Reading & Leeds 2024: Get the latest weather forecast here

23 August 2024, 08:00

Reading & Leeds Festival 2024 takes place this weekend. Picture: Joseph Okpako/Redferns via Getty Images, Simone Joyner/Getty Images, Andrew Benge/Redferns/Getty, Andrew Benge/Redferns/Getty, Katja Ogrin/Redferns/Getty

By Jenny Mensah

As Reading and Leeds festivals prepare to open their doors this week, we take a look at whether it will rain or shine.

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Reading and Leeds 2024 is set to take place this weekend.

The twin festivals - which are hosted in Reading's Richfield Avenue and Leeds' Bramham Park respectively - will see Liam Gallagher, , Gerry Cinnamon, Lana Del Rey, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Fred Again.. as headliners, with many more exciting acts joining them on the bill!

The festival is sure to be a bumper year, but will festival-goers have to pack their wellies and a rain mac or sunglasses and sun cream? Get the latest weather forecast for Reading and Leeds 2024 below.

Festival-goer at Reading 2019. Picture: Simone Joyner/Getty Images

What will the weather be like at Reading Festival 2024?

See the weather forecast for Reading Festival so far, courtesy of the Met Office.

Thursday 22nd August: When the festival opens its doors, Richfield Avenue should see "light rain changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon" with highs of 21 degrees and lows of 15 degrees.

Friday 23rd August: "light rain changing to sunny by late morning" is currently on the cards for the Friday, with highs of 22 degrees and lows of 13 degrees.

Saturday 24th August: "heavy rain changing to sunny intervals in the afternoon" is the outlook in Reading for Saturday with temperatures hitting highs of 20 degrees and lows of 10 degrees.

Sunday 25th August: "Sunny changing to cloudy by lunchtime" is predicted for the last night of the festival, with temperatures peaking at 20 degrees and experiencing lows of 12 degrees.

Monday 26th August: When most campers pack up to leave, Reading is predicted to have "sunny intervals changing to partly cloudy by early evening," with highs of 21 degrees and lows of 14 degrees.

Get the most up to date Reading Festival weather forecast here.

Crowds watch Two Door Cinema club at Leeds Festival 2021. Picture: Andrew Benge/Redferns/Getty

What's the weather for Leeds Festival 2024?

Thursday 22nd August: According to the Met Office, it is predicted that Bramham Park will see "light rain changing to sunny intervals by lunchtime" when Leeds Festival opens its doors, with highs of 19 degrees and lows of 12 degrees.

Friday 23rd August: The Friday of the festival has been issued a yellow weather warning for wind, with with highs of 18 degrees, lows of 11 degrees and high UV rays.

Saturday 24th August: "Sunny intervals changing to light showers by late morning" is the outlook at Leeds festival for Saturday with temperatures hitting highs of 18 degrees and lows of 10 degrees.

Sunday 25th August: The last night of Leeds Festival is predicted to be much of the same, with "sunny intervals changing to cloudy by late morning," with temperatures peaking at 17 degrees dropping to lows of 12 degrees.

Monday 26th August: When most campers pack up to leave, BBC Weather predicts that the festival will be "cloudy" with highs of 20 degrees and lows of 14 degrees.

Get the most up to date weather forecast for Leeds Festival here.