London is a year-round tourist center, with few of its attractions closing or significantly reducing their opening hours in winter. Your best chance of good weather is, of course, at the height of summer in July and August, but there’s certainly no guarantee of sun even in those months - plus it’s when you can expect the biggest crowds and highest prices.
Weather
Many who live in London would swear that global warming has added a twist to the city’s unpredictable climatic conditions. While locals used to complain about the frequent, but still somehow always unforeseen, arrival of rain, now they find themselves faced with sudden outbreaks of sunshine and dry heat instead.
Recent summers have seen record temperatures, approaching 40°C and autumns have been positively toasty. As the tube turns into the Black Hole of Calcutta and traffic fumes become choking, London is particularly ill-equipped to cope with such heat.
However, meteorologists point out that recent statistics don’t yet represent anything terribly out of the ordinary for such a naturally variable climate. The average maximum temperature for July, the hottest month, is still only about 23°C. In spring and autumn temperatures drop to between 13°C and 17°C. In winter, the average daily maximum is 8°C, the overnight minimum 2°C.
Despite the appearance of snow in the past few years, it still rarely freezes in London. What weather forecasters do predict in the long-term, as a result of climate change in London, is drier summers, wetter and stormier winters and more flash floods.
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Overview
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Travel warning! - Security Warning - Cabin Luggage Restrictions
The security threat in the United Kingdom remains at a significant level following recent terrorist incidents in London and Glasgow. Travellers should exercise caution, monitor the media for any developments in the situation and expect delays at airports due to increased security measures.
Restrictions on airline cabin luggage are in place throughout the UK. For details check the UK Department for Transport website.
Cabin Luggage
What you can take into the cabin with you when you board any plane in the UK depends on:
Which airport you flying from. At most airports but not all you are allowed to carry two pieces of cabin luggage.
The airports where you may carry two pieces of hand luggage are IDENTIFIED In the UK Airports Guide:
However even at airports where two pieces of hand luggage are permitted the final decision on whether one or two bags are accepted rests with the airline. Passengers should check the airline’s policy before leaving for the airport.
Laptops / electrical items
Laptops and other large electrical items (e.g. a large hairdryer) have to be removed from cabin baggage and screened separately. A laptop bag that is not contained within the one piece of cabin baggage is regarded as the one allowable item of cabin baggage.
