Windermere weather in July

In July, Windermere sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 106 mm of rain across 16.8 wet days and about 16.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°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 54 min at the start of July to 15 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Windermere's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Windermere's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11°
11th coldest
Rainfall
106 mm
16.8 wet days
Daylight
16 h 30 min
4:03 AM – 8:31 PM
Cloud cover
75%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
4.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Windermere is town in Cumbria, England, 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 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Windermere reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°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 Windermere

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.

Windermere weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 13817.33.37.70.2
Feb / 11414.63.19.30.4
Mar / 9314.12.411.51.1
Apr11° / 7413.60.913.72.2
May13° / 8614.8015.73.3
Jun16° / 9515.6016.84.1
Jul18° / 11°10616.8016.44.7
Aug17° / 11°11917.8014.74.4
Sep15° / 10614.3012.53.9
Oct12° / 13616.8010.22.6
Nov / 13317.30.48.21.3
Dec / 144171.87.10.4

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 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42278
52278
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Windermere gets around 106 mm of rain over 16.8 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 54% and peaks near 56% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
154
254
354
454
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654
753
853
953
1053
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2153
2254
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2856
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3156

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 69% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
181172
281172
379183
478193
578193
677203
776213
876213
975223
1074233
1174233
1273243
1372253
1471254
1570264
1669274
1768284
1867294
1966304
2066304
2165314
2264324
2363334
2461345
2561345
2660355
2760355
2860355
2959356
3059356
3160346

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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 h 42 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 3:48 AM to 4:27 AM, and sunset from 8:42 PM to 8:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.93:488:42
216.93:498:42
316.93:508:41
416.83:508:41
516.83:518:40
616.83:528:40
716.83:538:39
816.73:548:38
916.73:558:38
1016.73:568:37
1116.63:578:36
1216.63:588:35
1316.64:008:34
1416.54:018:33
1516.54:028:32
1616.54:038:31
1716.44:058:30
1816.44:068:29
1916.34:088:27
2016.34:098:26
2116.24:118:25
2216.24:128:23
2316.14:148:22
2416.14:158:20
2516.04:178:19
2616.04:188:17
2715.94:208:16
2815.94:218:14
2915.84:238:12
3015.84:258:11
3115.74:278:09

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 4.89 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 4.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.8Bright
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254.4Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Windermere?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
1.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Windermere for sightseeing.

What to pack for Windermere in July

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

In July, Windermere sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Windermere in July

The nearest coast averages about 17°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 29 km away) is warmest in August at about 17°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°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan7Bracing
Feb6Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Windermere 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 Windermere peaks around August 10 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Windermere?

Windermere sits at 54.4°N, 2.9°W, 0 m above sea level, in United Kingdom. The nearest listed city is Kendal, 12 km away.

Topography around Windermere

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Windermere has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m around an average of 128 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 865 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 961 m.

The land around Windermere is covered by grassland (50%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, grassland (73%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
230 m
16 km
865 m
80 km
961 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Kendal 12 km · Penrith 33 km · Morecambe 35 km · Barrow in Furness 37 km · Heysham 38 km · Lancaster 38 km · Whitehaven 48 km · Workington 50 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 Windermere (54.3809°, -2.9071°, elevation 0 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).