Climate averages 1991–2020

Lowestoft weather
in July.

A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.7°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 14.6°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 59 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Lowestoft: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 18 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Norwich (35 km away). In July its highs average 20.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Lowestoft, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Lowestoft ranks joint 117th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 47th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 20.0°C; Lowestoft is 1.2°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 59 mm to 64 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

Lowestoft climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lowestoft, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.0°C3.8°C	3.8°C	64	13.1	8.38 h
February	6.8°C3.5°C	3.5°C	53	10.8	9.910 h
March	8.2°C4.5°C	4.5°C	48	10.7	11.812 h
April	10.3°C6.4°C	6.4°C	37	8.8	13.914 h
May	13.2°C9.3°C	9.3°C	48	8.7	15.716 h
June	16.2°C12.2°C	12.2°C	54	10.1	16.717 h
July, selected	18.7°C14.6°C	14.6°C	59	11.2	16.316 h
August	19.2°C15.1°C	15.1°C	64	10.2	14.715 h
September	17.2°C13.4°C	13.4°C	66	11.0	12.713 h
October	14.0°C10.7°C	10.7°C	81	12.9	10.711 h
November	10.3°C7.2°C	7.2°C	79	14.5	8.89 h
December	7.7°C4.7°C	4.7°C	72	13.6	7.88 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.

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July in nearby cities

Distance from Lowestoft

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 Lowestoft) is explained once on the Lowestoft year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.