Climate averages 1991–2020
Sheffield weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Sheffield: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 27 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rotherham (9 km away). In July its highs average 20.3°C, about as warm as Sheffield, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Sheffield ranks joint 74th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 111th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 20.0°C; Sheffield is level with that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 79 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
Sheffield climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 62 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | 7.3°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 56 | 11.7 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 57 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 63 | 12.4 | 14.014 h |
| May | 15.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.2 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 78 | 12.8 | 16.917 h |
| July, selected | 20.0°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 75 | 13.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 19.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 13.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 63 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 68 | 12.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 68 | 12.9 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.9°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 70 | 13.1 | 7.68 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
- Rotherham in JulyUnited Kingdom · 9 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 69 mm rain
- Chesterfield in JulyUnited Kingdom · 15 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Barnsley in JulyUnited Kingdom · 19 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 75 mm rain
- High Peak in JulyUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Doncaster in JulyUnited Kingdom · 27 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Mansfield in JulyUnited Kingdom · 33 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Wakefield in JulyUnited Kingdom · 33 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Huddersfield in JulyUnited Kingdom · 36 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 12.3°C · 77 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 Sheffield) is explained once on the Sheffield year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Barnsley lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.