Lancaster weather in July

In July, Lancaster sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 96 mm of rain across 16.2 wet days and about 16.3 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 12% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Lancaster's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lancaster's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
11th coldest
Rainfall
96 mm
16.2 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
4:05 AM – 8:29 PM
Cloud cover
71%
3rd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Lancaster is county town of Lancashire, England.

Density
4,347/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 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Lancaster reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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21812
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How July really feels in Lancaster

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.

Lancaster 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 / 11716.51.47.70.6
Feb / 9714.41.49.40.7
Mar / 8613.71.111.51.4
Apr11° / 7112.80.313.72.6
May14° / 7613.3015.73.7
Jun16° / 11°8714.6016.84.5
Jul18° / 13°9616.2016.35.0
Aug18° / 13°11416.7014.64.8
Sep16° / 11°10214.5012.54.3
Oct13° / 12516.3010.23.0
Nov10° / 12517.10.38.31.6
Dec / 13416.90.97.20.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33169
43169
53268
63268
73268
83169
93169
103268
113268
123268
133268
143268
153268
163268
173169
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193070
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312872

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Lancaster gets around 96 mm of rain over 16.2 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 52% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
152
252
352
452
553
653
753
853
953
1053
1153
1253
1353
1452
1552
1652
1751
1851
1951
2051
2151
2251
2351
2451
2551
2652
2752
2852
2952
3052
3153

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 (%)
174224
273234
372244
471254
570264
669274
768284
867294
966304
1065314
1163325
1263325
1362335
1461345
1560355
1659356
1758366
1857376
1956386
2055396
2153407
2253407
2352417
2451427
2550428
2649428
2749438
2849439
2948439
3049429
3149429

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 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light 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 42 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 3:50 AM to 4:28 AM, and sunset from 8:39 PM to 8:07 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.83:508:39
216.83:508:39
316.83:518:39
416.83:528:38
516.73:538:38
616.73:548:37
716.73:558:37
816.73:568:36
916.63:578:35
1016.63:588:34
1116.63:598:34
1216.54:008:33
1316.54:018:32
1416.54:028:31
1516.44:048:30
1616.44:058:29
1716.44:068:28
1816.34:088:26
1916.34:098:25
2016.24:108:24
2116.24:128:23
2216.14:138:21
2316.14:158:20
2416.04:168:18
2516.04:188:17
2615.94:198:15
2715.94:218:14
2815.84:238:12
2915.84:248:10
3015.74:268:09
3115.74:288:07

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.87 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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55.0Bright
65.0Bright
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154.9Bright
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234.7Bright
244.7Bright
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264.7Bright
274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Lancaster?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Lancaster for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lancaster in July

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

In July, Lancaster sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Lancaster 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 offshore 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 Lancaster in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lancaster 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
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Lancaster?

Lancaster sits at 54.0°N, 2.8°W, 23 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Morecambe, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Lancaster

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lancaster has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 41 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 560 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 959 m.

The land around Lancaster is covered by grassland (46%), artificial surfaces (25%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and water (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
149 m
16 km
560 m
80 km
959 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Morecambe 5.0 km · Heysham 6.0 km · Fleetwood 19 km · Thornton-Cleveleys 24 km · Fylde 25 km · Poulton-le-Fylde 27 km · Barrow in Furness 29 km · Blackpool 30 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 Lancaster (54.0465°, -2.7999°, elevation 23 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).