Nigg weather in July

In July, Nigg sees average daytime highs of 14°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 57 mm of rain across 11 wet days and about 17 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°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 17 h 30 min at the start of July to 16 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Nigg's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nigg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 14°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 57 mm; 11 wet days
Daylight: 17 hours; 3:43 AM – 8:45 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 11th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 14°C through the month.

A typical July day in Nigg reaches about 14°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 16°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Avg low (°C)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	11
2	13	12
3	13	12
4	13	12
5	14	12
6	14	12
7	14	12
8	14	12
9	14	12
10	14	12
11	14	12
12	14	12
13	14	12
14	14	12
15	14	12
16	14	12
17	14	12
18	14	13
19	14	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

How July really feels in Nigg

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Nigg weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	7° / 5°	69	14.1	0.6	7.1	0.7
Feb	6° / 4°	54	11.7	1.3	9	0.6
Mar	7° / 5°	53	11.7	1.1	11.4	0.8
Apr	8° / 6°	49	10.5	0.3	13.9	1.3
May	10° / 8°	45	10	0	16.2	2.1
Jun	12° / 10°	58	10.6	0	17.5	3.1
Jul	14° / 12°	57	11	0	17	3.9
Aug	15° / 13°	62	11.4	0	15	4.2
Sep	14° / 12°	63	11.3	0	12.5	3.7
Oct	12° / 10°	95	14.4	0	10	2.7
Nov	10° / 7°	93	15.3	0.3	7.8	1.8
Dec	8° / 5°	77	14.2	0.7	6.5	1.1

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 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	27	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	26	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	73	74	73	73	73	74	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	71	71	70	69	70	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Nigg gets around 57 mm of rain over 11 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 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

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 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	97	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	93	92	92	91	90	88	87	85	84	82	81	79	78	77	75	74	73	72	72	71	71	71
Comfortable (%)	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	12	13	15	16	18	19	21	22	23	25	26	27	28	28	29	29	29

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	93	7
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	88	12
16	87	13
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	79	21
22	78	22
23	77	23
24	75	25
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

Wind in July

Winds average 18 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	19	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze
31	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 30 min at the start of July to 16 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:26 AM to 4:10 AM, and sunset from 8:58 PM to 8:19 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.5	17.4	17.4	17.4	17.3	17.3	17.3	17.2	17.2	17.2	17.1	17.1	17.0	17.0	16.9	16.9	16.8	16.8	16.7	16.6	16.6	16.5	16.5	16.4	16.3	16.3	16.2	16.1
Sunrise (AM)	3:26	3:27	3:27	3:28	3:29	3:30	3:31	3:33	3:34	3:35	3:36	3:38	3:39	3:40	3:42	3:43	3:45	3:47	3:48	3:50	3:52	3:53	3:55	3:57	3:59	4:00	4:02	4:04	4:06	4:08	4:10
Sunset (PM)	8:58	8:57	8:57	8:56	8:56	8:55	8:54	8:53	8:52	8:52	8:51	8:49	8:48	8:47	8:46	8:45	8:43	8:42	8:40	8:39	8:37	8:36	8:34	8:32	8:30	8:29	8:27	8:25	8:23	8:21	8:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	17.5	3:26	8:58
2	17.5	3:27	8:57
3	17.5	3:27	8:57
4	17.5	3:28	8:56
5	17.4	3:29	8:56
6	17.4	3:30	8:55
7	17.4	3:31	8:54
8	17.3	3:33	8:53
9	17.3	3:34	8:52
10	17.3	3:35	8:52
11	17.2	3:36	8:51
12	17.2	3:38	8:49
13	17.2	3:39	8:48
14	17.1	3:40	8:47
15	17.1	3:42	8:46
16	17.0	3:43	8:45
17	17.0	3:45	8:43
18	16.9	3:47	8:42
19	16.9	3:48	8:40
20	16.8	3:50	8:39
21	16.8	3:52	8:37
22	16.7	3:53	8:36
23	16.6	3:55	8:34
24	16.6	3:57	8:32
25	16.5	3:59	8:30
26	16.5	4:00	8:29
27	16.4	4:02	8:27
28	16.3	4:04	8:25
29	16.3	4:06	8:23
30	16.2	4:08	8:21
31	16.1	4:10	8:19

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.94 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Nigg?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

—

Beach & pool

never really warm enough

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nigg.

What to pack for Nigg in July

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

In July, Nigg sees daytime highs around 14°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Nigg in July

The nearest coast averages about 13°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 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 13°C and coldest in March near 6°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	7	7	6	7	8	11	13	13	13	12	11	9
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	7	Bracing
Feb	7	Bracing
Mar	6	Bracing
Apr	7	Bracing
May	8	Bracing
Jun	11	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	13	Bracing
Oct	12	Bracing
Nov	11	Bracing
Dec	9	Bracing

UV index in Nigg 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 Nigg peaks around July 13 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 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	5	5	5	5	3	1	1	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	5	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	1	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Nigg?

Nigg sits at 57.1°N, 2.1°W, 84 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Aberdeen, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Nigg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nigg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 42 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 264 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,150 m.

The land around Nigg is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), grassland (22%) and water (20%) within 3 km, water (50%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

141 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

264 m

water 50%

80 km

1,150 m

grassland 36%

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← June Nigg year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Aberdeen 3.0 km · Peterhead 47 km · Arbroath 68 km · Dundee 90 km · Elgin 94 km · Saint Andrews 97 km · Perth 114 km · Glenrothes 122 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

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 Nigg (57.116°, -2.0925°, elevation 84 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	11
2	13	12
3	13	12
4	13	12
5	14	12
6	14	12
7	14	12
8	14	12
9	14	12
10	14	12
11	14	12
12	14	12
13	14	12
14	14	12
15	14	12
16	14	12
17	14	12
18	14	13
19	14	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	93	7
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	88	12
16	87	13
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	79	21
22	78	22
23	77	23
24	75	25
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	11
2	13	12
3	13	12
4	13	12
5	14	12
6	14	12
7	14	12
8	14	12
9	14	12
10	14	12
11	14	12
12	14	12
13	14	12
14	14	12
15	14	12
16	14	12
17	14	12
18	14	13
19	14	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	93	7
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	88	12
16	87	13
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	79	21
22	78	22
23	77	23
24	75	25
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	11
2	13	12
3	13	12
4	13	12
5	14	12
6	14	12
7	14	12
8	14	12
9	14	12
10	14	12
11	14	12
12	14	12
13	14	12
14	14	12
15	14	12
16	14	12
17	14	12
18	14	13
19	14	13
20	15	13
21	15	13
22	15	13
23	15	13
24	15	13
25	15	13
26	15	13
27	15	13
28	15	13
29	15	13
30	15	13
31	15	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	27	73
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	27	73
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	27	73
11	27	73
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	27	73
15	28	72
16	28	72
17	28	72
18	28	72
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	30	70
22	31	69
23	30	70
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	32	68
27	32	68
28	32	68
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	32	68

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	37
3	37
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	35
23	35
24	35
25	35
26	34
27	34
28	34
29	34
30	34
31	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	97	3
2	96	4
3	96	4
4	96	4
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	94	6
9	94	6
10	93	7
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	91	9
14	90	10
15	88	12
16	87	13
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	82	18
20	81	19
21	79	21
22	78	22
23	77	23
24	75	25
25	74	26
26	73	27
27	72	28
28	72	28
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29