Rhyl weather in July

In July, Rhyl sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 76 mm of rain across 14.1 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Rhyl's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rhyl's year-round climate.

Daytime high
19°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
14.1 wet days
Daylight
16 h 18 min
4:12 AM – 8:28 PM
Cloud cover
73%
4th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Rhyl is town in Denbighshire, Wales, UK.

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 19°C through the month.

A typical July day in Rhyl reaches about 19°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 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Rhyl

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.

Rhyl weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7113.61.27.80.9
Feb / 6212.51.29.41.0
Mar / 6413.40.811.51.7
Apr12° / 6613.40.513.72.8
May15° / 6613.10.115.64.0
Jun17° / 11°8113.3016.64.9
Jul19° / 13°7614.1016.25.4
Aug19° / 13°7614.1014.65.3
Sep16° / 11°6912.1012.44.7
Oct13° / 7513.90.110.33.3
Nov10° / 80150.48.41.8
Dec / 8414.51.17.41.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Rhyl gets around 76 mm of rain over 14.1 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 64% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
175214
274224
373234
472244
571254
671254
770264
869274
969274
1068284
1168284
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Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 3:57 AM to 4:33 AM, and sunset from 8:38 PM to 8:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.73:578:38
216.73:588:37
316.63:588:37
416.63:598:37
516.64:008:36
616.64:018:36
716.64:028:35
816.54:038:35
916.54:048:34
1016.54:058:33
1116.44:068:32
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1416.34:098:30
1516.34:108:29
1616.34:128:28
1716.24:138:27
1816.24:148:25
1916.14:158:24
2016.14:178:23
2116.14:188:22
2216.04:208:20
2316.04:218:19
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2615.84:268:15
2715.84:278:13
2815.74:298:12
2915.74:308:10
3015.64:328:08
3115.64:338:07

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.02 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Rhyl?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
2.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Rhyl for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rhyl in July

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

In July, Rhyl sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Rhyl 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 7°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
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May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Rhyl 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 Rhyl 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
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Rhyl?

Rhyl sits at 53.3°N, 3.5°W, 8 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Prestatyn, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Rhyl

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rhyl has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 393 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Rhyl is covered by water (45%), grassland (25%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, water (50%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
393 m
80 km
1,055 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Prestatyn 6.0 km · Colwyn Bay 16 km · Llandudno 23 km · Flint 25 km · Heswall 26 km · Moreton 26 km · Wallasey 31 km · Bebington 32 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 Rhyl (53.3193°, -3.4923°, elevation 8 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).