Peterborough
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About
Peterborough is a cathedral city in the City of Peterborough district in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. The city is 74 miles (119 km) north of London, on the River Nene. As of the 2021 census, the Peterborough urban area had a population of 192,178, In 2023, the Peterborough City Council estimated the population of the wider district to be 219,510.
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The next week in Peterborough
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°
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
14° / 5°
0.9 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
15° / 8°
0.9 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
13° / 8°
1.2 mm
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
18° / 10°
5.7 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
21° / 11°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
26° / 0°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.7h
05:05 – 20:48local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Peterborough
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is London Luton Airport (LTN) at 78 km.
Getting around Peterborough
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
Stagecoach EastDews CoachesDelaine BusesBland'sVectareTransportConnectStagecoach MidlandsFirst Norfolk & SuffolkFlixBus-euFlixbusNational ExpressStagecoach East MidlandsB MetroEast Midlands RailwayCrossCountryGreat NorthernCaledonian SleeperLumoGrand CentralLNER
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.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.