Harrogate weather in July

In July, Harrogate sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 65 mm of rain across 12.1 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 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 Harrogate's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Harrogate's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
65 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
4:00 AM – 8:23 PM
Cloud cover
71%
3rd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Harrogate is town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

Founded
1330

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 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Harrogate reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°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 Harrogate

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.

Harrogate 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 / 6212.827.70.6
Feb / 5511.52.39.40.8
Mar / 5111.71.511.51.7
Apr12° / 5711.10.513.72.9
May15° / 5410.9015.74.1
Jun17° / 10°7012.1016.85.1
Jul20° / 12°6512.1016.35.7
Aug19° / 12°7112014.65.7
Sep17° / 10°6010.2012.55.0
Oct13° / 64120.110.23.3
Nov / 6412.50.48.31.7
Dec / 6912.51.67.20.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
32773
42773
52773
62773
72773
82872
92872
102872
112872
122971
133070
143070
153070
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173169
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273070
283070
293169
303169
313169

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Harrogate gets around 65 mm of rain over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
240
340
439
539
639
739
839
938
1038
1138
1238
1338
1438
1538
1638
1737
1837
1937
2037
2138
2238
2339
2439
2539
2639
2739
2839
2939
3039
3139

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 71% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
179183
278193
377203
477203
576213
676213
775223
875223
974233
1074233
1174233
1274233
1373243
1472244
1572244
1672244
1771254
1870255
1969265
2068275
2168275
2267285
2365296
2465296
2564306
2664306
2763316
2863316
2963316
3063316
3163316

Wind in July

Winds average 13 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
314light breeze
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514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light 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 3:45 AM to 4:23 AM, and sunset from 8:34 PM to 8:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.83:458:34
216.83:468:34
316.83:468:33
416.83:478:33
516.73:488:32
616.73:498:32
716.73:508:31
816.73:518:31
916.63:528:30
1016.63:538:29
1116.63:548:28
1216.53:558:27
1316.53:568:26
1416.53:588:26
1516.43:598:24
1616.44:008:23
1716.34:018:22
1816.34:038:21
1916.34:048:20
2016.24:068:19
2116.24:078:17
2216.14:098:16
2316.14:108:15
2416.04:128:13
2516.04:138:12
2615.94:158:10
2715.94:168:08
2815.84:188:07
2915.84:198:05
3015.74:218:03
3115.64:238:02

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.49 kWh/m² to a high of 4.77 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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244.6Bright
254.5Bright
264.5Bright
274.5Bright
284.5Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Harrogate?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Harrogate for sightseeing.

What to pack for Harrogate in July

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

In July, Harrogate sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Harrogate 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 Harrogate peaks around August 11 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 11UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Harrogate?

Harrogate sits at 54.0°N, 1.5°W, 127 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Ripon, 16 km away.

Topography around Harrogate

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Harrogate has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 741 m.

The land around Harrogate is covered by trees (34%), grassland (34%) and artificial surfaces (30%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
135 m
16 km
322 m
80 km
741 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Ripon 16 km · Yeadon 17 km · Guiseley 17 km · Horsforth 18 km · Chapel Allerton 18 km · Leeds 22 km · Baildon 23 km · Shipley 23 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 Harrogate (53.9908°, -1.5373°, elevation 127 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).