Weather, light and wedding day logistics
Forecasts, sun times and small practical tools for the day itself.
Listed alphabetically. Nothing here is ranked and nobody paid to be included.
BBC Weather
BBC, with forecast data from MeteoGroup
- What it does
- Forecasts for UK places, with sunrise and sunset times for each day.
- Good for
- A quick daily check on the forecast in the last fortnight.
- Limits
- The forecast runs 14 days ahead, so it is no help further out.
- Cost
- Free
- Account
- No account
- Checked
GOV.UK: Bank holidays
UK government
- What it does
- Bank holiday dates for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- Good for
- Checking whether the wedding, or a register office deadline before it, falls on a bank holiday.
- Limits
- Upcoming dates are listed only as far as 2028.
- Cost
- Free
- Account
- No account
- Note
- Separate lists for each nation.
- Checked
Met Office
Met Office
- What it does
- The UK's national weather service, with location forecasts, warnings and a long-range outlook.
- Good for
- The forecast for the venue in the last ten days, and weather warnings on the day.
- Limits
- Location forecasts go 10 days ahead; beyond that there is only a UK-wide long-range outlook.
- Cost
- Free
- Account
- No account
- Checked
- What it does
- How to make a playlist that friends can add songs to, remove them from and reorder.
- Good for
- Collecting song requests from guests before the evening.
- Limits
- The invite link lasts 7 days, and the help page does not say whether the feature needs Premium.
- Cost
- Free tier, Premium from £12.99 a month
- Account
- Account needed
- Checked
SunCalc
Torsten Hoffmann
- What it does
- A map showing the sun's path and the light phases for any place and date.
- Good for
- Seeing which way the light will fall at a venue at a given hour.
- Limits
- It shows where the sun is, not the weather, and it is run by one person and paid for by adverts and donations.
- Cost
- Free
- Account
- No account
- Checked
timeanddate: Sunrise and sunset
Time and Date AS
- What it does
- Month tables of sunrise, sunset, twilight and day length for UK towns.
- Good for
- Checking a whole month of sun times at once.
- Limits
- The pages carry advertising.
- Cost
- Free
- Account
- No account
- Checked
what3words
what3words Limited
- What it does
- Gives every 3 metre square a three-word address, so guests can find an exact gate or entrance.
- Good for
- Venues down long tracks, or a field entrance that has no postcode of its own.
- Limits
- Google Maps and Apple Maps cannot search what3words addresses at the moment, and sharing one by phone or text needs signal.
- Cost
- Free tier, paid from £29.99 a year
- Account
- No account
- Note
- UK company.
- Checked
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