #1 RhylDescribed, no lettersWettest towns39 towns · #1 PenmaenmawrDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the mildest winters, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
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