Bangor weather in July

In July, Bangor sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 73 mm of rain across 15.4 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-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 11% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 42 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bangor's 5th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bangor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
15.4 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:15 AM – 8:30 PM
Cloud cover
73%
5th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Bangor is city in Gwynedd, 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 Bangor reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°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 Bangor

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.

Bangor weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8915.40.67.91.0
Feb / 7813.80.99.41.1
Mar / 7614.60.811.51.7
Apr12° / 7314.50.213.62.7
May15° / 7214.40.115.63.8
Jun17° / 11°7713.8016.64.7
Jul19° / 13°7315.4016.25.1
Aug18° / 13°8214.9014.65.1
Sep16° / 11°8013.8012.44.6
Oct13° / 9615.2010.33.3
Nov10° / 10516.60.28.42.0
Dec / 10516.10.67.41.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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

Any precipitation

Bangor gets around 73 mm of rain over 15.4 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 49% and peaks near 52% 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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
173243
272253
371263
470273
569283
668293
767303
867303
966313
1065323
1165323
1264333
1363334
1462344
1561354
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2154424
2253434
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2649465
2748475
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 42 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 72 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:00 AM to 4:36 AM, and sunset from 8:40 PM to 8:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.74:008:40
216.64:018:39
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416.64:028:39
516.64:038:38
616.64:048:38
716.54:058:37
816.54:068:37
916.54:078:36
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1116.44:098:34
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1316.44:118:33
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1716.24:168:29
1816.24:178:28
1916.14:188:26
2016.14:208:25
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2915.64:338:12
3015.64:358:11
3115.54:368:09

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 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 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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314.7Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bangor?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Bangor for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bangor in July

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

In July, Bangor sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bangor in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 16°C and coldest in March near 7°C.

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

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Aug16Cool
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UV index in Bangor in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Bangor peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Bangor?

Bangor sits at 53.2°N, 4.1°W, 23 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Llandudno, 23 km away.

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Topography around Bangor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bangor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 44 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,059 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,060 m.

The land around Bangor is covered by trees (34%), grassland (31%) and water (22%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and water (25%) within 16 km, and water (55%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
115 m
16 km
1,059 m
80 km
1,060 m
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July weather nearby: Llandudno 23 km · Colwyn Bay 28 km · Rhyl 44 km · Prestatyn 50 km · Flint 66 km · Heswall 70 km · Moreton 70 km · Buckley 70 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 Bangor (53.2275°, -4.1294°, elevation 23 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).