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Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands region, in England. It is the largest local authority district in England by population and the second-largest city in Britain – commonly referred to as the second city of the United Kingdom – with a population of 1.2 million people in the city proper in 2024. Birmingham borders the Black Country to its west and, together with the city of Wolverhampton and towns including Dudley and Solihull, forms the West Midlands conurbation. The royal town of Sutton Coldfield is incorporated within the city limits to the northeast. Birmingham's urban area has a population of 2.7 million and its wider metropolitan area has a population of 4.3 million.
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The next week in Birmingham
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
12° / 6°
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
12° / 6°
1.3 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
13° / 8°
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
12° / 7°
1.1 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Drizzle
16° / 9°
6.1 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
20° / 11°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
26° / -1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.7h
05:12 – 20:54local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Birmingham
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Birmingham Airport (BHX) at 11 km.
Getting around Birmingham
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Arriva MidlandsVectareNew Bharat Coaches (Southall, London)Stagecoach MidlandsFlexibusKevs Cars and CoachesFlexibusNational Express West MidlandsKevs Cars and CoachesWest Midlands MetroFlixBus-euFlixbusSolus CoachesNational ExpressCarolean CoachesDiamond BusB MetroCarolean CoachesLandFlightThandi Red Limited
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, User:Hogweard.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.