Bath weather in July

In July, Bath sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 60 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 18 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bath's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bath's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
60 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
4:17 AM – 8:14 PM
Cloud cover
69%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Bath is city in Somerset, England, United Kingdom.

Density
3,502/km²
people per km²
Founded
~43 CE

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 21°C through the month.

A typical July day in Bath reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°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 Bath

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.

Bath 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 / 6812.10.98.21.0
Feb / 529.90.99.61.2
Mar10° / 5310.80.711.52.1
Apr13° / 5911.60.213.53.3
May16° / 6411.6015.34.6
Jun19° / 11°6010.9016.35.6
Jul21° / 13°6011.1015.96.1
Aug20° / 13°6710.8014.46.0
Sep18° / 11°569.4012.45.6
Oct14° / 7311.5010.43.8
Nov10° / 7212.60.18.62.1
Dec / 72120.67.71.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23169
33169
43169
53268
63169
73169
83169
93268
103268
113268
123268
133367
143466
153466
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Bath gets around 60 mm of rain over 11.1 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 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
138
238
338
439
539
639
738
838
937
1037
1136
1236
1335
1434
1534
1633
1733
1833
1932
2032
2132
2233
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2434
2534
2635
2735
2835
2936
3036
3136

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 56% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
168284
267294
366304
465314
564324
663334
762344
860355
959365
1059365
1158375
1258375
1357376
1457376
1557376
1657376
1756377
1855387
1955387
2054397
2152408
2251418
2351418
2450428
2550438
2649438
2748448
2848448
2947449
3047449
31474410

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 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light 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 18 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 60 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:03 AM to 4:37 AM, and sunset from 8:22 PM to 7:54 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.34:038:22
216.34:048:22
316.34:048:22
416.34:058:22
516.34:068:21
616.24:078:21
716.24:078:20
816.24:088:20
916.24:098:19
1016.14:108:18
1116.14:118:18
1216.14:128:17
1316.04:138:16
1416.04:148:15
1516.04:158:14
1615.94:178:14
1715.94:188:13
1815.94:198:12
1915.84:208:10
2015.84:218:09
2115.84:238:08
2215.74:248:07
2315.74:258:06
2415.64:278:04
2515.64:288:03
2615.54:298:02
2715.54:318:00
2815.44:327:59
2915.44:347:57
3015.34:357:56
3115.34:377:54

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.93 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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184.9Bright
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264.8Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bath?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Bath for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bath in July

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

In July, Bath sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Bath in July

The nearest coast averages about 18°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 36 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 7°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
Feb7Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov12Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Bath 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 Bath 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
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bath?

Bath sits at 51.4°N, 2.4°W, 96 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Keynsham, 10 km away.

Topography around Bath

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bath has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m around an average of 103 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 700 m.

The land around Bath is covered by trees (49%), artificial surfaces (26%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (47%), trees (22%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
211 m
16 km
241 m
80 km
700 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Keynsham 10 km · Neston 12 km · Trowbridge 12 km · Kingswood 13 km · Melksham 15 km · Mangotsfield 16 km · Frome 17 km · Westbury 18 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 Bath (51.3751°, -2.3617°, elevation 96 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).