Brecon Beacons
Includes all higher summits in the southern half of Wales: the Bannau Brycheiniog / Brecon Beacons National Park, southern Cambrian Mountains and highest Preseli hills.
Thursday's Forecast
Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
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Windy, walking impeded
Blustery conditions enough to give buffeting on higher terrain or affect balance on exposed ridges. 25 to 40mph.
Sunshine and showers
A good amount of dry and bright weather, but scattered bursts of rain, some may be locally heavy.
Warm
Comfortable temperatures on the hills, 10 to 15C on tops, feeling pleasantly warm especially on lower ground. Beware of feeling cooler if exposed to wind on higher terrain.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Thursday 2nd July 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Jul 26 at
4:04PM
Summary for all mountain areas
Gales early, severe over tops of north England and Scotland. Wind gradually eases, though staying blustery north. Showers, drizzle, and low cloud early, particularly west hills. England, Wales, and east Scotland largely dry afternoon, few cloud caps over high tops; cloud and drizzle linger in west Scotland.
Headline for Brecon Beacons
Gales ease, later fairly small effects; early showers, dry afternoon
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 50mph dawn-early morning, soon shifting northwesterly and easing to 25-35mph by noon, strongest east, and further easing to finish near 15mph, some gustiness over high tops.
Effect of the wind on you?
Difficult conditions from overnight and early in the day, walking arduous over high terrain with notable wind chill, improving to fairly small effects later though some nuisance gusts possible.
How Wet?
Showers fade for a dry afternoon
Showery rain from overnight and after dawn, most frequent western Cambrians for a few hours, some drizzle on the high tops. Tending to become well scattered, by afternoon generally dry.
Cloud on the hills?
Lifting and clearing most tops
Covering high terrain fairly widely from dawn, soon mostly confined to highest tops and gradually tending to thin and break above most hills, some odd caps may occasional graze the highest tops.
Chance of cloud free summits?
30% rising to 80%
Sunshine and air clarity?
Occasional sun breaking through, most often eastern lower slopes, and more extensive later in the day. Visibility very good below cloud, some haze toward west coast.
How Cold? (at 750m)
10C rising to 12C afternoon, or 13C east and southern slopes. Directly in the stronger winds feeling -3C on tops, then +5C later.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Friday 3rd July 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Jul 26 at
4:04PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Generally westerly but variable 10-20mph.
Effect of the wind on you?
Fairly small.
How Wet?
Likely none
Some fine drizzle on high terrain where in cloud, most likely in the early hours, this fading for dry hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Patchy cloud mostly western tops
Some cloud banks mostly over higher and western slopes, particularly Cambrians, a chance of thicker cloud early but mostly breaking for cloud free hills; only odd banks later, not just high terrain.
Chance of cloud free summits?
50% rising to 90%
Sunshine and air clarity?
A mix of sun and high cloud. Visibility very good.
How Cold? (at 750m)
12C rising to 14C afternoon, to 16C Black Mountains. Feeling like 3 to 5C directly in the wind.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Viewing Forecast For
Brecon Beacons
Saturday 4th July 2026
Last updated
Wed 1st Jul 26 at
4:04PM
How windy? (On the summits)
Westerly 20 to 30mph, some stronger gusts around higher tops, powerful gusts to the east early too.
Effect of the wind on you?
Starting to make walking uncomfortable on higher exposed terrain, buffeting gusts in places on tops.
How Wet?
Rare drizzle
A little drizzle in the air now and again, mainly western Cambrians. Little if any toward southeastern hills.
Cloud on the hills?
Most persistent west and south
Banks of cloud, possibly blanket low cloud western Brecon Beacons to west Cambrians above 500-600m, locally lower coastal slopes. Higher bases and some breaks eastern hills.
Chance of cloud free summits?
20% west, to 40% east.
Sunshine and air clarity?
Largely cloudy and misty coastal west Wales, some better visibility below cloud further inland and east Wales.
How Cold? (at 750m)
13C rising to 15 or 16C afternoon, mildest east. Feeling like 4 to 7C in direct wind on tops.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
Planning Outlook
Westerlies prevail across northern Britain. Rain, drizzle and low cloud most frequent over western hills from Lake District northward. Temperatures near average, but feeling cool in exposure to wind on tops, which could regularly be quite strong and gusty. An improving trend from the south into and over the weekend as higher pressure builds, best conditions for Wales and eastern hills elsewhere. A drier and warmer window looks probable from early-to-middle next week, very warm sunshine on some days England and Wales, southwesterlies still bring more cloud to western Scotland, some rain at times, wettest toward northwest. This pattern looks to continue into the following weekend with high pressure to the southwest maintaining drier conditions here with cloudier/damper conditions in the north and west.