Bournemouth
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Bournemouth is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest town in Dorset.
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The next week in Bournemouth
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
13° / 6°
0.8 mm
Sat
Drizzle
13° / 7°
5.5 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
14° / 8°
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
12° / 8°
UV Moderate
Tue
Rain
16° / 11°
13.6 mm
UV High
Wed
Overcast
18° / 12°
UV High
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
20° / 5°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.5h
05:19 – 20:47local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Bournemouth
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Bournemouth Airport (BOH) at 7 km.
Getting around Bournemouth
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
VectaremorebusXelabusFlixBus-euFlixbusNational ExpressB MetroBrittany FerriesGreat Western RailwayCrossCountrySouth Western Railway
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
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- 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 →
CC BY-SA 2.0, Keith Edkins.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.