Guide to Wales
Must See Wales
Places in Wales
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Western real estate in the UK comes 'blessed' with rain, and Wales is perhaps bested in the UK only by pockets of western Scotland. Westerly and southwesterly winds can also make life pretty miserable. That said, the closeness of the mountains to the coast means that you can encounter very different climatic conditions within short distances. Temperatures in Cardiff rarely drop below freezing even in the depths of winter (January) and usually make it into the 20°Cs (70°Fs) in summer.