Kendal weather in July

In July, Kendal sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 103 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kendal's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kendal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
103 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
4:03 AM – 8:30 PM
Cloud cover
74%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Kendal is town and civil parish in South Lakeland, Cumbria, 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 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kendal reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 22°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 Kendal

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.

Kendal weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 13516.837.70.3
Feb / 11014.42.89.30.4
Mar / 9414211.51.2
Apr11° / 7713.20.713.72.4
May14° / 8513.8015.73.5
Jun16° / 10°9514.9016.84.3
Jul18° / 12°10316.5016.44.8
Aug18° / 12°11817.2014.74.6
Sep15° / 10°10414.5012.54.0
Oct12° / 13215.90.110.22.7
Nov / 13116.50.48.21.3
Dec / 14516.427.20.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kendal gets around 103 mm of rain over 16.5 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 53% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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252
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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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
178193
277203
376213
476213
575223
674233
772244
872244
971254
1070264
1170264
1269274
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1468284
1567294
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1864315
1963325
2062335
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 h 42 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 3:48 AM to 4:26 AM, and sunset from 8:41 PM to 8:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.93:488:41
216.93:488:41
316.83:498:40
416.83:508:40
516.83:518:39
616.83:528:39
716.83:538:38
816.73:548:37
916.73:558:37
1016.73:568:36
1116.63:578:35
1216.63:588:34
1316.63:598:33
1416.54:018:32
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1616.44:038:30
1716.44:048:29
1816.44:068:28
1916.34:078:27
2016.34:098:25
2116.24:108:24
2216.24:128:22
2316.14:138:21
2416.14:158:20
2516.04:168:18
2616.04:188:16
2715.94:198:15
2815.94:218:13
2915.84:238:12
3015.84:248:10
3115.74:268:08

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 4.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.69 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Kendal?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Kendal for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kendal in July

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

In July, Kendal sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kendal in July

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 24 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
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Kendal 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 Kendal peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 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 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kendal?

Kendal sits at 54.3°N, 2.7°W, 55 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Windermere, 12 km away.

Topography around Kendal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kendal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m around an average of 104 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 724 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 962 m.

The land around Kendal is covered by grassland (63%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
217 m
16 km
724 m
80 km
962 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Windermere 12 km · Morecambe 30 km · Lancaster 31 km · Heysham 33 km · Penrith 38 km · Barrow in Furness 39 km · Fleetwood 48 km · Thornton-Cleveleys 53 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 Kendal (54.3268°, -2.7476°, elevation 55 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).