Liverpool weather in July

In July, Liverpool sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 87 mm of rain across 15.9 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-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 15% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 42 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Liverpool's 2nd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Liverpool's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
14°
11th coldest
Rainfall
87 mm
15.9 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:09 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover
68%
2nd clearest
Wind
17 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Liverpool is city in Merseyside, England, United Kingdom.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11.7 µg/m³ · 2010
Density
4,442/km²
people per km²
Founded
1207

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 Liverpool reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 4°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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How July really feels in Liverpool

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.

Liverpool weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 9116.30.97.80.8
Feb / 7513.80.99.40.9
Mar / 7313.70.711.51.5
Apr11° / 6712.70.113.72.5
May14° / 6912.6015.63.7
Jun16° / 12°8313.6016.74.6
Jul18° / 14°8715.9016.25.1
Aug18° / 14°9916.4014.65.0
Sep16° / 12°9614.1012.54.5
Oct13° / 10°11516.5010.33.2
Nov10° / 115180.18.41.8
Dec / 121170.67.31.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33664
43664
53664
63664
73664
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93763
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Liverpool gets around 87 mm of rain over 15.9 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 50% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
149
249
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450
550
651
751
851
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1050
1150
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3154

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 57% 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
964333
1063343
1163343
1261354
1360364
1459374
1558375
1657385
1755396
1854406
1953416
2053416
2151427
2250437
2349447
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2548457
2647457
2747467
2847467
2947468
3047458
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Wind in July

Winds average 17 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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417light breeze
517light breeze
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817light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 42 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 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 3:54 AM to 4:31 AM, and sunset from 8:36 PM to 8:05 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.73:548:36
216.73:558:36
316.73:568:36
416.63:568:35
516.63:578:35
616.63:588:34
716.63:598:34
816.64:008:33
916.54:018:32
1016.54:028:32
1116.54:038:31
1216.44:048:30
1316.44:058:29
1416.44:078:28
1516.34:088:27
1616.34:098:26
1716.24:108:25
1816.24:128:24
1916.24:138:23
2016.14:148:21
2116.14:168:20
2216.04:178:19
2316.04:198:17
2415.94:208:16
2515.94:228:15
2615.84:238:13
2715.84:258:12
2815.74:268:10
2915.74:288:08
3015.64:298:07
3115.64:318:05

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.12 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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284.8Bright
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304.8Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Liverpool?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Liverpool for sightseeing.

What to pack for Liverpool in July

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

In July, Liverpool sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Liverpool in July

The nearest coast averages about 16°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
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Liverpool 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 Liverpool peaks around August 12 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Liverpool in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Liverpool is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Liverpool's WHO annual average of 11.7 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1316 µg/m³Nov 189 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun12Moderate
Jul11Good
Aug11Good
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Liverpool?

Liverpool sits at 53.4°N, 3.0°W, 30 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Kensington, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Liverpool

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Liverpool has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 29 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Liverpool is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and water (21%) within 3 km, water (26%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
118 m
80 km
1,055 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Kensington 2.0 km · Kirkdale 3.0 km · Birkenhead 3.0 km · Old Swan 5.0 km · Norris Green 5.0 km · Wallasey 6.0 km · Fazakerley 7.0 km · Croxteth 7.0 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 Liverpool (53.4106°, -2.9779°, elevation 30 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).