Brooklyn and London have similar daytime temperatures, Brooklyn has 3°C (5.4°F) warmer nights, Brooklyn gets 549 mm (21.6 in) more rain a year.
Brooklyn is at its warmest in July and coolest in January, while London peaks in July and bottoms out in February. Month for month, Brooklyn is the warmer of the two in 8 of 12 months.
Brooklyn is the wetter of the two, collecting 1,254 mm (49.4 in) of rain a year against 705 mm (27.8 in) in London. The most comfortable time to visit is June, August and September in Brooklyn and June, July and August in London.
| Brooklyn | Metric | London |
|---|---|---|
| 🌡️ Temperature | ||
| 14.6°C | 🌡️Average daytime high | 14.3°C |
| 9.2°C | 🌙Average nighttime low | 6.2°C |
| July | 🔥Hottest month | July |
| January | ❄️Coldest month | February |
| 🌧️ Rain | ||
| 1,254 mm | 🌧️Annual rainfall | 705 mm |
| July | ☔Wettest month | October |
| February | 🏜️Driest month | April |
| 💨 Climate | ||
| 80% | 💧Average humidity | 85% |
| 4.2 m/s | 💨Average wind speed | 3.4 m/s |
Overnight, Brooklyn typically falls to around 9.2°C (48.6°F) while London settles near 6.2°C (43.2°F).
Brooklyn is hottest in July and coldest in January, whereas London peaks in July and is coolest in February.
Brooklyn sees the most rain in July and the least in February; London is wettest in October and driest in April.
London feels the more humid of the two, averaging 85% relative humidity against 80%.
For London, the pick of the year is June, July and August.
Month by month, here is the coldest night, the average day and the hottest afternoon each city can expect. Switch Compare to read rainfall, humidity, wind or solar instead, and Period to move between the long-term 45-year average and any single year — the shading is a quick warm-to-cool guide.
| Month | Brooklyn | London | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Avg | Max | Min | Avg | Max | |
| January | -1.7 | 0.9❄️ | 3.4 | 1.3 | 4❄️ | 6.7 |
| February | -1.3 | 1.3 | 4 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 7.5 |
| March | 1.4 | 4.2 | 7 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 10.4 |
| April | 5.9 | 8.8 | 11.8 | 4 | 8.7 | 13.3 |
| May | 11.3 | 14.1 | 16.9 | 7.1 | 11.9 | 16.7 |
| June | 16.8 | 19.5 | 22.2 | 10 | 14.9 | 19.9 |
| July | 20.8 | 23.4🔥 | 26 | 12.3 | 17.4🔥 | 22.4 |
| August | 20.6 | 23.2 | 25.7 | 12.3 | 17.3 | 22.4 |
| September | 17.4 | 20.1 | 22.8 | 10.1 | 14.8 | 19.5 |
| October | 11.8 | 14.6 | 17.4 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 15.1 |
| November | 6.2 | 9 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 10.2 |
| December | 1.6 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 4.9 | 7.3 |
| Annual Avg | 9.2 | 11.9 | 14.6 | 6.3 | 10.3 | 14.3 |
Min / mean / max temperature (°C). 🔥 marks each city's hottest month, ❄️ its coldest; shading runs cool blue to warm red.
The same figures plotted out, so the shape of a typical year is easier to see than in a grid. Where the two lines run close together Brooklyn and London feel alike; where they separate, they are genuinely different places to be.
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Quick answers to the questions people ask most when comparing Brooklyn and London — each drawn straight from the climate figures above.
Brooklyn and London are about equally warm. Daytime highs average 14.6°C (58.3°F) in Brooklyn and 14.3°C (57.7°F) in London, so neither is clearly the warmer choice over the year. Nights are milder in Brooklyn, with average lows of 9.2°C (48.6°F) versus 6.2°C (43.2°F).
Brooklyn is hottest in July, averaging highs of about 26°C (78.7°F), while London peaks in July at around 22.4°C (72.4°F). That makes Brooklyn the hotter of the two at the height of summer.
Brooklyn gets colder. In its coldest month (January) overnight lows average about -1.7°C (29°F), compared with 1.2°C (34.2°F) at the low point of the year in London.
Brooklyn is the wetter city, collecting about 1,254 mm (49.4 in) of rain a year versus 705 mm (27.8 in) in London. Brooklyn is wettest in July and driest in February; London is wettest in October and driest in April.
London is the more humid of the two, averaging 85% relative humidity over the year against 80% in Brooklyn.
The most comfortable months in Brooklyn are June, August and September, when average temperatures are at their mildest.
London is at its most pleasant around June, July and August, based on the mildest average temperatures of the year.
Brooklyn is the warmer city in 8 of the 12 months of the year. The gap is widest in July, about 6°C (10.8°F), and narrowest in April, about 0.1°C (0.2°F).
Brooklyn has the bigger seasonal swing, about 22.5°C (40.5°F) between its coldest and hottest months versus 13.4°C (24.1°F) in London — so London has the steadier, more even climate.
It depends what matters most to you: pick London if you prefer drier conditions and go for Brooklyn if you want lower humidity. There is no single "better" climate — it comes down to whether you value warmth, dryness or comfort most.
Every figure on this page is calculated from NASA POWER satellite climate data spanning 1981–2025 (45 years). The averages describe the long-term climate of Brooklyn and London, not a single year's weather or a short-range forecast.
