High Wycombe weather in July

In July, High Wycombe sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 59 mm of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is High Wycombe's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see High Wycombe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
10.9 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
4:09 AM – 8:08 PM
Cloud cover
69%
1st clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.3
out of 10

High Wycombe is town in Buckinghamshire, England.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical July day in High Wycombe reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°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 26°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)
12112
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42112
52113
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How July really feels in High Wycombe

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.

High Wycombe 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 / 5511.218.10.9
Feb / 439.21.39.61.1
Mar10° / 4510.20.811.52.2
Apr13° / 5211.60.113.63.4
May16° / 5710.4015.34.8
Jun19° / 11°5810.3016.35.8
Jul21° / 13°5910.9015.96.3
Aug21° / 13°6210.8014.46.2
Sep18° / 11°539.4012.45.7
Oct14° / 6111.4010.43.9
Nov10° / 6211.60.18.62.1
Dec / 5810.90.87.71.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
32971
42971
52971
62971
72971
83070
93070
103070
113070
123070
133070
143268
153268
163268
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183367
193367
203466
213466
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303565
313466

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

High Wycombe gets around 59 mm of rain over 10.9 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 34% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
136
237
337
437
537
636
736
836
935
1035
1134
1234
1333
1433
1532
1632
1731
1831
1931
2032
2132
2232
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2433
2533
2634
2734
2834
2935
3035
3136

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 59% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
171263
270273
369283
468293
566313
665323
764333
864333
962344
1062344
1162344
1261345
1361345
1460346
1560346
1659347
1759347
1859347
1958348
2058348
2156359
2256359
2355369
2455369
2554379
2653389
2753389
2852399
2951409
30504010
31504010

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 24 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 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 3:55 AM to 4:29 AM, and sunset from 8:17 PM to 7:49 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.43:558:17
216.43:568:17
316.33:578:17
416.33:578:16
516.33:588:16
616.33:598:16
716.34:008:15
816.24:018:15
916.24:028:14
1016.24:028:13
1116.24:038:13
1216.14:058:12
1316.14:068:11
1416.14:078:10
1516.04:088:09
1616.04:098:08
1716.04:108:07
1815.94:118:06
1915.94:138:05
2015.84:148:04
2115.84:158:03
2215.84:168:02
2315.74:188:00
2415.74:197:59
2515.64:217:58
2615.64:227:56
2715.54:237:55
2815.54:257:54
2915.44:267:52
3015.44:287:51
3115.34:297:49

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.15 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.95 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
25.2Bright
35.1Bright
45.1Bright
55.1Bright
65.1Bright
75.1Bright
85.0Bright
95.0Bright
105.0Bright
115.0Bright
125.0Bright
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145.0Bright
155.0Bright
165.0Bright
175.0Bright
184.9Bright
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204.9Bright
214.9Bright
224.9Bright
234.9Bright
244.8Bright
254.8Bright
264.8Bright
274.8Bright
284.8Bright
294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit High Wycombe?

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

6.3
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit High Wycombe for sightseeing.

What to pack for High Wycombe in July

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

In July, High Wycombe sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe peaks around August 10 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 10UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is High Wycombe?

High Wycombe sits at 51.6°N, 0.7°W, 76 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Marlow, 7.0 km away.

Topography around High Wycombe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around High Wycombe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m.

The land around High Wycombe is covered by trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, trees (38%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%), grassland (32%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
138 m
16 km
263 m
80 km
301 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Marlow 7.0 km · Amersham 10 km · Amersham on the Hill 11 km · Maidenhead 12 km · Chesham 13 km · Chalfont Saint Peter 14 km · Gerrards Cross 14 km · Slough 17 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 High Wycombe (51.6291°, -0.7493°, elevation 76 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).