Brighouse weather in July

In July, Brighouse sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 77 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-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 12% 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 Brighouse's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brighouse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
77 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:03 AM – 8:23 PM
Cloud cover
73%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Brighouse is town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England.

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 Brighouse reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°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 Brighouse

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.

Brighouse weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7314.12.77.80.3
Feb / 6512.73.59.40.5
Mar / 6412.72.411.51.4
Apr11° / 6512.60.913.72.5
May14° / 6412.5015.63.7
Jun17° / 10°7813.7016.74.7
Jul19° / 12°7714016.35.4
Aug18° / 12°8214.2014.65.2
Sep16° / 6911.4012.54.5
Oct12° / 7513.20.110.32.9
Nov / 7413.70.78.31.4
Dec / 8213.82.27.30.5

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 15% 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

Brighouse gets around 77 mm of rain over 14 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 45% and peaks near 46% 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 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
181172
280182
379192
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578202
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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 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
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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 3:48 AM to 4:25 AM, and sunset from 8:33 PM to 8:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.83:488:33
216.73:488:33
316.73:498:33
416.73:508:32
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1316.43:598:26
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1616.34:038:23
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1916.24:078:19
2016.24:088:18
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2216.14:118:15
2316.04:128:14
2416.04:148:13
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2915.74:228:05
3015.74:238:03
3115.64:258:01

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 4.74 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Brighouse?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Brighouse for sightseeing.

What to pack for Brighouse in July

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

In July, Brighouse sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Brighouse 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 Brighouse 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 12UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Brighouse?

Brighouse sits at 53.7°N, 1.8°W, 80 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Elland, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Brighouse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brighouse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 121 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 740 m.

The land around Brighouse is covered by trees (39%), grassland (34%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, grassland (47%), trees (26%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
183 m
16 km
467 m
80 km
740 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Elland 4.0 km · Halifax 5.0 km · Cleckheaton 5.0 km · Liversedge 6.0 km · Huddersfield 6.0 km · Mirfield 7.0 km · Heckmondwike 7.0 km · Batley 10 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 Brighouse (53.7032°, -1.7843°, elevation 80 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).