England, United Kingdom
Cambridge
Cambridge is a city in England, United Kingdom. It has a population of about 123,867 (2011). The climate is classified as oceanic (Köppen Cfb), with rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
Now13°C
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
Population123,867
Local time16:04
52.20° N, 0.12° EElevation 12 mUTC+1 · British Summer Time
Postal codesCB1, CB2 …October: high / low15° / 8°
Rain this month63mm
Best timeJun · Aug–Sep
Best: Jun · Aug–Sep. Warmth, sunshine and dry days, month by month.
Cambridge at a glance
Sunrise · sunset07:37 · 17:5210 h 15 min of daylightThe moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · Moonrise 16:21Northern lights tonightUnlikely tonightKp needed: 6.5Next holiday25 DecemberChristmas DayNext eclipse20 Feb 2027Penumbral lunar eclipse
Best time to visitJun · Aug–Sep
The months with the highest weather score
Warmest month23°C
Average high in July
Coolest month2°C
Average low in January
Wettest monthJuly
56 mm of rain
Driest monthFebruary
39 mm of rain
Monuments nearby10+
within 1.1 km
How Cambridge has grown
People living in the built-up area (34 km² today), every five years since 1975; 2030 is the projection.
+41%97k in 1975 → 136k in 2025Weather in Cambridge
Now and the next ten days. The 14 and 30-day outlooks are one click away.
13°C
Today hour by hourPartly cloudy · wind 16 km/h · humidity 59%
Today22 Oct13°8°2.6 mm
Fri23 Oct13°8°20.8 mm
Sat24 Oct16°7°14.6 mm
Sun25 Oct13°9°1 mm
Mon26 Oct16°7°4.9 mm
Tue27 Oct18°15°
Wed28 Oct14°9°6.3 mm
Thu29 Oct15°4°
Fri30 Oct13°7°
Sat31 Oct16°9°
When to go to Cambridge
Each month's weather score (warmth, sun, dry days) with its temperatures and rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 19 | 23 | 31 | 52 | 64 | 66 | 64 | 66 | 71 | 48 | 23 | 20 |
| High | 8° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 11° | 8° |
| Low | 2° | 2° | 3° | 5° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 5° | 2° |
| Rain (mm) | 53 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 52 | 63 | 59 | 50 |
| Wet days | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
What's on in Cambridge
Concerts, football matches, the public holidays ahead and the town's festivals through the year.
Music venues
Cambridge Corn Exchange2 Wheeler Street Cambridge CB2 3QB · 0.5 km
161 showsThe JunctionClifton Way, Cambridge CB1 7GX · 1.7 km
55 showsCambridge's festivals through the year
Monuments and museums in Cambridge
0.9 km
Bridge of Sighs, CambridgeBuilt 1827
0.5 km
King's College Chapel, CambridgeBuilt 1446
0.6 km
Senate House, CambridgeBuilt 17300.7 km
Our Lady and the English Martyrs ChurchBuilt 1880
1 km
All Saints Church, CambridgeBuilt 1870
0.8 km
Cambridge University LibraryBuilt 1416Museum0.2 km
Fitzwilliam MuseumBuilt 1816
Museum0.5 km
Museum of ZoologyMore museums: Milstein Exhibition Centre
Outdoors around Cambridge
Hiking routes from the town, and what there is to do within 15 km: huts, viewpoints, climbing, camping, ski areas and dive sites.
Shepreth Wildlife ParkZoos
0.3 kmKitchen BridgeViewpoints
0.9 kmCambridge Meridian Golf CourseGolf courses
1.1 kmHighfield Farm Touring ParkCamp sites
1.5 kmSteeplechase LRP CentreCamp sites
1.7 kmRainbow Rocket CentralClimbing
1.7 kmNature around Cambridge
Wildlife in October
The birds and mammals of United Kingdom seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
The sky over Cambridge
Earthquakes around Cambridge
The last 30 days within 300 km, and the record since 1950.
Fossil sites near this town
Fossil sites: 20 · 0 km
Quaternary · 1Cretaceous · 18Jurassic · 1
Formations around the town
Dinosaurs · 10
Pterosaurs · 29Lonchodectes, Camposipterus, Ornithocheirus, Anhanguera, Nicorhynchus, Aerodraco, Ornithostoma
Ichthyosaurs · 12Pervushovisaurus, Sisteronia, Platypterygius, Cetarthrosaurus
Plesiosaurs · 6
Ammonites · 10Deshayesites, Prodeshayesites, Colombiceras (Colombiceras), Cheloniceras, Tropaeum, Toxoceratoides, Salaziceras (Salaziceras)
Ancient sites nearby
Sites: 2
Cities and settlements
Villas and houses
Universities and research institutes
University of CambridgeUniversity or college · founded 1209
Cambridge Regional CollegeUniversity or college · founded 1988
Anglia Ruskin University, Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education CorporationUniversity or college · founded 1992
The Loke Centre for Trophoblast ResearchUniversity or college · founded 2007
Cambridge Muslim CollegeUniversity or college · founded 2009
Cambridge University Health PartnersUniversity or college · founded 2009
Molecular Immunity UnitUniversity or college
MRC Biostatistics UnitResearch institute · founded 1913
National Institute of Agricultural BotanyResearch institute · founded 1919
MRC Mitochondrial Biology UnitResearch institute · founded 1927
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences UnitResearch institute · founded 1944
MRC Toxicology UnitResearch institute · founded 1947
Babraham InstituteResearch institute · founded 1949
MRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyResearch institute · founded 1962
The Welding InstituteResearch institute · founded 1968
The Gurdon InstituteResearch institute · founded 1989
European Bioinformatics InstituteResearch institute · founded 1992
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical SciencesResearch institute · founded 1992
Woolf InstituteResearch institute · founded 1998
Cambridge–MIT InstituteResearch institute · founded 2000
Hutchison/MRC Research CentreResearch institute · founded 2001
MRC Cancer UnitResearch institute · founded 2001
MRC Epidemiology UnitResearch institute · founded 2003
Communicating Diet and Activity ResearchResearch institute · founded 2006
Faraday Institute for Science and ReligionResearch institute · founded 2006
Cancer Research UK Cambridge CenterResearch institute · founded 2007
Cancer Imaging CentreResearch institute · founded 2013
MRC Metabolic Diseases UnitResearch institute · founded 2013
Cambridge Advanced Imaging CentreResearch institute · founded 2014
Open TargetsResearch institute · founded 2014
Cambridge Centre for AI in MedicineResearch institute
NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research CentreResearch institute
Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell InstituteResearch institute
Wellcome/MRC Institute of Metabolic ScienceResearch institute
Towns and villages around Cambridge
Each with its own page: weather, climate and the best time to visit.
