Region · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Wales
This guide covers 25 destinations in Wales, a first-level administrative division of United Kingdom, with 525 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Cardiff, Swansea and Newport. Across its destinations, July is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Cardiff International Airport (CWL).
- Destinations in this guide
- 25
- Places to stay
- 525
- Comfortable in the most places
- July
- Main airport
- CWLCardiff International Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
Destinations
Destinations in Wales
Every destination in this guide in Wales, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llandudno | 19,734 | 97 | LPL · 65 km |
| St Clears | 3,218 | 63 | CWL · 93 km |
| Gwent | 48 | CWL · 49 km | |
| Porthmadog | 3,877 | 31 | LPL · 97 km |
| Cardiff | 383,536 | 26 | CWL · 15 km |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 58,839 | 23 | CWL · 39 km |
| Rhyl | 27,060 | 23 | LPL · 42 km |
| Bangor | 15,060 | 23 | LPL · 86 km |
| Caernarfon | 9,615 | 21 | LPL · 97 km |
| Pencoed | 9,117 | 18 | CWL · 18 km |
| Rhostyllen | 1,383 | 18 | LPL · 35 km |
| Newport | 159,600 | 16 | BRS · 30 km |
| Colwyn Bay | 10,369 | 16 | LPL · 57 km |
| Flintshire | 155,593 | 14 | LPL · 24 km |
| Mold | 10,155 | 14 | LPL · 27 km |
| Anglesey | 70,043 | 13 | IOM · 89 km |
| Wrexham | 61,603 | 12 | LPL · 34 km |
| Caerphilly | 15,989 | 10 | CWL · 22 km |
| Neath | 50,658 | 8 | CWL · 44 km |
| Penllergaer | 3,591 | 8 | CWL · 55 km |
| Swansea | 246,700 | 7 | CWL · 49 km |
| Barry | 53,369 | 6 | CWL · 5 km |
| Llanelli | 25,359 | 5 | CWL · 64 km |
| Pontyclun | 7,649 | 5 | CWL · 14 km |
| Wrexham County Borough | 136,126 | LPL · 33 km |
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Wales
27 places to stay in Wales with a published guest score, ordered by that score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Each links to its own website.
Where to stay
More hotels in Wales
498 hotels in Wales recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Wales
From the climate of 25 destinations in Wales with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The month comfortable in the most places: July.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 25 | 7 °C | 139 mm |
| February | 0 of 25 | 7 °C | 108 mm |
| March | 0 of 25 | 9 °C | 107 mm |
| April | 0 of 25 | 12 °C | 87 mm |
| May | 0 of 25 | 15 °C | 80 mm |
| June | 4 of 25 | 18 °C | 83 mm |
| July | 10 of 25 | 20 °C | 87 mm |
| August | 7 of 25 | 19 °C | 110 mm |
| September | 4 of 25 | 17 °C | 116 mm |
| October | 0 of 25 | 13 °C | 169 mm |
| November | 0 of 25 | 10 °C | 172 mm |
| December | 0 of 25 | 8 °C | 170 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Wales
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Wales name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CWL · Cardiff International Airport
LPL · Liverpool John Lennon Airport
BRS · Bristol Airport
IOM · Isle of Man Airport
EXT · Exeter International Airport
MAN · Manchester Airport
BHX · Birmingham Airport
LBA · Leeds Bradford Airport
DUB · Dublin Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Wales, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in United Kingdom
Regional holidays observed in Wales
Nearby
Regions near Wales
Other regions of United Kingdom with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay and guest scores from each operator's own public pages; further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.