The first week of spring will usher in seven days of sunshine across the UK, forecasters have said.

Sunday marked the start of spring, and the Met Office has forecast dry, sunny weather to continue across the nation – with daytime temperatures in the mid to late teens for the coming week.

In places like London and Cambridge, temperatures could reach 20C on Tuesday, with the Met Office advising anyone spending long periods outside to wear suntan lotion.

It follows a warm weekend for some parts in the UK with the temperature in Kinlochewe in Scotland reaching 20.2C.

Met Office spokesperson Aidan McGivern said Britons can look forward to a further “seven days” of sunshine “at least”.

“There will be more spring sunshine to come during the rest of the week,” he said.

“High pressure close to the east then becomes increasingly centred over the UK from Wednesday into Thursday and Friday. That high pressure isn’t going anywhere for the foreseeable.

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“For the next seven days at least it’s going to bring plenty of warm sunshine.”

He added that “variable amounts of cloud” will move across parts of northern England, the Midlands and southern Scotland on Tuesday bringing “a few lights showers”, but most of the day will be dry and sunny.

The temperature in the capital is expected to reach 18C on Tuesday, while 16C is predicted in Cardiff, 15C in Belfast and 13C in Edinburgh.

Similar temperatures are forecast for the following days, with the mercury dropping by one or two degrees towards the end of the week.

Cold nights are forecast to follow warm days and could drop to just below freezing overnight in some rural areas.

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