Glastonbury Festival: what was the weather like at past editions?

At 16 of 27 editions of Glastonbury Festival from 1992 to 2025 (59%), at least one festival day had rain (≥ 1 mm); a day of 30 °C or more came at 0 of 27 editions. Source: ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus), data to 2025.

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Data updated: 2 November 2026 · Sources, licences and data

Calculated 3 November 2026 · weather: ERA5 1992–2025 · edition dates checked 2 November 2026

16 / 27editions with at least one rainy day

37%of festival days rainy

2 / 27editions with mud (≥ 40 mm incl. the week before)

0 / 27editions with a day ≥ 30 °C

7 °C (2000)coldest night

3 mmmedian rain per edition

Climate of the usual dates

If the next edition falls on its usual dates (25–27 June), the weather on those calendar days in 1991–2025 gives these odds:

63% — chance of at least one rainy day
40% — share of rainy days
20 °C — average daily maximum
0% — chance of a day of 30 °C or more
6% — chance of a night below 8 °C

Average daily maximum on these dates: 19.7 °C in 1991–2005, 21.2 °C in 2011–2025.

Glastonbury Festival’s fame as a mud festival rests on a mere handful of years. “Mud”, under the site’s rule (40 mm or more across the festival days and the week before), has built up at only 2 editions out of 27, and the median rainfall per edition is just 3 mm: rain here is frequent (37% of festival days), but usually light. This is the weather of past editions and the climate of the usual dates according to the ERA5 reanalysis; forecasts for specific days come from the weather services.

Mud and heat at past editions

The wettest was 2007: on 22–24 June it rained all 3 days, 24 mm in total. There has never been a hot day (a day of 30 °C or more); the closest was 2019 with 29 °C. The coldest night was 7 °C (2000). You will need a raincoat more often than wellies.

What the usual weather means for 2027

Tickets are valid from 23 to 27 June 2027. The site counts the last 3 days of the programme, 25–27 June, which fall exactly on the usual dates. Based on the 1991–2025 climate, they have a 63% chance of at least one rainy day, an average daytime high of 20 °C, and a night below 8 °C happens in 6% of cases. There is no forecast for these days yet.

Weather at past editions

editions with at least one rainy day · Rain, mm

Year	Dates	Rainy days	Rain	Max	Night min	Note
2025	27–29 June	1 / 3	2 mm	25 °C	13 °C	last 3 days of 25–29 June
2024	28–30 June	0 / 3	0 mm	21 °C	8 °C	last 3 days of 26–30 June
2023	23–25 June	0 / 3	1 mm	27 °C	14 °C	last 3 days of 21–25 June
2022	24–26 June	2 / 3	9 mm	19 °C	11 °C	last 3 days of 22–26 June
2019	28–30 June	0 / 3	0 mm	29 °C	14 °C	last 3 days of 26–30 June
2017	23–25 June	0 / 3	1 mm	20 °C	13 °C	last 3 days of 21–25 June
2016	24–26 June	3 / 3	10 mm	18 °C	11 °C	last 3 days of 22–26 June
2015	26–28 June	1 / 3	2 mm	20 °C	12 °C	last 3 days of 24–28 June
2014	27–29 June	2 / 3	18 mm	19 °C	11 °C	—
2013	28–30 June	0 / 3	0 mm	21 °C	13 °C	—
2011	24–26 June	2 / 3	5 mm	26 °C	9 °C	—
2010	25–27 June	0 / 3	0 mm	26 °C	9 °C	—
2009	26–28 June	1 / 3	7 mm	24 °C	12 °C	—
2008	27–29 June	2 / 3	3 mm	19 °C	12 °C	—
2007	22–24 June	3 / 3	24 mm	18 °C	12 °C	—
2005	24–26 June	1 / 3	17 mm	21 °C	13 °C	—
2004	25–27 June	2 / 3	11 mm	19 °C	10 °C	—
2003	27–29 June	2 / 3	3 mm	25 °C	9 °C	—
2002	28–30 June	0 / 3	0 mm	19 °C	8 °C	—
2000	23–25 June	0 / 3	1 mm	16 °C	7 °C	—
1999	25–27 June	2 / 3	6 mm	24 °C	11 °C	—
1998	26–28 June	2 / 3	23 mm	18 °C	12 °C	—
1997	27–29 June	3 / 3	7 mm	17 °C	10 °C	—
1995	23–25 June	0 / 3	0 mm	22 °C	11 °C	—
1994	24–26 June	1 / 3	9 mm	24 °C	11 °C	—
1993	25–27 June	0 / 3	0 mm	23 °C	9 °C	—
1992	26–28 June	0 / 3	0 mm	26 °C	11 °C	—

How to read these numbers

ERA5 is a reanalysis on a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): it counts slightly more light-rain days than nearby weather stations (by about 5–7 percentage points) and gives daytime highs about 1–2.5 °C below station readings, so real hot days were hotter than shown here.
Edition window: the official programme days (main festival days, without camping or warm-up days before the start).
For 8 editions the source lists a longer span (camping or warm-up days, a second weekend); we used the last 3 days, the festival's usual length.
“Mud” means at least 40 mm of rain over the festival days and the week before.
Dates of past editions: Wikidata and Wikipedia (de, en, es, fr, it, nl); cancelled editions (e.g. 2020–21) are not counted.

Dates and sources

Coordinates: 51.150, -2.587; ERA5 cell centred at 51.25, -2.50 (average ground height of the cell 94 m).