{"id":832344,"date":"2026-03-17T18:59:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/832344\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T18:59:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:59:29","slug":"london-is-going-to-be-hotter-than-tenerife-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/832344\/","title":{"rendered":"London is going to be hotter than Tenerife this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/shutterstock_720127579-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\" alt=\"The bright sunshine overlooking the Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich Park \u2013 one of the best things to do on sunny days in London\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Pajor Pawel, Shutterstock\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a data-force-follow=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/author\/katie-forge\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy- class=\"avatar avatar-40 photo\" height=\"40\" width=\"40\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/profile-pic-3-scaled-e1681828629697-150x150.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tStaff Writer\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\u00a0\u00b7\u00a0<br \/>\n\t\t\t17 March, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Whilst we\u2019re still a couple of months away from the<strong> official start of summer<\/strong>, it seems as though the weather in London has kindly decided to give us a sneak preview this week. Tomorrow (Wednesday, March 18) is set to be<strong> the capital city\u2019s warmest day of the year<\/strong> so far as the temperatures are forecasted to soar to the dizzying heights of 17\u00b0C. Can you actually believe it?<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/weather\/2643743\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/weather\/2643743\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-tracked=\"1\" data-category=\"click_sales\" data-cp_smn_source=\"secretldn\" data-cp_smn_content=\"london-hotter-than-tenerife-march\" data-cp_smn_term=\"text_cta_0\">BBC weather<\/a>, London will be basking in<strong> 17 degree sunshine <\/strong>whilst at the very same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-place-to-travel-to-from-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-place-to-travel-to-from-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Tenerife<\/a> (the largest and most populous of the Canary Islands) will only be experiencing highs of<strong> 16\u00b0C<\/strong>. And yes, I\u2019m well aware that there is very little difference in it. But when you\u2019ve spent a long, cold winter, clinging onto your hot water bottle as if your life depends on it,<strong> each and every last degree counts<\/strong>, okay?<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"An incredible panoramic view of London bathed in the sunshine from atop Hampstead Heath\" class=\"wp-image-137355\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/shutterstock_320771402.jpg\"\/>Photo: @shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, 17\u00b0C might not warrant us digging out our flip-flops and factor 50 just yet, it does remind us that those <strong>sweet summer days <\/strong>are well on their way. But if you \u2013 like me \u2013 have forgotten how to spend a sunny day in the city, please allow us to point you in the right direction. From <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-picnic-spots-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-picnic-spots-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">picnic spots<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/rooftop-bars-london\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/rooftop-bars-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">rooftop bars<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-london-walks\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-london-walks\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">walking routes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/brilliant-london-beer-gardens\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/brilliant-london-beer-gardens\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_internal\">beer gardens<\/a>; we\u2019ve got you covered.<\/p>\n<p>If you need me from this point forward, you\u2019ll most likely find me <strong>stocking up on tinnies and picky bits<\/strong> or in a park tucking into them (whilst captioning every one of my Instagram posts \u2018Costa Del Clapham\u2019, of course). Happy t-shirt weather, Londoners \u2013 we actually made it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Pajor Pawel, Shutterstock \u00a0\u2013\u00a0 Staff Writer \u00a0\u00b7\u00a0 17 March, 2026 Whilst we\u2019re still a couple of months&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,17009,257,24380,14299,16,15],"class_list":["post-832344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-london","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-local-trip","tag-london","tag-spring","tag-summer","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116246057209920317","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}