Houghton-Le-Spring weather in July

In July, Houghton-Le-Spring sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 63 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 16.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-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 11% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 17 hours at the start of July to 15 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Houghton-Le-Spring's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Houghton-Le-Spring's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
63 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 30 min
3:55 AM – 8:28 PM
Cloud cover
73%
10th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Houghton-Le-Spring is town in the City of Sunderland in the county of Tyne and Wear, 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 19°C through the month.

A typical July day in Houghton-Le-Spring reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 23°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 Houghton-Le-Spring

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.

Houghton-Le-Spring weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5512.31.97.60.7
Feb / 4811.12.19.30.9
Mar / 4510.41.211.41.8
Apr12° / 53110.413.82.8
May14° / 4911.6015.84.0
Jun17° / 10°6311.4016.95.1
Jul19° / 12°6312.1016.55.7
Aug19° / 12°6812.4014.75.6
Sep17° / 10°559.5012.55.1
Oct13° / 5811.20.110.23.4
Nov / 6312.20.68.11.8
Dec / 6212.81.370.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
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32575
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Houghton-Le-Spring gets around 63 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
140
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541
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1039
1139
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2237
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2838
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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 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
181172
280182
379192
478202
578202
677212
777212
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1176222
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2268266
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2565287
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2764297
2863298
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Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 14 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
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 hours at the start of July to 15 h 48 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 3:39 AM to 4:19 AM, and sunset from 8:39 PM to 8:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.03:398:39
217.03:408:39
317.03:418:38
416.93:428:38
516.93:438:37
616.93:438:37
716.93:448:36
816.83:458:35
916.83:468:35
1016.83:488:34
1116.73:498:33
1216.73:508:32
1316.73:518:31
1416.63:528:30
1516.63:548:29
1616.53:558:28
1716.53:568:27
1816.53:588:25
1916.43:598:24
2016.44:018:23
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2216.34:048:20
2316.24:058:19
2416.24:078:17
2516.14:098:15
2616.14:108:14
2716.04:128:12
2816.04:148:11
2915.94:158:09
3015.84:178:07
3115.84:198:05

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 4.96 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.82 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Houghton-Le-Spring?

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
2.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Houghton-Le-Spring for sightseeing.

What to pack for Houghton-Le-Spring in July

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

In July, Houghton-Le-Spring sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Houghton-Le-Spring in July

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 15°C and coldest in March near 6°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Houghton-Le-Spring 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 Houghton-Le-Spring peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 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 10UV 6Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
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Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Houghton-Le-Spring?

Houghton-Le-Spring sits at 54.8°N, 1.5°W, 79 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Chester-le-Street, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Houghton-Le-Spring

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Houghton-Le-Spring.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Houghton-Le-Spring has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 91 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 268 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 900 m.

The land around Houghton-Le-Spring is covered by grassland (32%), cropland (26%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
140 m
16 km
268 m
80 km
900 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Chester-le-Street 7.0 km · Washington 7.0 km · Seaham 8.0 km · Sunderland 9.0 km · Durham 10 km · Peterlee 12 km · Felling 14 km · Hebburn 15 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 Houghton-Le-Spring (54.8403°, -1.4643°, elevation 79 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).