Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed in London
London: Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed was 15.1 Percentage of national value in 2025. ▼ Falling
Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed in London, 2019–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of national value.
Analysis
London recorded 15.1 Percentage of national value for internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is down 17.0% on the previous year and down 25.6% over ten years.
London ranks 321st of 1315 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed in London, year by year
| Year | Percentage of national value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 20.3 Percentage of national value | — |
| 2020 | 19.3 Percentage of national value | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 20.3 Percentage of national value | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 18.6 Percentage of national value | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 18.9 Percentage of national value | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 18.2 Percentage of national value | -3.7% |
| 2025 | 15.1 Percentage of national value | -17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 20.3 Percentage of national value | 20.3 Percentage of national value | 20.3 Percentage of national value | 1 |
| 2020s | 18.4 Percentage of national value | 15.1 Percentage of national value | 20.3 Percentage of national value | 6 |
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -292.1 % change on previous year (2025)
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- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -71.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -403.83 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 1,579 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -7.46 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 9.19 Degree days (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 1.46 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 0.1413 Days per year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed in London?
- Internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed in London was 15.1 Percentage of national value in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed recorded in London?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3 Percentage of national value in 2019.
- What is the lowest internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed recorded in London?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.1 Percentage of national value in 2025.
- How does London rank for internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed?
- London ranks 321st out of 1315 regions with data for 2025.
- Is internet speed - cities and fuas — downloading speed rising or falling in London?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this London data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Downloading speed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides an indicator of internet speed (downloading and uploading speeds) in FUAs and cities compared to the national values. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses quarterly data from Speedtest® by Ookla® Global Fixed and Mobile Network Performance Maps, based on analysis by Ookla of Speedtest Intelligence® data for 2019-2024. The indicator is derived from internet speed tests taken from mobile devices with GPS-quality location and a non-cellular connection type (e.g. WiFi, ethernet). Yearly values are based on the weighted average of quarterly values, using the number of speed tests performed. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Internet speed - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org