Blackpool weather in July

In July, Blackpool sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 97 mm of rain across 16.1 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 48 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Blackpool's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Blackpool's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
97 mm
16.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
4:07 AM – 8:29 PM
Cloud cover
67%
2nd clearest
Wind
19 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Blackpool is town in Lancashire, England.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,157/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 17°C through the month.

A typical July day in Blackpool reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 21°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 Blackpool

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.

Blackpool weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 108170.77.80.8
Feb / 8714.60.69.40.8
Mar / 8114.40.611.51.3
Apr10° / 7012.80.113.72.2
May13° / 7412.6015.63.4
Jun16° / 12°8613.5016.74.3
Jul17° / 14°9716.1016.34.8
Aug18° / 14°11716.8014.64.8
Sep16° / 13°11114.8012.54.3
Oct13° / 10°13717.3010.23.1
Nov10° / 13818.40.18.31.8
Dec / 13917.40.57.31.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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

Any precipitation

Blackpool gets around 97 mm of rain over 16.1 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 52% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days.

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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 57% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
173252
271263
370273
469283
568293
667303
766313
865323
964333
1063343
1162344
1261354
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Wind in July

Winds average 19 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 48 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 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 3:52 AM to 4:30 AM, and sunset from 8:39 PM to 8:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.83:528:39
216.83:538:39
316.73:548:38
416.73:548:38
516.73:558:37
616.73:568:37
716.73:578:36
816.63:588:36
916.63:598:35
1016.64:008:34
1116.54:018:33
1216.54:028:32
1316.54:038:32
1416.44:058:31
1516.44:068:30
1616.44:078:29
1716.34:088:27
1816.34:108:26
1916.24:118:25
2016.24:138:24
2116.14:148:22
2216.14:158:21
2316.04:178:20
2416.04:188:18
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2615.94:228:15
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2815.84:258:12
2915.74:268:10
3015.74:288:09
3115.64:308:07

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.15 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 Blackpool?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Blackpool for sightseeing.

What to pack for Blackpool in July

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

In July, Blackpool sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Blackpool 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 offshore is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in February near 6°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Blackpool 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 Blackpool peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (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
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
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Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Blackpool?

Blackpool sits at 53.8°N, 3.0°W, 21 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Poulton-le-Fylde, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Blackpool

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Blackpool has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 959 m.

The land around Blackpool is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and water (41%) within 3 km, water (58%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
52 m
80 km
959 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Poulton-le-Fylde 5.0 km · Thornton-Cleveleys 7.0 km · Fylde 9.0 km · Lytham St Annes 9.0 km · Fleetwood 12 km · Southport 19 km · Preston 23 km · Leyland 27 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 Blackpool (53.8167°, -3.05°, elevation 21 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).