Alfreton weather in July

In July, Alfreton sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 66 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 36 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Alfreton's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alfreton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
4:04 AM – 8:18 PM
Cloud cover
71%
3rd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Alfreton is town and civil parish in Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England.

Density
4,934/km²
people per km²

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 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Alfreton reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°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 Alfreton

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.

Alfreton weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5512.31.47.90.6
Feb / 4710.21.79.50.9
Mar / 49111.111.51.9
Apr12° / 5611.70.313.63.1
May15° / 5711.2015.54.4
Jun18° / 10°6611.7016.65.4
Jul20° / 12°6612.1016.25.9
Aug20° / 12°6511.4014.55.9
Sep17° / 10°569.6012.45.3
Oct13° / 6511.5010.33.5
Nov / 6312.20.38.41.8
Dec / 63121.27.40.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32674
42674
52674
62575
72575
82773
92773
102773
112773
122773
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142971
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313466

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Alfreton gets around 66 mm of rain over 12.1 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
238
338
438
538
638
738
838
938
1037
1137
1237
1337
1436
1536
1636
1736
1836
1936
2037
2137
2238
2339
2439
2540
2640
2740
2841
2941
3041
3141

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 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
177203
277203
376213
475223
574233
674242
773252
872262
971263
1071263
1170273
1270273
1369274
1469274
1569274
1668284
1767285
1866295
1966295
2064306
2164306
2263316
2362326
2462326
2561336
2661336
2760346
2860346
2960346
3059347
3159347

Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 36 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 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 3:50 AM to 4:26 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 7:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.63:508:28
216.63:508:28
316.63:518:27
416.63:528:27
516.63:538:27
616.53:548:26
716.53:548:25
816.53:558:25
916.53:568:24
1016.43:578:23
1116.43:588:23
1216.44:008:22
1316.34:018:21
1416.34:028:20
1516.34:038:19
1616.24:048:18
1716.24:068:17
1816.24:078:16
1916.14:088:15
2016.14:098:13
2116.04:118:12
2216.04:128:11
2315.94:148:10
2415.94:158:08
2515.84:178:07
2615.84:188:05
2715.74:208:04
2815.74:218:02
2915.64:238:01
3015.64:247:59
3115.54:267:57

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 4.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.78 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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254.6Bright
264.6Bright
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284.6Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Alfreton?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Alfreton for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alfreton in July

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

In July, Alfreton sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Alfreton 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 Alfreton peaks around August 12 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 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Alfreton?

Alfreton sits at 53.1°N, 1.4°W, 141 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Ripley, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Alfreton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alfreton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 119 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Alfreton is covered by grassland (45%), trees (25%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (43%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
316 m
80 km
695 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Ripley 7.0 km · Sutton in Ashfield 9.0 km · Kirkby in Ashfield 9.0 km · Heanor 10 km · Belper 11 km · Eastwood 12 km · Mansfield 13 km · Hucknall 14 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 Alfreton (53.0977°, -1.3838°, elevation 141 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. 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).