Truro weather in July

In July, Truro sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 56 mm of rain across 10.3 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 11th-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 15% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Truro's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Truro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
56 mm
10.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
4:32 AM – 8:19 PM
Cloud cover
70%
5th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.0
out of 10

Truro is city in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

Density
3,710/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 Truro reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°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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Truro weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7313.28.31.7
Feb / 6011.19.71.7
Mar11° / 5711.511.52.4
Apr13° / 6112.213.53.2
May15° / 5811.315.24.4
Jun18° / 12°5810.816.15.5
Jul20° / 14°5610.315.76.0
Aug20° / 14°6010.614.35.9
Sep18° / 12°519.312.45.7
Oct15° / 10°7712.710.54.1
Nov12° / 7613.68.82.7
Dec10° / 7813.47.92.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
23070
33070
42971
52971
62971
73070
83169
93169
103268
113268
123367
133367
143367
153367
163367
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203367
213367
223268
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243169
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283169
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303268
313268

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Truro gets around 56 mm of rain over 10.3 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 33% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
337
437
537
636
736
835
935
1034
1133
1232
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1431
1531
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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 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
159374
258384
357394
455405
555405
654415
753416
852426
952426
1052426
1151427
1250437
1350437
1450437
1549447
1648448
1747458
1846468
1945478
2044489
2143499
2242499
2341509
24405010
25395110
26385210
27375211
28365311
29365212
30355312
31355213

Wind in July

Winds average 16 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:19 AM to 4:52 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 8:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.14:198:28
216.14:208:27
316.14:218:27
416.14:218:27
516.14:228:26
616.14:238:26
716.04:248:26
816.04:258:25
916.04:258:24
1016.04:268:24
1115.94:278:23
1215.94:288:23
1315.94:298:22
1415.84:308:21
1515.84:318:20
1615.84:328:19
1715.74:348:18
1815.74:358:17
1915.74:368:16
2015.64:378:15
2115.64:388:14
2215.64:398:13
2315.54:418:12
2415.54:428:11
2515.44:438:09
2615.44:458:08
2715.34:468:07
2815.34:478:05
2915.34:498:04
3015.24:508:03
3115.24:528:01

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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244.9Bright
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304.7Bright
314.7Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Truro?

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

6.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Truro for sightseeing.

What to pack for Truro in July

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

In July, Truro sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Truro 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 at the nearest coast (about 13 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°C and coldest in March near 9°C.

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

10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb10Bracing
Mar9Bracing
Apr10Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul16Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov13Bracing
Dec11Bracing

UV index in Truro 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 Truro 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 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 14UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Truro?

Truro sits at 50.3°N, 5.1°W, 15 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Falmouth, 12 km away.

Topography around Truro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Truro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 54 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 521 m.

The land around Truro is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (68%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
250 m
80 km
521 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Falmouth 12 km · Redruth 13 km · Newquay 17 km · Camborne 18 km · St Austell 22 km · Bodmin 33 km · Penzance 38 km · Saltash 61 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 Truro (50.2653°, -5.0544°, elevation 15 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).