Carlisle weather in July

In July, Carlisle sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 81 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 16.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 6th-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 8% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 hours at the start of July to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Carlisle's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Carlisle's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11°
12th coldest
Rainfall
81 mm
15.3 wet days
Daylight
16 h 36 min
4:01 AM – 8:34 PM
Cloud cover
77%
10th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Carlisle is city in Cumberland, Cumbria, England.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
4,152/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 Carlisle reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 7°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 Carlisle

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.

Carlisle weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9514.92.37.60.5
Feb / 8013.21.99.30.7
Mar / 6913.11.411.41.5
Apr11° / 6613.30.413.82.6
May14° / 6913.30.115.83.8
Jun17° / 10°7713.90174.7
Jul19° / 11°8115.3016.55.1
Aug18° / 11°8815.3014.75.0
Sep16° / 7012.6012.54.4
Oct12° / 9014010.23.0
Nov / 8914.90.38.11.5
Dec / 10014.81.670.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
42080
52080
61981
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Carlisle gets around 81 mm of rain over 15.3 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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Rain chance (%)
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2149
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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 69% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
180182
279192
379192
477203
576213
676213
775223
874233
974233
1073243
1172253
1272253
1371263
1470273
1570273
1669283
1767294
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1966304
2066304
2165314
2264324
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2463325
2562335
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2762335
2862335
2962335
3062326
3162326

Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

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Daylight runs from about 17 hours at the start of July to 15 h 48 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 3:45 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 8:45 PM to 8:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.03:458:45
217.03:468:45
317.03:468:45
416.93:478:44
516.93:488:44
616.93:498:43
716.93:508:42
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1116.73:548:39
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1316.73:578:37
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1516.63:598:35
1616.64:018:34
1716.54:028:33
1816.54:038:32
1916.44:058:30
2016.44:068:29
2116.34:088:28
2216.34:098:26
2316.24:118:25
2416.24:138:23
2516.14:148:22
2616.14:168:20
2716.04:178:18
2816.04:198:17
2915.94:218:15
3015.84:238:13
3115.84:248:11

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.41 kWh/m² to a high of 4.77 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.43 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.1Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Carlisle?

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 Carlisle for sightseeing.

What to pack for Carlisle in July

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

In July, Carlisle sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. About 15 days see rain.

rain gear

Sea temperature near Carlisle 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 at the nearest coast (about 28 km away) 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
Jan6Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Carlisle 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 Carlisle peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
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Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Carlisle?

Carlisle sits at 54.9°N, 2.9°W, 29 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Penrith, 28 km away.

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Topography around Carlisle

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Carlisle has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 961 m.

The land around Carlisle is covered by grassland (37%), artificial surfaces (37%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
53 m
16 km
430 m
80 km
961 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Penrith 28 km · Dumfries 47 km · Workington 48 km · Whitehaven 57 km · Windermere 57 km · Kendal 64 km · Consett 71 km · Newburn 77 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 Carlisle (54.8951°, -2.9382°, elevation 29 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).