The Met Office historic file for Ringway, the old Manchester Airport station, ends in 2004 with the words site closed. Fourteen years is not a 1991–2020 normal, so Ringway is not averaged into this page. The station the Met Office does publish a 1991–2020 average for, and the nearest one in that location-specific set, is Woodford.

Woodford is not the city centre and it is not the airport. The caption says so. Rain is spread through the year in this normal, and the summers are cooler than Heathrow's. Put the two high columns side by side if you are choosing between the cities. No month is named the best one.

Month by month

The highest average daily high is 20.66°C in July. The lowest average daily low is 1.07°C in January. The wettest month in the water column is December at 96.98 mm, and the lightest is March at 52.53 mm. These sentences only restate the table. They are not a ranking of the best month to go.

Station: Woodford, 1991–2020. Nearest published Met Office climate station to Manchester Airport, not the city centre. Averages for 1991-2020. The rule runs from that month’s average low to its average high, on this station’s own scale. The black bar under the water figure is that month against the wettest month here.
Month	High °C	Low °C	Rainfall (mm)
January	7.11	1.07	77.00
February	7.92	1.40	60.48
March	10.13	2.42	52.53
April	13.01	4.13	55.81
May	16.25	7.05	56.21
June	18.93	9.55	64.61
July	20.66	11.81	80.19
August	20.24	11.64	79.73
September	17.56	9.51	76.09
October	13.84	6.78	91.69
November	9.96	3.35	77.08
December	7.47	1.15	96.98

Met Office location-specific long-term averages for 1991–2020. The Met Office says these station averages are a sample for general interest, and that where a station record is incomplete, values for missing months may be estimated from well-correlated stations. Ringway, the former airport station, closed in 2004 and is not used. Source: Station: Woodford, 1991–2020. Nearest published Met Office climate station to Manchester Airport, not the city centre.. As of 2026-11-14.

The facts, in sentences

Plugs and voltage

The IEC world-plugs list shows the United Kingdom at 230 volts and 50 hertz, with plug type G.

IEC World Plugs. As of 14 November 2026.

Driving side

Highway Code rule 160 says that once moving you should keep to the left, unless road signs or markings indicate otherwise. The exceptions named in that rule are overtaking, turning right, or passing parked vehicles or pedestrians in the road. This Highway Code applies in England, Scotland, and Wales.

The Highway Code, rules 159 to 203, GOV.UK. As of 14 November 2026.

Tap water

CDC's traveler page for the United Kingdom, last reviewed 25 August 2026, does not say whether tap water is safe or unsafe. It says food and water standards vary by destination and by what you are doing, and it points readers to CDC's food and water precautions. This page does not turn that into medical advice.

CDC Travelers' Health, the United Kingdom. As of 14 November 2026.

Currency

ISO 4217 lists the currency name Pound Sterling and the code GBP for United Kingdom.

ISO 4217 currency list (SIX). As of 14 November 2026.

Time zone

Manchester is in England, covered by the IANA zone Europe/London.

IANA tzdb zone1970.tab, Europe/London. As of 14 November 2026.

Tipping

VisitBritain says tipping is not expected in Britain the way it is in some other countries, staff must be paid at least the National Minimum Wage, and a tip is polite for good service rather than required. Some bills add a service charge, which you can decline. If nothing is added, VisitBritain calls 10–15 a standard restaurant tip when the service was good, and 10–15 percent a nice gesture for a taxi, or rounding the fare up to the next pound. A hotel porter is customarily about £2.

VisitBritain, useful information. As of 14 November 2026.

Entry requirements

The UK government's visa check. We do not restate the result. GOV.UK: Official entry requirements. Checked 14 November 2026. We do not rewrite the rule.

Hotels, tours, and a plug

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