Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum is an art, history, and university museum in Cambridge. It has been open since 1816 and is one of the 124 most looked-up sights in the United Kingdom on English Wikipedia.
Planning a visit
The museum is open Tuesday to Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00 and Sunday from 12:00 to 17:00. There is no fee to visit, and the museum provides wheelchair access. Visitors can combine a trip to the museum with a visit to King's College, Cambridge, which is 0.5 km away, or Ely Cathedral, located 24.1 km away.
London Stansted Airport is the nearest airport, situated 36 km from the museum. Cambridge is 79 km from London. For weather, July and August have the highest temperatures, with daily highs of 21 °C, while January and December have the lowest, with highs of 7 °C. The wettest month is October, with 62 mm of rain.
Weather by month
The warmest month is July, with an average high of 21 °C. Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high, °C | 7 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Average low, °C | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Rainfall, mm | 52 | 38 | 42 | 43 | 52 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 52 | 62 | 58 | 50 |
| Rainy days | 13 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Temperatures and rainfall: 1981–2010 averages for this spot (4 km grid), from CHELSA. Rainy days: 2015–2024, NASA POWER.
