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Best Time for Shakespeare Country & the Welsh Marches
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Sweet spot: March, April, May. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- The RSC's summer season fills Stratford's riverside theatres, castle grounds are at their greenest, and Ludlow's food scene warms up toward its September festival.
- Ludlow's medieval Christmas fair and Warwick Castle's winter shows make this a surprisingly good cold-weather run — book Stratford plays well ahead.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C | 6.2°C | 68 mm | 8.0 h | |
| February | 0.7°C | 6.8°C | 55 mm | 9.6 h | ❄ |
| March | 1.5°C | 9.3°C | 56 mm | 11.5 h | |
| April | 3.6°C | 12.8°C | 50 mm | 13.7 h | |
| May | 6.6°C | 16.1°C | 63 mm | 15.5 h | |
| June | 9.7°C | 19.1°C | 68 mm | 16.5 h | |
| July | 11.4°C | 20.8°C | 73 mm | 16.1 h | |
| August | 11.1°C | 20.3°C | 73 mm | 14.5 h | |
| September | 8.9°C | 17.9°C | 54 mm | 12.4 h | |
| October | 6.6°C | 13.8°C | 81 mm | 10.3 h | |
| November | 3.7°C | 9.3°C | 78 mm | 8.4 h | |
| December | 1.9°C | 6.6°C | 75 mm | 7.5 h |