Didcot, United Kingdom

England · United Kingdom

Didcot is a mid-size city in England, United Kingdom with a population of 32,186. Elevation: 190 ft (58 m). Average temperature: 52°F (11°C).

Population source: Wikidata (dated census and official estimates), GeoNames. Climate: WorldClim 2.1 normals (1970-2000), NASA POWER. Updated August 2026

32,186 Population 9,843/sq mi density
190 ft Elevation 58 meters
52°F Avg Temperature 11°C
34.7 in Annual Rain
Europe / London Timezone

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People

Population32,186
Density9,843/mi²
Veterans4.3%

Climate

Avg Temp52°F (11°C)
Rain34.7 in/yr
Elevation190 ft (58 m)
Population32,186
Population Density9,843 / sq mi
Elevation190 ft (58 m)
Coordinates51.6093°, -1.2421°
TimezoneEurope/London
Country🇬🇧 United Kingdom
State / ProvinceEngland
Average Temperature52°F (11°C)
January Average41°F (5°C)
July Average62°F (17°C)
Annual Precipitation34.7 inches (882 mm)
Annual Snowfall2.7 inches (7 cm)

About Didcot

Didcot is a mid-size city in United Kingdom (England) with a population of 32,186. The city sits at an elevation of 190 feet (58 meters) above sea level. The average annual temperature is 52°F (11°C). Temperatures range from 41°F in January to 62°F in July. Annual precipitation averages 34.7 inches. The timezone is Europe/London.

Climate in Didcot

Didcot has an average annual temperature of 10.9°C (52°F). The hottest month is Jul (17.7°C), the coldest is Jan (4.4°C). Average annual precipitation is 0 mm.

Month Avg °C / °F Min / Max °C Rain (mm)
Jan 4.4°C / 40°F 1.6° / 7.1° 0.0
Feb 5.2°C / 41°F 2.2° / 8.1° 0.0
Apr 9.5°C / 49°F 5° / 14° 0.0
May 12.6°C / 55°F 7.9° / 17.3° 0.0
Jun 15.5°C / 60°F 11° / 20° 0.0
Jul 17.7°C / 64°F 13° / 22.4° 0.0
Aug 17°C / 63°F 12.8° / 21.3° 0.0
Sep 14.4°C / 58°F 10.2° / 18.5° 0.0
Oct 11.2°C / 52°F 7.7° / 14.7° 0.0
Nov 7.6°C / 46°F 4.7° / 10.5° 0.0
Dec 5.2°C / 41°F 2.6° / 7.9° 0.0
Didcot experiences four distinct seasons with an average annual temperature of 52°F (11°C). Winters average 41°F in January while summers reach 62°F in July. Annual precipitation totals 34.7 inches. The area receives 2.7 inches of snow annually. The city sits at an elevation of 190 feet.

Temperature

41°F Jan (5°C) 62°F Jul (17°C)
Annual Average52.2°F
3% below United Kingdom avg
January Average41°F (5°C)
July Average62°F (17°C)

Geography

Elevation190 ft (58 m)
Area3.3 sq mi (8.5 km²)
Population Density9,843/sq mi
Coordinates51.6093°N, 1.2421°W
TimezoneEurope/London

Precipitation & Snow

Annual Rainfall 34.7"
9% below United Kingdom avg
Snowfall 2.7"
Wettest Month (Dec) 2.76"
Driest Month (Jul) 1.65"

Air Quality

Earthquake History

41 earthquakes (M2.5+) within 150 km since 1990. Strongest: M4.8. Most recent: M3.4 on Feb 24, 2023.

Sep 22, 2002 2 km ESE of Wombourn, United Kingdom M4.8 119 km
Apr 2, 1990 4 km NNE of Presteigne, United Kingdom M4.7 143 km
Oct 28, 2001 5 km E of Long Clawson, United Kingdom M4.2 140 km
Sep 23, 2000 1 km WSW of Warwick, United Kingdom M4.0 79 km
Jan 28, 2015 2 km WSW of Market Overton, United Kingdom M3.8 129 km
May 12, 1994 4 km S of Shipston on Stour, United Kingdom M3.7 53 km
Jan 29, 2004 2 km E of North Petherton, United Kingdom M3.7 134 km
Jan 29, 2004 2 km E of North Petherton, United Kingdom M3.6 134 km
Oct 10, 2001 2 km SSE of Caerphilly, United Kingdom M3.5 136 km
Apr 18, 2014 3 km WSW of Market Overton, United Kingdom M3.5 129 km
Feb 12, 2002 1 km SSE of Deri, United Kingdom M3.5 139 km
Feb 24, 2023 1 km ENE of Brynmawr, United Kingdom M3.4 134 km
Jun 20, 2002 3 km N of Marshfield, United Kingdom M3.4 127 km
Feb 17, 1992 1 km W of Warboys, United Kingdom M3.4 118 km
Jan 29, 2004 2 km E of North Petherton, United Kingdom M3.3 134 km
Mar 4, 1990 2 km N of Great Haywood, United Kingdom M3.3 145 km
Sep 9, 1995 0 km WNW of East Wittering, United Kingdom M3.3 96 km
Feb 27, 2019 3 km SE of Dorking, United Kingdom M3.3 79 km
Jul 30, 1999 2 km ENE of Bargoed, United Kingdom M3.3 135 km
Sep 23, 2002 3 km ESE of Wombourn, United Kingdom M3.2 119 km
Source: USGS (M2.5+, 1990-2025)

