Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterborough, United Kingdom 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.
July is a mild month in Peterborough, United Kingdom: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 19 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cambridge, United Kingdom (48 km away). In July its highs average 21.5°C, about as warm as Peterborough, United Kingdom, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Peterborough, United Kingdom ranks joint 18th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 61st of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 20.0°C; Peterborough, United Kingdom is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Peterborough, United Kingdom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 49 | 11.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | 7.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 38 | 9.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 10.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 43 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.0°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 48 | 11.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.716 h |
| June | 18.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 59 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July, selected | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 61 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 63 | 10.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 50 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 10.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 55 | 10.9 | 8.89 h |
| December | 7.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 52 | 10.8 | 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.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Cambridge, United Kingdom in JulyUnited Kingdom · 48 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Bedford in JulyUnited Kingdom · 51 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Northampton in JulyUnited Kingdom · 56 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Leicester in JulyUnited Kingdom · 60 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Milton Keynes in JulyUnited Kingdom · 68 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Rugby in JulyUnited Kingdom · 72 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Nottingham in JulyUnited Kingdom · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Stevenage in JulyUnited Kingdom · 75 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 13.0°C · 60 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Peterborough) is explained once on the Peterborough, United Kingdom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.