Clothing/Shoes/Weather Gear: Harrods can get a bit picky about scantily dressed or scruffy individuals entering its store.
London gets hot & sticky in June, July & August. The heat from London's buildings, roads etc. can trigger heavy showers/thunderstorms in the late afternoon. Take an umbrella and/or raincoat/waterproof.
If you forget to pack something, or want to travel light, there are, of course, no shortage of clothing shops in London's West End. The pictured independent retailer, at the western end of Oxford Street (Marble Arch tube) does men's suits for a reasonable £79.99. These are made in China, rather than the £400+ Italian suits in nearby department stores like Selfridges.
London does not get excessively cold, but sweaters, coats, gloves, etc. are a must from November to April. London's only gets about 25 inches of rain a year, but the weather can be unreliable/unpredictable: you'll need to pack an umbrella/raincoat/waterproof just in case.
Photo Equipment: The sun sets in London before 4pm in December & doesn't rise before 8am from mid-December to mid-January. The buildings aren't that tall by New York City standards, but are tall enough to keep the sun off a lot of central London streets in Autumn & Winter.
You'll need 400-speed film in December: so you can get good pictures of Christmas lights & streets busy with Christmas shoppers/shops at around 4pm.
Miscellaneous: London's weather.
Snow is a rarity in Winter, it's almost non-existent before Christmas & rarely exceeds a half-inch 'dusting' on about 2 days a month in January, February & March, plus a further 2 or 3 days of flurries in these months.
Average daytime maximum temperatures:
Jan & Feb = 7C/45F.
March = 9C/48F.
April = 14C/57F.
May =18C/64F.
June = 23C/73F.
July & August = 24C/75F.
September = 22C/72F.
October = High teens C/60sF.
November = Low teens C/50sF.
December = 9C/48F.
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