Climate and average weather in Croxteth

In Croxteth, the summers are mild, wet, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, breezy, and mostly cloudy.

Best: late May to late September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Croxteth typically varies from 4°C to 18°C, and is rarely below -0°C or above 22°C. August is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Croxteth for warm-weather activities is from late May to late September.

Hottest
Aug
18°
Coldest
Jan
Wettest
Dec
119 mm
Driest
Apr
66 mm
Rain / yr
1101 mm
182 wet days
Daylight
7.2–16.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
0 m
53.5°N
Clearest
May
66% cloud

Croxteth is District of Liverpool.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Croxteth weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late May to late September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Croxteth, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from June 9 to September 23, with daily high temperatures above 16°C. The hottest month of the year in Croxteth is August, with an average high of 18°C and low of 14°C.

The cool season lasts 4.1 months, from November 23 to March 26, with daily high temperatures below 9°C. The coldest month of the year in Croxteth is January, with an average low of 4°C and high of 7°C.

Days typically run about 4°C warmer than nights year-round.

-5°10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan74
Feb74
Mar95
Apr117
May149
Jun1612
Jul1814
Aug1814
Sep1612
Oct1410
Nov107
Dec85

How hot and cold Croxteth really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about -1°C (around February 2), with roughly 70 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 0°C), worst in February.

-5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan7704
Feb77-14
Mar9915
Apr111137
May141479
Jun16161212
Jul18181414
Aug18181414
Sep16161212
Oct1414810
Nov101047
Dec8815

Average hourly temperature in Croxteth

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on August afternoons, near 18°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Croxteth weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9316.80.97.80.9
Feb / 7814.20.99.40.9
Mar / 7313.60.811.51.5
Apr11° / 6612.50.113.72.5
May14° / 7113015.63.7
Jun16° / 12°8413.7016.74.6
Jul18° / 14°8815.7016.25.1
Aug18° / 14°10116.6014.65.0
Sep16° / 12°9813.9012.54.5
Oct14° / 10°11716.9010.33.2
Nov10° / 11418.10.18.41.9
Dec / 11917.10.67.31.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Croxteth gets about 1101 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.4 months, from around Oct 1 to Feb 10, peaking in November at about 64% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Apr 14.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 119 mm over about 17 wet days; April is the driest, with 66 mm. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 7 · 64%Apr 14 · 39%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan5417
Feb5114
Mar4414
Apr4113
May4313
Jun4614
Jul5016
Aug5317
Sep4714
Oct5417
Nov6018
Dec5417

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Croxteth collects about 1101 mm of rain across 182 wet days — roughly 92 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 119 mm, while April is the driest at just 66 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 32% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0255075100125150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec9378736671848810198117114119
Rainfall (mm)Rain daysSnow days
Jan93171
Feb78141
Mar73141
Apr66130
May71130
Jun84140
Jul88160
Aug101170
Sep98140
Oct117170
Nov114180
Dec119171

Snow in Croxteth

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Croxteth averages about 3 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Dec 16 to Mar 24 — about 3.3 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 1.0 day of snow and an estimated 3 cm of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 12 cm of snow.

01234JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonJan 29
Snow daysSnowfall (cm)
Jan13
Feb13
Mar13
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec12

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Croxteth, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 1 and lasts for 5.4 months, ending around September 12. The clearest month is May, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 38% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 13 and lasts for 5.2 months, ending around February 17. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 74% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 1 · 40%Nov 13 · 25%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan2773
Feb3070
Mar2971
Apr3664
May3862
Jun3565
Jul3664
Aug3466
Sep3070
Oct2773
Nov2674
Dec2773

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 18, brings about 16 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 7 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 9 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan7.88:284:14
Feb9.47:435:09
Mar11.56:376:06
Apr13.75:217:03
May15.64:197:57
Jun16.73:508:34
Jul16.24:088:26
Aug14.64:587:33
Sep12.55:536:18
Oct10.36:495:04
Nov8.47:484:06
Dec7.38:303:46

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Croxteth averages about 4 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 3 and 6 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.2 months, from around Mar 25 to Jul 30. The sunniest month is May, with roughly 6 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is October, down near 3 sunny days — about 44% fewer than the May peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedMay 46 daysOct 263 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan4Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar4Gloomy
Apr5Gloomy
May6Gloomy
Jun5Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep3Gloomy
Oct3Gloomy
Nov3Gloomy
Dec4Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Croxteth, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in August, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 8% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 14 · 100%Aug 9 · 89%humidcomfortabledrycomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan10000
Feb10000
Mar10000
Apr10000
May9820
Jun85141
Jul57376
Aug54378
Sep79192
Oct9550
Nov10000
Dec10000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Croxteth is typically light breeze, near 20 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.8 months, from around Oct 1 to Mar 26. The windiest month is January, averaging about 23 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 27 to Sep 30, with July the calmest month at about 17 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezywindyJan 13 · 23 km/hJul 25 · 16 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan23breezy
Feb22breezy
Mar21breezy
Apr18light breeze
May18light breeze
Jun17light breeze
Jul17light breeze
Aug17light breeze
Sep19light breeze
Oct21breezy
Nov22breezy
Dec22breezy

Best time to visit Croxteth

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Croxteth throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid September, Croxteth is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Croxteth for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the third week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 19 · 5.2

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.9poor
Feb0.9poor
Mar1.5poor
Apr2.5poor
May3.7fair
Jun4.6fair
Jul5.1fair
Aug4.9fair
Sep4.5fair
Oct3.2poor
Nov1.9poor
Dec1.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Croxteth for hot-weather activities is from mid July to late August, with a peak score in the last week of July.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 30 · 2.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Croxteth, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around August (highs near 18°C), the essentials are rain gear. In the cold season around January (highs near 7°C), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In August, Croxteth sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Croxteth

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 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
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index (midday) in Croxteth by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Croxteth 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
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Average hourly UV index in Croxteth

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 6.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended). Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr20
May6.50
Jun70
Jul70
Aug6.50
Sep3.50
Oct00
Nov00
Dec00
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free day

Croxteth is mild enough that a frost-free day stays more likely than not even in midwinter.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan943
Feb930
Mar970
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov990
Dec954

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Croxteth banks about 733 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around August.

0200400600800JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May46
Jun124
Jul187
Aug192
Sep130
Oct54
Nov0
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Croxteth receives about 2.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — moderate — with a clear seasonal swing between 0.5 and 5.4 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Mar 22 to Sep 16. The brightest month is June, averaging about 5.4 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 0.5 kWh/m² — roughly 90% less than the June peak.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightJun 205.4 kWhDec 210.5 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan0.7Dim
Feb1.4Dim
Mar2.6Moderate
Apr4.1Bright
May5.2Bright
Jun5.4Bright
Jul5.1Bright
Aug4.2Bright
Sep2.9Moderate
Oct1.7Dim
Nov0.8Dim
Dec0.5Dim

Where is Croxteth?

Croxteth sits at 53.5°N, 2.9°W, 0 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Norris Green, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Croxteth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Croxteth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Croxteth is covered by artificial surfaces (47%), trees (29%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (26%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
183 m
80 km
1,055 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Norris Green 1.0 km · Fazakerley 2.0 km · Kirkby 3.0 km · Old Swan 4.0 km · Kirkdale 5.0 km · Kensington 6.0 km · Huyton 6.0 km · Litherland 7.0 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 Croxteth (53.4512°, -2.9043°, elevation 0 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).