Selby weather in July

In July, Selby sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 60 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 16.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°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 16 h 48 min at the start of July to 15 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Selby's 4th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Selby's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
60 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
16 h 24 min
3:59 AM – 8:20 PM
Cloud cover
70%
4th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Selby is town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England.

Density
236/km²
people per km²

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 21°C through the month.

A typical July day in Selby reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 26°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 Selby

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.

Selby 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 / 5011.317.80.9
Feb / 429.61.29.41.2
Mar10° / 439.90.711.52.2
Apr13° / 5110.70.213.73.4
May16° / 5010.3015.64.6
Jun18° / 11°6411.4016.75.5
Jul21° / 13°6011.3016.36.1
Aug21° / 13°6510.8014.66.1
Sep18° / 11°539.6012.55.6
Oct14° / 5710.9010.23.9
Nov10° / 5711.40.38.32.2
Dec / 55110.87.31.0

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 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32971
42971
52872
62872
72971
82971
92971
103070
113169
123169
133169
143169
153268
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213268
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Selby gets around 60 mm of rain over 11.3 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
337
437
537
637
736
836
936
1036
1135
1235
1335
1434
1534
1634
1733
1833
1933
2034
2134
2235
2335
2436
2536
2636
2736
2836
2936
3036
3136

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 66% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
177203
276213
375223
474233
573243
672253
771263
871263
970273
1070273
1169283
1269283
1369283
1468284
1567294
1667294
1766295
1865305
1964306
2063316
2162317
2261327
2361327
2459338
2559338
2658348
2757349
2857349
2957349
3057349
31563410

Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
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514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 48 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 72 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:44 AM to 4:22 AM, and sunset from 8:31 PM to 7:59 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.83:448:31
216.83:458:30
316.73:468:30
416.73:478:30
516.73:478:29
616.73:488:29
716.63:498:28
816.63:508:27
916.63:518:27
1016.63:528:26
1116.53:538:25
1216.53:548:24
1316.53:568:23
1416.43:578:22
1516.43:588:21
1616.43:598:20
1716.34:018:19
1816.34:028:18
1916.24:038:17
2016.24:058:16
2116.14:068:14
2216.14:088:13
2316.04:098:12
2416.04:118:10
2515.94:128:09
2615.94:148:07
2715.84:158:06
2815.84:178:04
2915.74:198:02
3015.74:208:01
3115.64:227:59

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 4.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.92 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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294.7Bright
304.7Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Selby?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Selby for sightseeing.

What to pack for Selby in July

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

In July, Selby sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Selby in July

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 63 km away) is warmest in August at about 15°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°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun11Bracing
Jul14Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep14Bracing
Oct13Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec9Bracing

UV index in Selby 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 Selby 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
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Selby?

Selby sits at 53.8°N, 1.1°W, 9 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Goole, 15 km away.

Topography around Selby

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Selby has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 709 m.

The land around Selby is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (37%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
97 m
80 km
709 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Goole 15 km · Pontefract 19 km · York 19 km · Kippax 20 km · Thorne 20 km · Castleford 20 km · Adwick le Street 25 km · South Elmsall 25 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 Selby (53.7833°, -1.0667°, elevation 9 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).