Hereford weather in July

In July, Hereford sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 59 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-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 24 min at the start of July to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Hereford's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hereford's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
11.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 06 min
4:15 AM – 8:18 PM
Cloud cover
70%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Hereford is cathedral city and county town of Herefordshire, England.

Density
3,533/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 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Hereford 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 17°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Hereford

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.

Hereford weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6312.31.380.9
Feb / 509.81.19.61.1
Mar10° / 5310.20.811.52.1
Apr13° / 5911.40.313.63.2
May16° / 6511.3015.44.5
Jun18° / 10°6310.6016.45.6
Jul20° / 12°5911.10166.1
Aug20° / 12°6110.1014.46.1
Sep18° / 10°549.5012.45.5
Oct14° / 7311.70.110.43.7
Nov10° / 7011.70.38.52.1
Dec / 6911.60.97.61.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23268
33268
43268
53169
63169
73169
83169
93169
103268
113268
123268
133367
143268
153367
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213565
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313565

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Hereford gets around 59 mm of rain over 11.1 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
236
337
437
537
636
736
836
935
1035
1134
1234
1333
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1533
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2033
2134
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2837
2937
3038
3138

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 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
172253
271263
370273
469283
568293
667303
766313
865323
963334
1063334
1162344
1262344
1362344
1462344
1561345
1661345
1761345
1860355
1960355
2060355
2159356
2258366
2358366
2458366
2557376
2657376
2756386
2856386
2955387
3055387
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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
213light breeze
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413light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 24 min at the start of July to 15 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:01 AM to 4:35 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 7:58 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.44:018:28
216.44:028:27
316.44:028:27
416.44:038:27
516.44:048:26
616.44:058:26
716.34:058:25
816.34:068:25
916.34:078:24
1016.34:088:23
1116.24:098:23
1216.24:108:22
1316.24:118:21
1416.14:128:20
1516.14:148:19
1616.14:158:18
1716.04:168:17
1816.04:178:16
1915.94:188:15
2015.94:208:14
2115.94:218:13
2215.84:228:11
2315.84:248:10
2415.74:258:09
2515.74:278:07
2615.64:288:06
2715.64:298:05
2815.54:318:03
2915.54:328:02
3015.44:348:00
3115.44:357:58

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.92 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.1Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
75.1Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
135.0Bright
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155.0Bright
165.0Bright
174.9Bright
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204.9Bright
214.9Bright
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234.8Bright
244.8Bright
254.8Bright
264.7Bright
274.7Bright
284.7Bright
294.7Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Hereford?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Hereford for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hereford in July

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

In July, Hereford sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Hereford 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 Hereford 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
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hereford?

Hereford sits at 52.1°N, 2.7°W, 61 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Great Malvern, 27 km away.

Topography around Hereford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hereford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 309 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 861 m.

The land around Hereford is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), grassland (26%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (36%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
309 m
80 km
861 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Great Malvern 27 km · Worcester 37 km · Tewkesbury 39 km · Gloucester 39 km · Loughton 43 km · Stourport-on-Severn 43 km · Droitwich 45 km · Pontypool 46 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 Hereford (52.0568°, -2.7148°, elevation 61 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).