Penzance weather in July

In July, Penzance sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 54 mm of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-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 25% of the time in July, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Penzance's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Penzance's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 54 mm; 9.1 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 48 min; 4:35 AM – 8:21 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 1st clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Penzance is town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK.

Density: 1,538/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1318

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Penzance reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 19°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)	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Penzance weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 8°	97	15.6	8.3	1.8
Feb	9° / 7°	73	12.3	9.7	1.7
Mar	10° / 8°	63	12.2	11.5	2.0
Apr	11° / 9°	57	11.2	13.5	2.6
May	13° / 11°	54	9.9	15.2	3.6
Jun	15° / 13°	50	9.2	16.1	4.7
Jul	17° / 15°	54	9.1	15.7	5.6
Aug	18° / 16°	63	10.5	14.3	5.6
Sep	16° / 14°	57	10.2	12.4	5.1
Oct	14° / 12°	94	14	10.5	3.8
Nov	12° / 10°	104	15.9	8.8	2.7
Dec	11° / 8°	104	16.4	7.9	2.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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 (%)	41	41	40	41	41	41	42	43	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	43	44
Cloudier (%)	59	59	60	59	59	59	58	57	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	54	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	57	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Penzance gets around 54 mm of rain over 9.1 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 29% and peaks near 32% 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 (%)	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	31

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	31
8	31
9	30
10	29
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	27
22	27
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	29
27	29
28	30
29	30
30	30
31	31

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the comfortable band about 52% 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 (%)	52	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	27
Comfortable (%)	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	55	56	56	56	57	56	57	56	57	57	56	56
Humid (%)	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	44	4
2	50	45	5
3	49	46	5
4	48	46	6
5	47	47	6
6	46	48	7
7	45	48	7
8	44	49	7
9	43	49	8
10	42	50	8
11	41	51	8
12	40	51	9
13	39	52	9
14	38	52	10
15	37	53	10
16	36	53	11
17	35	53	12
18	34	54	12
19	33	54	13
20	32	55	13
21	31	56	13
22	30	56	14
23	30	56	14
24	29	57	14
25	29	56	15
26	28	57	15
27	28	56	16
28	27	57	16
29	27	57	16
30	27	56	17
31	27	56	17

Wind in July

Winds average 21 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 22 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)	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	22	breezy
2	22	breezy
3	22	breezy
4	22	breezy
5	22	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
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21	20	breezy
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25	20	breezy
26	20	breezy
27	20	breezy
28	20	breezy
29	20	breezy
30	20	breezy
31	20	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:22 AM to 4:54 AM, and sunset from 8:29 PM to 8:03 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)	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.1	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.9	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.1
Sunrise (AM)	4:22	4:23	4:23	4:24	4:25	4:26	4:26	4:27	4:28	4:29	4:30	4:31	4:32	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:36	4:37	4:38	4:40	4:41	4:42	4:43	4:45	4:46	4:47	4:48	4:50	4:51	4:53	4:54
Sunset (PM)	8:29	8:29	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:27	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:08	8:07	8:05	8:04	8:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	16.1	4:22	8:29
2	16.1	4:23	8:29
3	16.1	4:23	8:28
4	16.1	4:24	8:28
5	16.0	4:25	8:28
6	16.0	4:26	8:27
7	16.0	4:26	8:27
8	16.0	4:27	8:26
9	16.0	4:28	8:26
10	15.9	4:29	8:25
11	15.9	4:30	8:24
12	15.9	4:31	8:24
13	15.9	4:32	8:23
14	15.8	4:33	8:22
15	15.8	4:34	8:21
16	15.8	4:35	8:21
17	15.7	4:36	8:20
18	15.7	4:37	8:19
19	15.7	4:38	8:18
20	15.6	4:40	8:17
21	15.6	4:41	8:16
22	15.5	4:42	8:14
23	15.5	4:43	8:13
24	15.5	4:45	8:12
25	15.4	4:46	8:11
26	15.4	4:47	8:10
27	15.3	4:48	8:08
28	15.3	4:50	8:07
29	15.2	4:51	8:05
30	15.2	4:53	8:04
31	15.1	4:54	8:03

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.45 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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1
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	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Penzance?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

1.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Penzance for sightseeing.

