South West Coast Path

Spectacular and hilly coast walk along the Devon, Cornwall, and Dorset coasts

Hiking weather forecast

Regional weather (Met Office)

Updated: Sun, 20-Apr at 08:38

South West England

Largely dry with some warm sunny spells on Easter Sunday.

  • Easter Sunday will be fine and largely dry with decent spells of hazy sunshine, especially in Cornwall
  • Chance of a few light showers in the east by evening
  • Feeling quite pleasant in the sunshine, with light winds
  • Maximum Temperature 17C

Tonight:

  • A cloudier evening with a few scattered light showers around
  • Cloud increasing from the west, with some outbreaks of rain moving northeastwards overnight, followed by further showers
  • Light winds
  • Minimum Temperature 4C

Monday:

  • Early cloud and outbreaks of rain clearing northeastwards to leave a mixture of sunny spells and scattered showers on Easter Monday
  • The showers fading later in the day
  • Light winds
  • Maximum Temperature 15C

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

  • Largely dry and bright Tuesday, before rain arrives overnight
  • Early rain soon clearing to leave a mixture of sunny spells and showers Wednesday
  • Drier and brighter Thursday
  • Temperatures near normal

UK Day 6-7 and week 2

  • Mainly dry across the UK at the start of this period
  • Some light rain or showers are possible across southern and western areas, but other regions will be brighter with spells of sunshine
  • Into the weekend, this is likely to be little change with most areas fine and dry
  • Parts of the west and southwest are likely to be cloudier with a risk of some patchy rain or drizzle
  • Into the final days of April and start of May, high pressure is likely to be the dominant weather pattern
  • Fine and dry weather is expected for the majority of the UK with periods of sunshine
  • Winds are likely to be light with temperatures close to or slightly above normal

UK Week 3 and 4

  • Often fine and dry across the UK in early May with high pressure patterns expected to dominate
  • Toward the middle of the month, there is an increasing chance of showers or longer spells of rain developing
  • Temperatures are expected to be close to or slightly above average

Weather data by Met Office

South West weather (Accuweather)

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