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About
Washington is a town in the Sunderland district, in Tyne and Wear, England. Historically part of County Durham, it is the ancestral settlement of the local Washington family, from which the first president of the United States, George Washington, descended. It has a population of 67,085.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Washington, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Washington
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
11° / 5°
0.9 mm
Sat
Drizzle
12° / 4°
Sun
Drizzle
12° / 7°
2.9 mm
Mon
Drizzle
14° / 7°
1.8 mm
UV Moderate
Tue
Drizzle
17° / 10°
2.1 mm
UV Moderate
Wed
Drizzle
19° / 12°
Thu
Overcast
20° / 11°
UV Moderate
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
21° / 3°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
16.1h
05:00 – 21:04local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Washington
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Newcastle International Airport (NCL) at 19 km.
Getting around Washington
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
Go North EastStagecoach North EastGateshead Central TaxisJH CoachesWeardale Motor ServicesFlixBus-euFlixbusArriva North EastNational ExpressNorthstarB MetroTyne and Wear MetroMegabusL & G CoachesCity TransportCrossCountryNorthern TrainsCaledonian SleeperLumoTransport for Wales
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.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.