Climate averages 1991–2020

Luton weather
in July.

A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 21.0°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 12.9°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 60 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Luton: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 12 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Hemel Hempstead (14 km away). In July its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Luton, with 58 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Luton ranks joint 34th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 54th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 20.0°C; Luton is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 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

Luton climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Luton, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	6.7°C1.8°C	1.8°C	52	11.0	8.38 h
February	7.3°C1.7°C	1.7°C	42	9.7	9.910 h
March	9.8°C2.9°C	2.9°C	44	10.2	11.812 h
April	12.7°C4.5°C	4.5°C	50	11.3	13.914 h
May	15.8°C7.6°C	7.6°C	56	10.7	15.616 h
June	18.7°C10.6°C	10.6°C	59	10.1	16.617 h
July, selected	21.0°C12.9°C	12.9°C	60	11.1	16.216 h
August	20.7°C12.8°C	12.8°C	61	10.8	14.615 h
September	17.9°C10.6°C	10.6°C	51	8.9	12.713 h
October	13.9°C7.9°C	7.9°C	59	11.0	10.711 h
November	9.7°C4.5°C	4.5°C	58	11.0	8.99 h
December	7.0°C2.4°C	2.4°C	55	11.1	7.98 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 Luton

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