Newtownabbey weather in July

In July, Newtownabbey sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 85 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 16.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Newtownabbey's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Newtownabbey's year-round climate.

Daytime high
17°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
85 mm
15.3 wet days
Daylight
16 h 30 min
4:14 AM – 8:45 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Newtownabbey is suburb of Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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 17°C through the month.

A typical July day in Newtownabbey reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 20°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 Newtownabbey

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.

Newtownabbey weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7914.91.27.60.9
Feb / 6412.91.49.31.0
Mar / 6414.20.811.51.5
Apr11° / 6513.40.213.72.4
May13° / 7114.3015.83.3
Jun16° / 10°7813.7016.94.2
Jul17° / 12°8515.3016.54.7
Aug17° / 12°8514.7014.74.7
Sep16° / 11°7113012.54.2
Oct13° / 8914010.23.0
Nov10° / 8614.60.28.21.8
Dec / 8413.90.67.11.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31981
41882
51882
61882
71783
81684
91585
101585
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Newtownabbey gets around 85 mm of rain over 15.3 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 49% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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248
348
448
548
649
749
849
949
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1149
1249
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1947
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2148
2248
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2750
2851
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3051
3151

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 70% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
182171
282171
381181
481181
579192
678202
778202
877212
976222
1075232
1175232
1274242
1373252
1471263
1570273
1669283
1768293
1867303
1967303
2066313
2165323
2264333
2363343
2463343
2562353
2662353
2761363
2861363
2961363
3061363
3161363

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
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 hours 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 78 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:58 AM to 4:37 AM, and sunset from 8:56 PM to 8:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.03:588:56
216.93:598:55
316.94:008:55
416.94:018:54
516.94:018:54
616.94:028:53
716.84:038:53
816.84:048:52
916.84:058:51
1016.74:068:51
1116.74:088:50
1216.74:098:49
1316.64:108:48
1416.64:118:47
1516.64:138:46
1616.54:148:45
1716.54:158:43
1816.44:178:42
1916.44:188:41
2016.34:208:40
2116.34:218:38
2216.24:238:37
2316.24:248:35
2416.14:268:34
2516.14:278:32
2616.04:298:31
2716.04:318:29
2815.94:328:27
2915.94:348:26
3015.84:368:24
3115.74:378:22

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.46 kWh/m² to a high of 5.07 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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44.8Bright
54.8Bright
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214.6Bright
224.6Bright
234.5Bright
244.5Bright
254.5Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Newtownabbey?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

July is a reasonable time to visit Newtownabbey for sightseeing.

What to pack for Newtownabbey in July

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

In July, Newtownabbey sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Newtownabbey in July

The nearest coast averages about 12°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 September at about 14°C and coldest in March near 8°C.

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

6°8°10°12°14°16°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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UV index in Newtownabbey 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 Newtownabbey peaks around May 22 at about 5 (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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowMay 22UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Newtownabbey?

Newtownabbey sits at 54.7°N, 5.9°W, 15 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Belfast, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Newtownabbey

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Newtownabbey has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 495 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 860 m.

The land around Newtownabbey is covered by water (38%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
362 m
16 km
495 m
80 km
860 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Belfast 7.0 km · Carrickfergus 9.0 km · Castlereagh 10 km · Bangor 15 km · Newtownards 16 km · Lisburn 17 km · Antrim 20 km · Larne 22 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 Newtownabbey (54.6598°, -5.9086°, elevation 15 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).