What to pack for Penzance in July

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

In July, Penzance sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: rain gear, sun protection and a windbreaker. About 9 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Penzance 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 March near 10°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)	10	10	10	10	12	14	16	17	16	14	13	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	10	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	10	Bracing
May	12	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	17	Cool
Sep	16	Cool
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	13	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Penzance 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 Penzance peaks around August 14 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 11 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	5	6	6	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Penzance?

Penzance sits at 50.1°N, 5.5°W, 32 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Camborne, 20 km away.

Topography around Penzance

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Penzance has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 362 m.

The land around Penzance is covered by water (35%), grassland (23%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, water (59%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and water (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

138 m

water 35%

16 km

248 m

water 59%

80 km

362 m

water 81%

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

July weather nearby: Camborne 20 km · Redruth 26 km · Falmouth 33 km · Truro 38 km · Newquay 47 km · St Austell 60 km · Bodmin 70 km · Saltash 99 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 Penzance (50.1186°, -5.5371°, elevation 32 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	16	14
2	16	14
3	17	14
4	17	15
5	17	15
6	17	15
7	17	15
8	17	15
9	17	15
10	17	15
11	17	15
12	17	15
13	17	15
14	17	15
15	17	15
16	17	15
17	17	15
18	17	15
19	17	15
20	17	15
21	17	15
22	17	15
23	18	15
24	18	16
25	18	16
26	18	16
27	18	16
28	18	16
29	18	16
30	18	16
31	18	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	31
8	31
9	30
10	29
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	27
22	27
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	29
27	29
28	30
29	30
30	30
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	44	4
2	50	45	5
3	49	46	5
4	48	46	6
5	47	47	6
6	46	48	7
7	45	48	7
8	44	49	7
9	43	49	8
10	42	50	8
11	41	51	8
12	40	51	9
13	39	52	9
14	38	52	10
15	37	53	10
16	36	53	11
17	35	53	12
18	34	54	12
19	33	54	13
20	32	55	13
21	31	56	13
22	30	56	14
23	30	56	14
24	29	57	14
25	29	56	15
26	28	57	15
27	28	56	16
28	27	57	16
29	27	57	16
30	27	56	17
31	27	56	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	31
8	31
9	30
10	29
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	27
22	27
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	29
27	29
28	30
29	30
30	30
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	44	4
2	50	45	5
3	49	46	5
4	48	46	6
5	47	47	6
6	46	48	7
7	45	48	7
8	44	49	7
9	43	49	8
10	42	50	8
11	41	51	8
12	40	51	9
13	39	52	9
14	38	52	10
15	37	53	10
16	36	53	11
17	35	53	12
18	34	54	12
19	33	54	13
20	32	55	13
21	31	56	13
22	30	56	14
23	30	56	14
24	29	57	14
25	29	56	15
26	28	57	15
27	28	56	16
28	27	57	16
29	27	57	16
30	27	56	17
31	27	56	17

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	41	59
7	42	58
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	44	56
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	46	54
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	44	56
30	43	57
31	44	56

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	32
3	32
4	32
5	32
6	32
7	31
8	31
9	30
10	29
11	28
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	26
18	26
19	26
20	26
21	27
22	27
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	29
27	29
28	30
29	30
30	30
31	31

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	52	44	4
2	50	45	5
3	49	46	5
4	48	46	6
5	47	47	6
6	46	48	7
7	45	48	7
8	44	49	7
9	43	49	8
10	42	50	8
11	41	51	8
12	40	51	9
13	39	52	9
14	38	52	10
15	37	53	10
16	36	53	11
17	35	53	12
18	34	54	12
19	33	54	13
20	32	55	13
21	31	56	13
22	30	56	14
23	30	56	14
24	29	57	14
25	29	56	15
26	28	57	15
27	28	56	16
28	27	57	16
29	27	57	16
30	27	56	17
31	27	56	17