Grantchester2.8 kmChesterton2.9 kmTrumpington3.1 kmCoton4 kmRoman Hill4 kmMilton4.3 kmGirton4.3 kmBarton4.4 kmFen Ditton4.4 kmTeversham5 kmImpington5.3 kmQuy Waters5.6 kmGreat Shelford5.7 kmHauxton5.8 kmHiston5.8 kmMadingley5.8 kmFreestones Corner6.1 kmHorningsea6.5 kmStapleford6.5 kmShelford6.5 kmComberton6.8 kmHaslingfield6.9 kmFulbourn7.3 kmHarston7.4 kmHardwick7.5 kmOakington7.5 kmLandbeach7.8 kmStow cum Quy7.8 kmBar Hill8.1 kmHarlton8.1 kmDry Drayton8.2 kmClayhithe8.5 kmNewton8.5 kmFrog End8.8 kmWaterbeach8.9 kmToft8.9 kmLittle Eversden8.9 kmEversden9 kmChilderley Gate9.4 kmBarrington9.5 kmGreat Eversden9.5 kmSawston9.5 kmCaldecote9.5 kmLittle Wilbraham9.6 kmCottenham9.7 kmLode9.8 kmBabraham9.9 kmChilderley9.9 kmWhittlesford9.9 kmBottisham10 kmLolworth10 kmLongstanton10 kmFoxton10 kmGreat Wilbraham10 kmRampton10 kmKingston10 kmNorthstowe11 kmLong Meadow11 kmPampisford11 kmThriplow11 kmOrwell11 kmShepreth11 kmGreat Abington12 kmHeathfield12 kmSwaffham Bulbeck12 kmBoxworth12 kmCrow End12 kmLittle Abington12 kmCommercial End12 kmDuxford12 kmFowlmere12 kmBourn12 kmKnapwell12 kmOld Wimpole12 kmWimpole13 kmCambourne13 kmSix Mile Bottom13 kmChittering13 kmWillingham13 kmHildersham13 km
Cambridge from above
Around Cambridge30 places to see, do and reach nearby
Bourn BrookNature3.5 kmRiver GrantaNature20 kmOld Bedford RiverNature18 kmRiver Cam, EnglandNature19 kmRoyston CaveNature19 kmNew Bedford RiverNature16 kmGiant’s GraveNature4.1 kmBridge of Sighs, CambridgeMonument0.9 kmKing's College Chapel, CambridgeMonument0.5 kmSenate House, CambridgeMonument0.6 kmOur Lady and the English Martyrs ChurchMonument0.7 kmAll Saints Church, CambridgeMonument1.0 kmCambridge University LibraryMonument0.8 kmJesus CollegeMonument1.1 kmPembroke CollegeMonument0.3 kmFitzwilliam MuseumMuseum0.2 kmMuseum of ZoologyMuseum0.5 kmKettle's YardMuseum1.2 kmWhipple Museum of the History of ScienceMuseum0.3 kmMuseum of Archaeology and AnthropologyMuseum0.4 kmCambridgeStation1.6 kmCambridge SouthStation3.1 kmCambridge NorthStation4.0 kmCambridge punt toursFerry port1.3 kmElyPlace24 kmNewmarketPlace20 kmSaffron WaldenPlace21 kmSt IvesPlace20 kmGodmanchesterPlace24 kmBurwellPlace17 km
Postal codes
CB1CB2CB21CB22CB23CB24CB3CB5
Getting to Cambridge
London Stansted AirportSTN
36 kmLondon Luton AirportLTN
49 kmLondon City AirportLCY
77 kmCambridgeRailway station
1.6 kmCambridge SouthRailway station
3.1 kmCambridge NorthRailway station
4 kmCambridge punt toursFerry port
1.3 kmPlaces near Cambridge
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Matched month by month on temperature, rain and sunshine.
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Frequently asked questions
When is the best time to visit Cambridge?
Based on 30-year climate normals, June, August and September offer the best balance of comfortable temperatures, low rainfall and sunshine in Cambridge.
What is the hottest month in Cambridge?
July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23°C and lows of 13°C.
What is the coldest month in Cambridge?
January is the coldest month, with average highs of 8°C and lows of 2°C.
What is the rainiest month in Cambridge?
July is the wettest month with about 56 mm of precipitation on 14 wet days.
What is the postal code of Cambridge?
Cambridge has 8 postal codes: CB1, CB2, CB21, CB22, CB23, CB24, CB3, CB5.