Wakefield
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About
Wakefield, also known as the City of Wakefield, is a local government district with city status and a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Wakefield, the largest settlement, is the administrative centre of the district. The population of the City of Wakefield at the 2011 Census was 325,837.
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The next week in Wakefield
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
Overcast
12° / 6°
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
13° / 6°
1.8 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
13° / 8°
0.9 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
13° / 8°
2.8 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Drizzle
17° / 10°
8.0 mm
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
20° / 11°
0.6 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
25° / -1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.9h
05:05 – 20:58local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Wakefield
6 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) at 23 km.
Getting around Wakefield
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
Team PennineArriva YorkshireConnexions BusesA Lyles and SonGlobe CoachesFirst LeedsSquarepegFlixBus-euFlixbusYorkshire Travel GroupTLC Travel LtdGlobe HolidaysStagecoach YorkshireNational ExpressB MetroMegabusEast YorkshireCrossCountryNorthern TrainsCaledonian Sleeper
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 →
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