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Best time to visit Lyme Regis
United Kingdom · Europe
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Lyme Regis
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- JanJLyme Regis in January: avoid
- FebFLyme Regis in February: avoid
- MarMLyme Regis in March: ok
- AprALyme Regis in April: sweet spot
- MayMLyme Regis in May: sweet spot, busy
- JunJLyme Regis in June: sweet spot, busy
- JulJLyme Regis in July: sweet spot, busy
- AugALyme Regis in August: sweet spot, busy
- SepSLyme Regis in September: sweet spot
- OctOLyme Regis in October: ok
- NovNLyme Regis in November: avoid
- DecDLyme Regis in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Lyme Regis
- Chesil Beach Shingle beach in Dorset, southern England
- Montacute House Late Elizabethan mansion with garden in Montacute, South Somerset, England, UK
- Barrington Court Grade I listed historic house museum in South Somerset, England, UK
- Pecorama Tourist attraction in England
- Beer Quarry Caves Man-made caves in Devon, England
Tours and tickets in Lyme Regis
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8° | 11d | 87% | 4.3h | avoid | 8C max, 11 rainy days |
| Feb | 9° | 11d | 85% | 5.1h | avoid | 9C max, 11 rainy days |
| Mar | 11° | 11d | 83% | 6.9h | ok | 11C max, 11 rainy days |
| Apr | 13° | 8d | 78% | 9.8h | sweet spot | 13C max, 8 rainy days |
| May | 16° | 8d | 78% | 11.4h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jun | 19° | 8d | 79% | 11.7h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Jul | 21° | 7d | 76% | 12.0h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 21° | 8d | 79% | 10.5h | sweet spot busy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 18° | 10d | 82% | 8.5h | sweet spot | 18C max, 10 rainy days |
| Oct | 15° | 13d | 85% | 6.2h | ok | 15C max, 13 rainy days |
| Nov | 11° | 11d | 86% | 4.7h | avoid | 11C max, 11 rainy days |
| Dec | 10° | 12d | 88% | 3.8h | avoid | 10C max, 12 rainy days |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at the town and the Cobb: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Lyme Regis's February days now average 9.4°C, 2.3°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 7.6° | 7.1° | 9.4° | 11.4° | 15.0° | 17.7° | 20.4° | 19.7° | 17.4° | 14.0° | 10.2° | 8.6° |
| 2017–26 | 8.2° | 9.4° | 10.8° | 13.2° | 16.4° | 19.1° | 21.1° | 20.6° | 18.4° | 15.1° | 11.5° | 9.6° |
| Change | +0.7° | +2.3° | +1.4° | +1.8° | +1.4° | +1.5° | +0.7° | +1.0° | +1.0° | +1.1° | +1.2° | +1.0° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Exeter, Devon (EXT), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Exeter, Devon.
| Exeter, Devon (EXT) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Bristol (BRS) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Lyme Regis is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Manchester
- from Dublin
- from Paris
- from Brussels
- from Amsterdam
- from Glasgow
- from Edinburgh
- from Düsseldorf
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Lyme Regis, flying or not.
Before you go
Type G plugs at 230 V. Drives on the left. The currency is the Pound sterling. Everything for United Kingdom: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Contactless cards and phones work almost everywhere, and some places no longer take cash. Small shops and pubs may set a card minimum of about £5.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — 10 to 15% in restaurants for good service, unless a service charge is already on the bill. Rounding up a taxi fare is usual but not expected.
Getting around Lyme Regis
- Apps — Rides: Bolt, FreeNow, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
One very good way to get around is to walk. Lyme Regis is on the South West Coast path and there are many circular routes from and around Lyme Regis - the area is very steep in places. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Lyme Regis, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 999 or 112 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Lyme Regis in pictures
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Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What Lyme Regis is like
Lyme Regis is a seaside town in south-west Dorset in the West Country of England. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- The Cobb. A large harbour wall, that has featured in novels by Jane Austen (who lived for a time in Lyme Regis) and in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman… More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Fossil hunting. In front of the cliffs by the beach. There are lots of fossilised ammonites in the sediment layers in the cliffs, and as weathering occurs, the cliffs are eroded and the fossils are left on the beach. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Axminster train station, Axminster, EX13 5PF. The nearest train station is Axminster which is about 5.5 mi (8.9 km) north of Lyme Regis. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Lyme Regis, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
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Lyme Regis is in United Kingdom, Europe. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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