Photo: DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0Royal Tunbridge Wells gets more frosts than 88% of UK towns
The warmest part of a July day comes in at 22.2°C (72°F) on average. By warm days alone, it ranks hotter than 71% of UK towns. From frosty January to warm July, readings climb 21°C. Radiators earn their keep from November to April, the months that average under 10°C.
Met Office 1991–2020 averages for the town itself.
A year in Royal Tunbridge Wells at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low, in °C.
What a year in Royal Tunbridge Wells feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages.
About 881 mm of rain a year
December is the wettest month and April the driest. About 27 days a year bring 10 mm (0.4 in) or more. 4th wettest of 87 Kent towns of 2,500+.
Rain by month
Millimetres
Sunshine by month
Hours of bright sunshine at Eastbourne
A frosty town: 51 air frosts and 15 days of 25°C a year
On about 51 nights a year the air drops below freezing, and on about 1 days it stays below freezing all day. About 15 days a year reach 25°C (77°F).
Day counts are 1991–2020 averages from the Met Office’s 2 km grid. The Met Office calls a day of 25°C or more a summer day and a night below 0°C an air frost; ground frosts, on grass, come more often.
The Met Office station at Eastbourne
Eastbourne is 26 miles south of Royal Tunbridge Wells, 7 m (23 ft) above sea level. It is the nearest of the 37 long-running stations the Met Office publishes in full; at that distance read it for sunshine and the station’s own record, not as the town’s figures.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Air frosts | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C | 3.9°C | 83 mm | 4.5 | 70 |
| February | 8.6°C | 3.6°C | 58 mm | 3.8 | 90 |
| March | 10.5°C | 4.9°C | 48 mm | 1.1 | 134 |
| April | 13.3°C | 6.7°C | 45 mm | 0.2 | 203 |
| May | 16.3°C | 9.6°C | 46 mm | 0.0 | 236 |
| June | 18.9°C | 12.5°C | 47 mm | 0.0 | 239 |
| July | 21.0°C | 14.7°C | 54 mm | 0.0 | 252 |
| August | 21.3°C | 14.9°C | 60 mm | 0.0 | 233 |
| September | 19.2°C | 12.6°C | 60 mm | 0.0 | 172 |
| October | 15.7°C | 9.9°C | 93 mm | 0.0 | 121 |
| November | 11.9°C | 6.9°C | 98 mm | 0.6 | 78 |
| December | 9.3°C | 4.5°C | 100 mm | 3.8 | 62 |
| Year | 14.5°C | 8.7°C | 792 mm | 14 | 1,889 |
Met Office historic station data, Eastbourne, 1991–2020 months averaged (a month needs 20 of the 30 years; estimated values counted, missing months left out). Sunshine: Campbell-Stokes recorder.
How Royal Tunbridge Wells compares
Against the 2,537 towns and cities of 2,500 or more across the UK, each with its own Met Office averages, and its place among Kent towns that size.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles: a hill, a valley or the sea can make a real difference over a few miles.
| Town | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Tunbridge Wells | 22.2°C | 1.2°C | 881 mm |
| Southborough 1.5 mi | 22.3°C about the same | 1.3°C about the same | 706 mm |
| Rusthall and Langton Green 1.8 mi | 22.3°C about the same | 1.2°C about the same | 892 mm |
| Pembury 2.6 mi | 22.3°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 773 mm |
| Groombridge 4.1 mi | 22.3°C about the same | 1.4°C about the same | 888 mm |
| Tonbridge 4.5 mi | 22.6°C about the same | 1.7°C 0.5°C milder | 714 mm |
| Leigh 4.7 mi | 22.6°C about the same | 1.7°C 0.5°C milder | 699 mm |
Royal Tunbridge Wells weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, for the town itself (the Met Office’s HadUK-Grid).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C 46°F | 1.2°C 34°F | 4.3°C | 98 mm 3.8 in |
| February | 7.7°C 46°F | 1.0°C 34°F | 4.5°C | 67 mm 2.6 in |
| March | 10.6°C 51°F | 2.5°C 37°F | 6.6°C | 57 mm 2.2 in |
| April | 13.9°C 57°F | 4.2°C 40°F | 9.1°C | 56 mm 2.2 in |
| May | 17.0°C 63°F | 7.1°C 45°F | 12.2°C | 60 mm 2.4 in |
| June | 20.0°C 68°F | 9.6°C 49°F | 14.8°C | 57 mm 2.2 in |
| July | 22.2°C 72°F | 12.2°C 54°F | 17.2°C | 56 mm 2.2 in |
| August | 22.1°C 72°F | 12.1°C 54°F | 17.1°C | 65 mm 2.6 in |
| September | 19.1°C 66°F | 9.8°C 50°F | 14.5°C | 63 mm 2.5 in |
| October | 15.0°C 59°F | 7.2°C 45°F | 11.1°C | 97 mm 3.8 in |
| November | 10.8°C 51°F | 4.2°C 39°F | 7.5°C | 101 mm 4.0 in |
| December | 8.1°C 47°F | 2.1°C 36°F | 5.1°C | 105 mm 4.1 in |
| Year | 14.5°C | 6.1°C | 10.3°C | 881 mm |
Where Royal Tunbridge Wells’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Mean temperature, rain and day counts: HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for the 3 Met Office 2 km grid squares whose centre lies inside Royal Tunbridge Wells’s built-up area.
- Highs and lows: the Met Office publishes average daily maxima and minima on its 12 km grid; each is moved by the difference between the town’s 2 km mean temperature and the 12 km square’s, which carries the town’s own height and setting over.
- Weather station and sunshine: Met Office historic station data for Eastbourne, 26 miles away, months of 1991–2020 averaged.
- Comparisons: every town and city of 2,500 or more across the UK, all four nations, read the same way.
Met Office HadUK-Grid · Met Office Climate Data Portal · Historic station data. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Questions about Royal Tunbridge Wells’s climate
How warm does Royal Tunbridge Wells get in summer?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 22.2°C (72°F). About 15 days a year reach 25°C (77°F), more than 71% of UK towns.
How cold does Royal Tunbridge Wells get in winter?
February nights average 1.0°C (34°F). The air drops below freezing on about 51 nights a year, and about 1 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Royal Tunbridge Wells get?
About 881 mm (35 in) a year, more than 67% of UK towns. December is the wettest month (105 mm) and April the driest (56 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Met Office station with a sunshine record, Eastbourne (26 miles away), averages 1,889 hours of bright sunshine a year. Sunshine isn’t on the town grid, so this is the station’s figure.
Where do these figures come from?
The Met Office’s HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages, which turn thousands of weather stations into a map of the UK in 2 km squares; the page reads the squares inside Royal Tunbridge Wells. They are 30-year averages, not a forecast.
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