Wigan
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About
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, 16 miles (25.7 km) to the south-east, and Liverpool, 17 miles (27 km) to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its administrative centre. The town has a population of 107,732 and the wider borough of 330,714. Wigan was, historically, part of the historic county of Lancashire.
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The next week in Wigan
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°
1.2 mm
UV Moderate
Sat
Rain
12° / 6°
6.8 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Rain
13° / 7°
10.9 mm
UV Moderate
Mon
Drizzle
12° / 8°
6.9 mm
UV High
Tue
Rain
17° / 10°
12.2 mm
UV High
Wed
Overcast
19°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
24° / -1°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
15.9h
05:10 – 21:02local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Wigan
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL) at 27 km.
Getting around Wigan
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 North WestStagecoach Merseyside and South LancashireKirkby Lonsdale CoachesHattons TravelHuyton TravelHolmeswood Coaches LtdLink NetworkFlixBus-euFlixbusArriva North WestBee NetworkHTLPreston BusStagecoachBee NetworkPreston BusNational ExpressWarrington's Own BusesDon Fraser CoachesVision Bus
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.