Great Sankey weather in July

In July, Great Sankey sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 80 mm of rain across 14.9 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-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 42 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Great Sankey's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Great Sankey's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
14.9 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:08 AM – 8:25 PM
Cloud cover
71%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Great Sankey is village and civil parish in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.

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 Great Sankey reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°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 Great Sankey

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.

Great Sankey weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 791517.80.9
Feb / 6713.11.19.41.1
Mar10° / 67130.811.51.9
Apr12° / 6412.50.313.73.1
May15° / 6612.6015.64.3
Jun18° / 11°8013.3016.75.1
Jul19° / 13°8014.9016.25.4
Aug19° / 13°8915.2014.65.3
Sep17° / 11°7812.7012.54.9
Oct14° / 9114.6010.33.4
Nov10° / 9216.10.18.41.9
Dec / 9815.50.77.31.1

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 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43070
53070
63169
73169
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93169
103169
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133169
143169
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Great Sankey gets around 80 mm of rain over 14.9 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 48% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
147
248
348
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548
649
748
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948
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1247
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1547
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2146
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3150

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 58% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
171245
270255
369265
468275
568275
667285
766295
865305
964315
1063325
1163325
1262335
1361345
1461345
1559356
1658366
1757376
1856386
1955396
2054397
2153407
2252417
2350428
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2549438
2648439
2748439
2847439
2947439
30474310
31484210

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
214light breeze
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914light breeze
1014light 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 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:53 AM to 4:30 AM, and sunset from 8:35 PM to 8:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.73:538:35
216.73:548:34
316.73:548:34
416.63:558:34
516.63:568:33
616.63:578:33
716.63:588:32
816.53:598:32
916.54:008:31
1016.54:018:30
1116.54:028:29
1216.44:038:28
1316.44:048:28
1416.44:058:27
1516.34:068:26
1616.34:088:25
1716.24:098:24
1816.24:108:22
1916.24:128:21
2016.14:138:20
2116.14:148:19
2216.04:168:17
2316.04:178:16
2415.94:198:15
2515.94:208:13
2615.84:228:12
2715.84:238:10
2815.74:258:09
2915.74:278:07
3015.64:288:05
3115.64:308:04

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.01 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.25 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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214.9Bright
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284.7Bright
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314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Great Sankey?

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
2.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Great Sankey for sightseeing.

What to pack for Great Sankey in July

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

In July, Great Sankey sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Great Sankey 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 32 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 in Great Sankey 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 Great Sankey peaks around August 13 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 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Great Sankey?

Great Sankey sits at 53.4°N, 2.6°W, 17 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Warrington, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Great Sankey

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Great Sankey has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 823 m.

The land around Great Sankey is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, grassland (28%), trees (27%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
173 m
80 km
823 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Warrington 4.0 km · Newton-le-Willows 7.0 km · Widnes 7.0 km · Runcorn 8.0 km · Haydock 9.0 km · St Helens 9.0 km · Golborne 10 km · Ashton in Makerfield 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 Great Sankey (53.3923°, -2.6399°, elevation 17 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).