What to wear to Notting Hill Carnival: London sits at 22°C (72°F) by day and 15°C (59°F) at night in August, on city streets, with a moderate chance of rain. That means a light base with one warm layer you can carry, cushioned trainers or a low boot, and a bag small enough for the gate rules. The crowd leans carnival, costume and parade, so a full costume is the norm rather than the exception.
This is the 2027 outfit guide for Notting Hill Carnival. The festival runs in August in London, United Kingdom, and the conditions barely move year to year: 22°C (72°F) by day, 15°C (59°F) at night, moderate rain risk on city streets. What changes is what the crowd is wearing.
Silhouettes keep getting looser: the tight, engineered festival look of the late 2010s has given way to oversized, layered and deliberately undone. Here that plays out mostly in the layer you carry rather than the one you start in.
The twelve looks below are ranked for 2027: weather first, then how well each one reads against this festival's carnival / costume crowd. Every piece links through to somewhere you can buy it.