Monthly Weather

Month Avg Temperature Precipitation Summary
January 41°F (5°C) 2.6 in
February 40°F (4°C) 1.9 in Coldest
March 43°F (6°C) 2.2 in
April 47°F (8°C) 1.8 in
May 53°F (12°C) 2.0 in
June 58°F (14°C) 2.2 in
July 62°F (17°C) 1.7 in Driest
August 62°F (17°C) 2.2 in Warmest
September 57°F (14°C) 2.4 in
October 51°F (11°C) 2.5 in
November 45°F (7°C) 2.6 in
December 41°F (5°C) 2.8 in Wettest

Didcot has a seasonal temperature swing of 22°F / from 40°F in February to 62°F in August. Total annual precipitation is 26.9 inches, with December being the wettest month (2.8") and July the driest (1.7").

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Schools in Didcot

11 public schools (OpenStreetMap data).

School Level Enrollment Teachers Student/Teacher
All Saints Church of England Primary School - - - -
Ladygrove Park Primary School - - - -
Stephen Freeman Primary School - - - -
St Birinus School - - - -
Northbourne Church of England Primary School - - - -
Didcot Girls' School - - - -
Willowcroft Community School - - - -
Hagbourne Church of England Primary School - - - -
Aureus Primary School - - - -
Sires Hill Primary Academy - - - -
Manor Primary School - - - -
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Radio Stations near Didcot

12 stations within ~55 km.

Station Genre Quality
Stoke Mandeville Hospital Radio hospital radio MP3
BFBS Aldershot - AAC+ 64 kbps
BFBS Brize Norton - AAC+ 64 kbps
Bucks Radio community radio, local news MP3
Raiders Radio dnb, drum and bass AAC 128 kbps
Overton Radio - MP3 192 kbps
Hospital Radio Basingstoke - MP3 128 kbps
Gold Dust Radio - MP3 192 kbps
Radio Cherwell - MP3 128 kbps
Windrush Radio - MP3 160 kbps
Kennet Radio - AAC 48 kbps
Data Transmission Radio deep house, drum and bass MP3 320 kbps

Museums in Didcot

NameTypeAddressPhoneAnnual Revenue
Abingdon County Hall Museum
Ashmolean Museum
Aston Martin Heritage Trust
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred
Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred
Christ Church Picture Gallery
Cogges Manor Farm Museum
Combe Mill
Didcot Railway Centre
Dorchester Abbey Museum and Gift Shop
Earth Trust Centre
Greenham Control Tower
GWR Museum
History Hut
Museum of Oxford
Museum of Rural Life
Museum of the History of Science
Oxford Bus Museum
Oxford Illusion Museum
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Oxfordshire Museum
Pendon Museum
Pitt Rivers Museum
R112 Visitors Centre
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum
ST Lee Gallery and Treasury
Story Museum
The Kilns - CS Lewis's Home
The Sack House
The Signalling Centre
The Witney & District Museum
Vale and Downland Museum and Visitor Centre
Wallingford Museum
Wallingford Phone Box Museum
West Berkshire Museum
Witney Blanket Hall

