Here’s the early weather forecast for Reading and Leeds Festivals 2023

We’re just days away from this year’s editions of Reading and Leeds Festivals, with headline sets from Sam Fender, The Killers and Billie Eilish on the way.

With the festivals expanding in 2021 to encompass two main stages, there are now twice as many headliners, meaning that revellers will also take in bill-topping turns by Foals, Imagine Dragons and The 1975. The latter have stepped in to replace Lewis Capaldi, and will perform their self-titled debut album in full to mark its tenth anniversary.

Also on a varied lineup poster are Central Cee, Wet Leg, Rina Sawayama, Bakar and Becky Hill. After a British summer that has largely been a washout, the weather forecast for this festivals – which run from Friday 25th to Sunday 27th of September – looks like a mixed picture.

📣ANNOUNCEMENT📣 The Alt Stage & and Piccadilly Party Lineups have landed‼️ We have some INCREDIBLE names joining the lineup like @joeldommett and @russell_kane PLUS the incredible @TaylahElaine will be joining the @BBCR1 stage 🙌

Nearly a month to go 🫡 pic.twitter.com/1mCdWBObNo

— Reading & Leeds Fest (@OfficialRandL) July 20, 2023

Here’s the current outlook for both Bramham Park and Little John’s Farm, per the Met Office:

Thursday 24 August

Reading: Light showers changing to cloudy by lunchtime. Only a 20% chance of precipitation from noon onwards. Highs of 24°C, and around 15°C at night.

Leeds: Light showers changing to cloudy by late morning. Highs of 20°C, and around 14°C at night.

Friday 25 August

Reading: Sunny intervals. Only a 10% chance of precipitation throughout the day. Highs of 21°C, and around 13°C at night.

Leeds: Sunny intervals changing to cloudy by late morning. 40% chance of precipitation between 1pm and 7pm. Highs of 19°C, and around 11°C at night.

Saturday 26 August

Reading: Sunny changing to light showers in the afternoon. 40% chance of precipitation between 4pm and 10pm. Highs of 20°C, and around 12°C at night.

Leeds: Sunny intervals changing to light showers by lunchtime. 40% chance of precipitation between 1pm and 4pm, and 30% chance between 4pm and 10pm. Highs of 19, and around 12 at night.

Sunday 27 August

Reading: Sunny changing to cloudy by late morning. Only a 10% chance of precipitation throughout the day. Highs of 21°C, and around 13°C at night.

Leeds: Sunny changing to light showers by late morning. 30% chance of precipitation throughout the day, from 10am until 10pm. Highs of 18°C, and around 12°C at night.

You can find the full line-up for Reading here, and Leeds here.