Telford weather in July

In July, Telford sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 64 mm of rain across 11.9 wet days and about 16.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°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 36 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Telford's 1st-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Telford's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
64 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
4:11 AM – 8:20 PM
Cloud cover
71%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Telford is town in Shropshire, England, UK.

Density
1,997/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 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Telford reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°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 Telford

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.

Telford 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 / 5412.31.17.90.8
Feb / 4710.51.39.51.1
Mar10° / 5011.40.711.52.0
Apr13° / 5711.90.313.63.1
May16° / 6211.9015.54.4
Jun18° / 10°6811.5016.55.5
Jul20° / 12°6411.9016.15.9
Aug20° / 12°6111.9014.55.8
Sep17° / 10°5710.5012.45.2
Oct14° / 6511.8010.33.6
Nov10° / 6312.60.38.51.9
Dec / 6311.917.51.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
32773
42773
52872
62872
72872
82872
92872
102971
112971
122971
132971
142971
152971
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213070
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232971
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253070
263169
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292971
303070
313070

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Telford gets around 64 mm of rain over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
139
239
339
440
540
640
740
839
939
1039
1139
1238
1338
1438
1537
1637
1736
1836
1936
2036
2136
2236
2336
2436
2537
2637
2737
2838
2938
3038
3139

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 65% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
176213
275223
374233
473243
572253
671263
770273
870273
969283
1069283
1168293
1267294
1367294
1467294
1566304
1665305
1764315
1864315
1963325
2062326
2161336
2260346
2360346
2459356
2559356
2658366
2758366
2858366
2957376
3056377
3157367

Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
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813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 36 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 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 3:56 AM to 4:32 AM, and sunset from 8:30 PM to 8:00 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.63:568:30
216.53:578:30
316.53:588:29
416.53:598:29
516.53:598:28
616.54:008:28
716.44:018:27
816.44:028:27
916.44:038:26
1016.44:048:25
1116.34:058:25
1216.34:068:24
1316.34:078:23
1416.24:088:22
1516.24:098:21
1616.24:118:20
1716.14:128:19
1816.14:138:18
1916.04:148:17
2016.04:168:16
2116.04:178:14
2215.94:198:13
2315.94:208:12
2415.84:218:11
2515.84:238:09
2615.74:248:08
2715.74:268:06
2815.64:278:05
2915.64:298:03
3015.54:308:02
3115.54:328:00

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 4.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 4.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
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45.0Bright
55.0Bright
64.9Bright
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114.9Bright
124.9Bright
134.9Bright
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154.8Bright
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204.8Bright
214.7Bright
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234.7Bright
244.7Bright
254.6Bright
264.6Bright
274.6Bright
284.5Bright
294.5Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Telford?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Telford for sightseeing.

What to pack for Telford in July

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

In July, Telford sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Telford 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 Telford peaks around August 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Telford?

Telford sits at 52.7°N, 2.4°W, 163 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Wellington, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Telford

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Telford has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 151 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 822 m.

The land around Telford is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), grassland (27%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
134 m
16 km
373 m
80 km
822 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Wellington 5.0 km · Ryton 9.0 km · Shrewsbury 21 km · Wolverhampton 24 km · Wednesfield 26 km · Stafford 27 km · Kingswinford 27 km · Loughton 28 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 Telford (52.6766°, -2.4493°, elevation 163 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. 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).