Libraries in Didcot

NameAddressStaffAnnual VisitsCirculationCollectionPrograms
Abingdon Library0.0
All Souls College Library0.0
Allen Ward and Medical Library0.0
Balfour Library0.0
Balliol College Library0.0
Barton Library0.0
Battle Library0.0
Benson Library0.0
Berinsfield Library0.0
Bodleian Art, Archaeology and Ancient World Library & Griffith Institute0.0
Bodleian Humanities Library0.0
Bodleian Law Library0.0
Bodleian Library0.0
Botley Library0.0
Burghfield Library0.0
Cairns Library0.0
Callaghan Library0.0
Christ Church Library0.0
Community Library0.0
County Library0.0
Cowley Library0.0
Didcot Libary0.0
Education Library0.0
Evnomia Chambers0.0
Eynsham Library0.0
Girdlestone Memorial Library0.0
Gladstone Link0.0
Goodman Library0.0
Goring Library0.0
Grove Library0.0
Harris Manchester College Library0.0
Headington County Library0.0
Hertford College Library0.0
Holdsworth Law Library0.0
Howard Piper Library0.0
Jackson Library0.0
Japanese Library0.0
John Moussouris Library0.0
Kathleen Major Library0.0
KB Chen China Centre Library0.0
Keble College Library0.0
Knowledge Centre0.0
Kuwait Library0.0
Lanier Theological Library0.0
Latin American Centre Library0.0
Laudian Library0.0
Lecture room0.0
Leopold Muller Memorial Library0.0
Library0.0
Library & Study Centre0.0
Lincoln College Library0.0
Littlemore Library0.0
Long Crendon Library0.0
Longwall Library0.0
McGowin Library0.0
Mortimer Library0.0
New College Library0.0
New Library, 10 Merton St.0.0
Newbury Library0.0
Nizami Ganjavi Library0.0
North Leigh Library0.0
Nuffield College Library0.0
Old Library0.0
Old Library0.0
Old Marston Library0.0
Old Warden's Lodgings0.0
Oriel College Library0.0
Oxford Westgate Library0.0
Pangbourne Library0.0
Pusey House Library0.0
Radcliffe Camera0.0
Radcliffe Science Library0.0
Regent's Park College Library0.0
Rewley House Continuing Education Library0.0
Sainsbury Library0.0
Sherardian Library of Plant Taxonomy0.0
Social Science Library0.0
Somerville College Library0.0
Southcote Library0.0
Southcote Library0.0
St Antony's College Library0.0
St Clare's Library0.0
St Edmund Hall Library0.0
Staircase 7/VII0.0
Stonesfield Library0.0
Summertown Library0.0
Taylor Institution0.0
Thatcham Library0.0
The Queen's College Library0.0
Theale Library0.0
Tilehurst Library0.0
University College Library0.0
Upper and Lower Libraries0.0
Vere Harmsworth Library0.0
Wadham College Library0.0
Wallingford Libary0.0
Wantage Library0.0
War Memorial Library0.0
Watlington Branch Library0.0
Weston Library0.0
Wheatley Library0.0
Witney Library0.0
Wolfson College Library0.0
Wolfson Library0.0
Woodcote Village Library0.0
Woodstock Library0.0
Worcester College Library0.0
Wren - Blackbird Leys Library & Learning Centre0.0
Wycliffe Hall Library0.0

Farmers Markets in Didcot

NameAddressSeasonHoursOrganicWebsite
Car Boot Sale - The Kassam Stadium
East Oxford Farmers' and Community Market
Gloucester Green Market
Headington Market
Market Square
South Oxford Farmers and Community Market
Summertown Farmers' Market
The Village Market & Cafe
Wallingford Market Place
Wantage Town Market
Witney Car Boot Sale

Restaurants in Didcot

13 restaurants within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Berro Lounge
Chor Muang
Django's Smokehouse
Gurkha Sunkoshi
Kolkata
Little India
Lotus House
Lusso
Nando's
Prezzo
Restaurant
Royal Orchid
Zigana

Cafes in Didcot

9 cafes within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Boswell's
Costa
Costa
Salinaz 2 Cafe Bar
Santander
Sparkle Softplay Cafe
Starbucks
Starbucks
Wrap N Shake

Cinemas in Didcot

1 cinemas within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Cineworld

Dentists in Didcot

2 dentists within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Didcot Dental Studio
Ladygrove Dental Practice

Veterinaries in Didcot

1 veterinaries within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Hadden Hill Veterinary Surgery

Train Stations in Didcot

5 train stations within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Burlescombe
Didcot Halt
Didcot Parkway
Main Line Platform
Oxford Road

Gas Stations in Didcot

3 gas stations within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Sainsbury's
Tesco Filling Station
The Co-operative

Banks in Didcot

5 banks within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Halifax
Lloyds Bank
Nationwide
Newbury Building Society
Newbury Building Society

Shopping Malls in Didcot

1 shopping malls within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Orchard Centre

Gyms in Didcot

2 gyms within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

PureGym
Snap Fitness

Golf Courses in Didcot

1 golf courses within city radius - OpenStreetMap data

Hadden Hill Golf Course

Breweries in Didcot

NameTypeAddressPhoneWebsite
Delphic Brweing Co & Taproom
Oxford Brewery Shop
Renegade Brewery
Vale Brewery
Wychwood Brewery

Stadiums & Teams in Didcot

TeamLeagueDivision

Ski Resorts Near Didcot

1 ski resorts within range.

Resort Slopes (km) Lifts Peak (m) Price Season Night Park
Southampton Alpine Centre 0.0 - - $0 - - -

Airports Near Didcot

50 airports within the area.

