Climate averages 1991–2020

Eastbourne weather
in July.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 18.6°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 14.8°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 48 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Eastbourne: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 01 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hastings, United Kingdom (23 km away). In July its highs average 19.9°C, 1.3°C warmer than Eastbourne, with 46 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Eastbourne ranks joint 120th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 4th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 20.0°C; Eastbourne is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 19.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 61 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Eastbourne climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Eastbourne, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.9°C4.9°C	4.9°C	95	14.6	8.59 h
February	7.6°C4.5°C	4.5°C	66	11.6	10.010 h
March	9.1°C5.5°C	5.5°C	50	9.9	11.812 h
April	11.3°C7.2°C	7.2°C	46	9.0	13.814 h
May	14.1°C9.9°C	9.9°C	47	8.5	15.515 h
June	16.6°C12.5°C	12.5°C	45	8.7	16.416 h
July, selected	18.6°C14.8°C	14.8°C	48	8.4	16.016 h
August	19.2°C15.4°C	15.4°C	61	9.5	14.515 h
September	17.6°C13.8°C	13.8°C	66	10.6	12.713 h
October	14.6°C11.4°C	11.4°C	113	14.3	10.811 h
November	11.2°C8.1°C	8.1°C	121	15.8	9.09 h
December	8.7°C5.8°C	5.8°C	109	14.4	8.18 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

July in nearby cities

Distance from Eastbourne

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Eastbourne) is explained once on the Eastbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.