Dover
Elevation 11 m39.16° N, 75.53° W
When to go?
Mean 2 °C, 9 rain days in the month (84 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 3 °C, 8 rain days in the month (80 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 7 °C, 8 rain days in the month (101 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 13 °C, 8 rain days in the month (92 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 18 °C, 9 rain days in the month (100 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 23 °C, 8 rain days in the month (106 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 26 °C, 9 rain days in the month (114 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 25 °C, 8 rain days in the month (123 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 21 °C, 7 rain days in the month (108 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 7 rain days in the month (103 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 9 °C, 7 rain days in the month (77 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 5 °C, 9 rain days in the month (101 mm).
Nothing against it.
The best months are May–June, September–October. Avoid July–August (hot).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Snow on the ground
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Mean snow depth on the ground (cm)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.8 °C; in the last ten years by +1.3 °C. Warmest year: 2023 (+1.8 °C), coldest: 1967 (−0.8 °C).
February and January warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.4 °C), November the least (+0.1 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 13 °C) begins 6 days earlier and ends 3 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +2 % every ten years.
Snow, then and now
≈no clear change of winter snow compared with 1961–1990