AirportIATAType
Blackbushe AirportBBSMedium Airport
Cranfield Airport-Medium Airport
Farnborough AirportFABMedium Airport
Lasham Airfield-Medium Airport
London Oxford AirportOXFMedium Airport
MoD Boscombe Down-Medium Airport
RAF BensonBEXMedium Airport
RAF Brize NortonBZZMedium Airport
RAF FairfordFFDMedium Airport
RAF OdihamODHMedium Airport
Southampton AirportSOUMedium Airport
Arden Heath Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Baileys Fram Airstrip-Small Airport
Barton Ashes Airstrip-Small Airport
Bere Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Bericote Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Bernwood Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Berry Grove Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Bicester Airfield-Small Airport
Bidford Airfield-Small Airport
Bossington Airstrip-Small Airport
Bovingdon Airstrip-Small Airport
Bowden Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Bowerchalke Airfield-Small Airport
Bowerswaine Farm Airfield-Small Airport
Brimpton Airfield-Small Airport
Brockwood Bottom Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Buttermilk Hall Farm-Small Airport
Calcot Airfield-Small Airport
Chalgrove Airfield-Small Airport
Chalk Pyt Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Cheddington Airstrip-Small Airport
Chesham Vale Airstrip-Small Airport
Chilbolton Airfield-Small Airport
Chilsfold Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Clench Common Airfield-Small Airport
Colemore Farm Airfield-Small Airport
Colthrop Manor Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Compton Chamberlayne Airstrip-Small Airport
Cornbury House Airstrip-Small Airport
Croughton Manor Farm Airstrip-Small Airport
Denford Manor Airstrip-Small Airport
Denham Aerodrome-Small Airport
Deptford 'Farm' Airstrip-Small Airport
Deptford Airstrip-Small Airport
Devizes Airstrip-Small Airport
Draycot Farm Aerodrome-Small Airport
Drayton St Leonard Airfield-Small Airport
Dunsfold Aerodrome-Small Airport
Earwig Farm Airstrip-Small Airport

Post Offices in Didcot

3 post offices.

Post OfficeAddress
Didcot Post Office
East Hagbourne Post Office
Georgetown Post Office

Treatment Centers in Didcot

1 treatment centers.

CenterTypePhone
Flint House Police Rehabilitation Centre

Churches & Religious Organizations in Didcot

9 religious organizations (IRS tax-exempt data).

NameAddress
All Saints
All Saints' Church
Didcot Baptist Church Centre
Didcot Community Church
Didcot Methodist Church
Foxhall Gospel Hall (Plymouth Brethren Christian Church)
Parish Church of Saint Peter
Saint Andrew's
The Catholic Church of the English Martyrs

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UFO Sightings
2
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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UFO Sightings Near Didcot

2 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Didcot.

Name Year Description
Ditcot&#44 oxordshire (uk/england) 2002 From around 1:15 am to 2:00 am this morning 17/10/2002 I watched a circular light moving at a speed far greater than any aircraft known
Easthagbourne&#44 oxfordshire (uk/england) 2000 60 or more UFOs seen by 5 witnesses over fields near a small village..........

Quick Facts

Timezone
Europe/London

🇬🇧 About United Kingdom

Capital London
Population 66,488,991
Area 244,820 km²
GDP (USD) $3,420,796,653,789
GDP per capita $49,944
HDI 0.940
Life expectancy 81.2 years
Internet users 96.3%
Urban population 83.2%
Currency GBP (Pound)
Languages English
Calling code +44
TLD .uk
Driving side left

Public Holidays in United Kingdom

14 public holidays this year

Date Holiday Local Name
Jan 1 New Year's Day New Year's Day
Jan 2 2 January 2 January
Mar 17 Saint Patrick's Day Saint Patrick's Day
Apr 3 Good Friday Good Friday
Apr 6 Easter Monday Easter Monday
May 4 Early May Bank Holiday Early May Bank Holiday
May 25 Spring Bank Holiday Spring Bank Holiday
Jun 15 World Cup Bank Holiday World Cup Bank Holiday
Jul 13 Battle of the Boyne Battle of the Boyne
Aug 3 Summer Bank Holiday Summer Bank Holiday
Aug 31 Summer Bank Holiday Summer Bank Holiday
Nov 30 Saint Andrew's Day Saint Andrew's Day
Dec 25 Christmas Day Christmas Day
Dec 28 St. Stephen's Day Boxing Day

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Frequently Asked Questions About Didcot

What is the population of Didcot?

Didcot has a population of 32,186 residents and is located in United Kingdom. The population density is 9,843 people per square mile, spread across 3.3 square miles.

What is the weather like in Didcot?

Didcot has a four-season climate with an average annual temperature of 52°F (11°C). Winter temperatures average 41°F in January, while summers reach an average of 62°F in July. Annual rainfall totals 34.7 inches, with 2.7 inches of snow.

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