Aberdeen weather in July

In July, Aberdeen sees average daytime highs of 15°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 59 mm of rain across 11.8 wet days and about 17 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 15°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 h 30 min at the start of July to 16 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Aberdeen's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Aberdeen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
15°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
12°
11th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
11.8 wet days
Daylight
17 hours
3:43 AM – 8:45 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Aberdeen is city in Scotland, United Kingdom.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 7.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
3,051/km²
people per km²
Founded
1175

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 15°C through the month.

A typical July day in Aberdeen reaches about 15°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 17°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 Aberdeen

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.

Aberdeen weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7014.11.17.10.7
Feb / 5511.81.790.6
Mar / 5512.51.211.40.9
Apr / 5211.40.413.91.4
May10° / 4810.5016.22.4
Jun13° / 10°6011.2017.53.3
Jul15° / 12°5911.80174.1
Aug15° / 13°6612.30154.3
Sep14° / 11°6612.1012.53.7
Oct12° / 9815.70102.6
Nov / 9215.40.47.81.6
Dec / 7414.20.96.50.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Aberdeen gets around 59 mm of rain over 11.8 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1964
2964
3955
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6946
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Wind in July

Winds average 16 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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

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Daylight runs from about 17 h 30 min at the start of July to 16 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 78 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:26 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 8:58 PM to 8:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.53:268:58
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317.53:278:57
417.53:288:56
517.43:298:56
617.43:308:55
717.43:318:54
817.43:328:54
917.33:348:53
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1117.23:368:51
1217.23:378:50
1317.23:398:49
1417.13:408:47
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1617.03:438:45
1717.03:458:43
1816.93:468:42
1916.93:488:41
2016.83:508:39
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2716.44:028:27
2816.34:048:25
2916.34:068:23
3016.24:088:21
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.12 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.84 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Aberdeen?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

July is a reasonable time to visit Aberdeen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Aberdeen in July

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

In July, Aberdeen sees daytime highs around 15°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Aberdeen in July

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 14 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 6°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Aberdeen in July

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Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Aberdeen peaks around July 13 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Apr3Moderate
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Jun5Moderate
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
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Location & terrain

Where is Aberdeen?

Aberdeen sits at 57.1°N, 2.1°W, 13 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Nigg, 3.0 km away.

ArbroathDundeeElginSaint AndrewsPerthGlenrothes

Topography around Aberdeen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Aberdeen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 28 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,151 m.

The land around Aberdeen is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, water (46%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
110 m
16 km
263 m
80 km
1,151 m
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July weather nearby: Nigg 3.0 km · Peterhead 44 km · Arbroath 71 km · Dundee 92 km · Elgin 92 km · Saint Andrews 99 km · Perth 116 km · Glenrothes 124 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 Aberdeen (57.1437°, -2.0981°, elevation 13 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).