A first weekend in St Davids: cathedral valley and coast
St Davids Bishop’s Palace: ruins, tickets and the cathedral valley
St Davids Cathedral: an interior route worth slowing down forAn example packing list for St Davids in January
Use this as a starting point and choose what suits your plans. Packtricia tailors your list and quantities to your trip length, weather and preferences.
Clothing
- Underwear
- Bras (if worn)
- Socks
- Sleepwear
- Thermal base-layer top
- Long-sleeved tops
- Trousers
- Warm sweater or fleece
- Warm insulated coat
- Water-resistant walking shoes
- Scarf
- Gloves
Toiletries
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Body wash or soap
- Deodorant
- Skincare products
- Sunscreen
- Hairbrush or comb
- Shaving supplies (if used)
- Menstrual products (if needed)
- Contact lens solution (if used)
Essentials
- Passport or accepted travel ID
- Travel tickets and booking confirmations
- Wallet and payment cards
- Phone
- Charging cable and charger
- Travel adapter (if needed)
- Medication (if needed)
- Glasses or contact lenses (if used)
- Refillable water bottle
- Day bag
- Backup cash
- Power bank
- Water-resistant pouch for phone and documents
Monthly weather and packing notes
January is a warm-coat trip. Put gloves where you can reach them and arrange the longest outdoor stretch before the light fades. In St Davids, plan one outfit for the cathedral valley and Bishop’s Palace, carry rain protection for the St Non’s coastal path, and use removable layers inside Oriel y Parc’s galleries.
- Daytime
- 6–10°C
- Evenings
- 1–5°C
- Rain
- Showers possible
- Daylight
- Short winter days: keep exposed walks in daylight.
- Packing style
- Warm insulation, rain protection and grippy closed shoes
Planning bands are the rounded 1991–2020 Aberporth mean daily maximum (7.78°C) and minimum (3.38°C), plus or minus 2°C. These bands are clothing prompts, not forecast limits or statistical confidence intervals. Aberporth is a coastal station farther north in Ceredigion, not a St Davids measurement. These are a broad west-Wales maritime proxy: headland wind and local rainfall can differ. The monthly station observations were averaged over all 30 years from 1991 to 2020; wet-day counts are not provided. Check the forecast before a coast-path outing. Rainfall is 90.11 mm in an average month; wet-day counts are not available in this historic data file. Check the forecast for your own dates.
Outfit ideas for your outings
January: the cathedral valley and Bishop’s Palace
- Long-sleeved base top
- Warm knit or fleece
- Long trousers
- Broken-in water-resistant walking shoes with a grippy sole
- Warm weather-resistant coat with a hood
A breezier outing around the St Non’s coastal path
- Long-sleeved base top
- Warm knit or fleece
- Comfortable trousers
- Broken-in water-resistant walking shoes with a grippy sole
- Keep warm weather-resistant coat with a hood accessible rather than in the suitcase
Indoor time at Oriel y Parc’s galleries
- Long-sleeved base top
- Removable knit
- Comfortable trousers
- Closed walking shoes
- Small bag for the jacket once indoors
What to leave behind
- Summer-only outfits: St Davids's January averages still call for insulation during slow outdoor stops.
- Unworn stiff shoes: test your footwear before long sightseeing days on paving, slopes and steps.
Reviewed 2026-10-08
Met Office: Aberporth station observations, averaged 1991–2020 · Pembrokeshire Coast National Park: Oriel y Parc and visitor information · Pembrokeshire County Council: coastal buses and current timetables