Buxton weather in July

In July, Buxton sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 91 mm of rain across 15.5 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 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Buxton's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buxton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:06 AM – 8:21 PM
Cloud cover
73%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Buxton is town in Derbyshire, England.

Density
3,755/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 19°C through the month.

A typical July day in Buxton 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 24°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 Buxton

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.

Buxton 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 / 8014.52.57.90.3
Feb / 7112.53.39.40.5
Mar / 7113.32.411.51.4
Apr11° / 7213.50.713.62.6
May14° / 7413.6015.63.8
Jun17° / 10°9014.8016.64.6
Jul19° / 12°9115.5016.25.2
Aug18° / 11°9115.1014.65.1
Sep16° / 7512.4012.44.5
Oct12° / 8513.8010.32.9
Nov / 80140.68.41.4
Dec / 8814.52.47.40.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Buxton gets around 91 mm of rain over 15.5 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 51% 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 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
179192
279192
378202
477212
576222
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1074242
1173243
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1472253
1571254
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2166295
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2464315
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2663325
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Wind in July

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

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
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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 3:51 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 8:31 PM to 8:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.73:518:31
216.73:528:31
316.63:528:30
416.63:538:30
516.63:548:30
616.63:558:29
716.53:568:28
816.53:578:28
916.53:588:27
1016.53:598:26
1116.44:008:26
1216.44:018:25
1316.44:028:24
1416.34:038:23
1516.34:048:22
1616.34:068:21
1716.24:078:20
1816.24:088:19
1916.14:098:18
2016.14:118:16
2116.04:128:15
2216.04:148:14
2316.04:158:12
2415.94:178:11
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2615.84:208:08
2715.84:218:07
2815.74:238:05
2915.74:248:03
3015.64:268:02
3115.54:278:00

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 4.86 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.72 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 Buxton?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Buxton for sightseeing.

What to pack for Buxton in July

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

In July, Buxton sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Buxton 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 Buxton 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
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Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
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Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Buxton?

Buxton sits at 53.3°N, 1.9°W, 316 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is High Peak, 13 km away.

Topography around Buxton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buxton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 242 m around an average of 358 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 695 m.

The land around Buxton is covered by grassland (66%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
242 m
16 km
536 m
80 km
695 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: High Peak 13 km · New Mills 13 km · Macclesfield 14 km · Leek 19 km · Hazel Grove 20 km · Bramhall 20 km · Glossop 21 km · Bredbury 22 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 Buxton (53.2574°, -1.9098°, elevation 316 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).