Average Snowfall for the United Kingdom in January

The tables below list monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities and towns in the United Kingdom.

You can jump to a separate table for each country: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The numbers are for how many days it snows this month and the amount of snow on the ground. The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.

England

January snowfall averages
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
6	Birmingham	17.3	43.9
2	Bournemouth	3.8	9.6
4	London	9.6	24.4
6	Manchester	4.1	10.3
2	Plymouth	0.7	1.8
4	Ramsgate	4.5	11.4

Wales

Total amount of snow in January on average
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
2	Aberporth	4.0	10.2
3	Cardiff	6.9	17.6
2	Valley, Anglesey	0.6	1.6

Scotland

Average total snowfall in January
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
8	Aberdeen	18.2	46.3
6	Edinburgh	7.2	18.3
6	Forres	7.8	19.7
10	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	10.6	27.0
4	Stornoway, Outer Hebrides	3.0	7.6
2	Tiree, Inner Hebrides	0.9	2.2

Northern Ireland

Average January snowfall
Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
5	Belfast	5.8	14.8

Reference

World Data Center for Meteorology. Climate of the World.