The 2025 edition of Reading & Leeds just around the corner – but will it be rain or shine when things kick off? Check out the weather forecasts for both locations below.
As ever, this year’s edition of the dual festival is set to take place across the August Bank Holiday Weekend. Gates open to punters today (August 20) and the event runs up until Sunday night (24).
For the 2025 instalment, Chappell Roan, Travis Scott, Bring Me The Horizon, and Hozier will all set to top the bill as headliners. More performances across the weekend will come from Limp Bizkit, D-Block Europe, Heartworms, former Little Mix member Leigh-Anne, AJ Tracey, Lola Young, Becky Hill, Amyl And The Sniffers, Bloc Party, The Kooks, The Dare, Enter Shikari, Wallows, Sea Girls, Mannequin Pussy, Soft Play, and Lambrini Girls.
New for this year, two brand new stages have been introduced as well. These are the Smirnoff Stage in Reading and the Reload Stage in Leeds, and both are designed to celebrate “the underground electronic communities blazing a path through modern UK culture”, as well as continue the festival’s “trend of innovation”.
Now, with fans set to start arriving in just a couple of days, check out the latest weather forecast for both Reading and Leeds sites.
Reading
Wednesday August 20: Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, with temperatures starting to drop around 8pm. Highs of 20ºC and lows of 11ºC.
Thursday August 21: Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze, with cloudy conditions expected to end around 5pm. Highs of 21ºC and lows of 8ºC.
Friday August 22: Sunny and light winds, with temperatures set to remain around 22ºC up until sunset. Highs of 23ºC and lows of 12ºC.
Saturday August 23: Sunny and light winds, with mainly cloudy conditions from midday onwards. Highs of 22ºC and lows of 12ºC
Sunday August 24: Sunny and a gentle breeze, with temperatures hovering around 21ºC up until 8pm. Highs of 22ºC and lows of 12ºC.
Leeds
Wednesday August 20: Light cloud and a moderate breeze, with temperatures dropping around 5pm. Highs of 18ºC and lows of 10ºC.
Thursday August 21: Light cloud and a gentle breeze, with temperatures staying around 17ºC all day. Highs of 18ºC and lows of 10ºC.
Friday August 22: Sunny intervals and a gentle breeze, with cloudy conditions from midday onwards. Highs of 21ºC and lows of 12ºC.
Saturday August 23: Light cloud and light winds, with a small chance of rain in the morning and an average temperature of 19ºC all day. Highs of 20ºC and lows of 11ºC.
Sunday August 24: Sunny intervals and light winds, with temperatures remaining around 21ºC up until 8pm. Highs of 22ºC and lows of 11ºC.
Recently, Reading & Leeds shared the official stage times on the festival’s official app, and you can find a full list of times in NME’s report here.
Along with the two new stages, 2025 will also see The Aux Stage – described as “the home of pioneering digital creators” – return, as well as the in-conversation shows it hosts and the ‘Unplugged’ series which offers fans access to intimate acoustic performances and interviews.
The “groundbreaking” Chevron Stage will also be back, hosting dance, electronic pop and hip-hop acts beneath a canopy of lights.
Towards the start of the year, Reading & Leeds organisers announced a “world-first” huge shake-up and improvement to their camping facilities for 2025, and festival boss Melvin Benn spoke to NME about what to expect this time around.
“Audiences change. We’ve become more able to be communicated to. Modern technology, social media, direct communication, direct messaging – audiences can tell us in real-time what they’re looking for,” he said. “They may want to be at the festival but not necessarily in the same headspace as another person.”
“Reading & Leeds is now attracting quite diverse audiences, and some people want that super-cool eco camp where they’re camping in the same way they’ve lived the rest of their lives, while others want to be partying, others want to be in a quiet camp, others want to be in something more inclusive and less rowdy,” he added.
“For me, over the last three years and since COVID, we’ve been listening to audiences more and more. We did surveys and asked them and it’s become clear that they want different spaces. They want to feel that they’re at Reading & Leeds but in a different environment. They don’t want to go to a hotel, they don’t necessarily want to camp in the main camp site and they want a different space.”
Reading & Leeds Festival takes place Thursday 21 – Sunday 24 August 2025 at Richfield Avenue in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds. Visit here for tickets and more information.
