Aberdare weather in July

In July, Aberdare sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 89 mm of rain across 14.3 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 24 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Aberdare's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aberdare's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
14.3 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
4:19 AM – 8:19 PM
Cloud cover
71%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Aberdare is town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical July day in Aberdare reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Aberdare

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Aberdare weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 11215.31.78.10.6
Feb / 87121.89.60.7
Mar / 8013.31.311.51.5
Apr11° / 8113.20.513.62.6
May14° / 9014.2015.43.7
Jun17° / 10°8712.9016.34.8
Jul19° / 12°8914.30165.3
Aug18° / 12°9513.5014.45.3
Sep16° / 10°8311.7012.44.7
Oct13° / 12014.30.110.43.1
Nov / 11415.20.68.61.7
Dec / 12114.21.57.70.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32872
42773
52872
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72872
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123070
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Aberdare gets around 89 mm of rain over 14.3 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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748
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 63% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
175232
274242
373252
472262
571272
669283
768293
867303
967303
1066313
1165323
1264324
1363334
1463334
1562344
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2159374
2258384
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2954415
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Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 24 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:06 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 8:29 PM to 8:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.44:068:29
216.44:068:28
316.44:078:28
416.34:088:28
516.34:088:27
616.34:098:27
716.34:108:26
816.24:118:26
916.24:128:25
1016.24:138:24
1116.24:148:24
1216.14:158:23
1316.14:168:22
1416.14:178:21
1516.04:188:20
1616.04:198:19
1716.04:218:18
1815.94:228:17
1915.94:238:16
2015.84:248:15
2115.84:268:14
2215.84:278:13
2315.74:288:12
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2515.64:318:09
2615.64:328:08
2715.54:348:06
2815.54:358:05
2915.44:378:03
3015.44:388:02
3115.34:408:00

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.12 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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264.9Bright
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284.9Bright
294.8Bright
304.8Bright
314.8Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Aberdare?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Aberdare for sightseeing.

What to pack for Aberdare in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Aberdare sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Aberdare in July

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 31 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 8°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
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Mar8Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Cool
Nov12Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Aberdare in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aberdare peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Aberdare?

Aberdare sits at 51.7°N, 3.4°W, 135 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Rhondda, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Aberdare

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Aberdare.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aberdare has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 m around an average of 236 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 685 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 864 m.

The land around Aberdare is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
331 m
16 km
685 m
80 km
864 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Rhondda 6.0 km · Merthyr Tydfil 6.0 km · Tonypandy 10 km · Gelligaer 14 km · Pontypridd 15 km · Blackwood 17 km · Ebbw Vale 18 km · Maesteg 19 km

United Kingdom travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G / M
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 89% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$57,602
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
3.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 60%none 26%Muslim 4%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Aberdare (51.7144°, -3.4492°, elevation 135 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).