Climate averages 1991–2020
Southampton weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Southampton: daytime highs average 20.7°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 02 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Portsmouth (25 km away). In July its highs average 20.8°C, about as warm as Southampton, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Southampton ranks joint 49th of 143 for the warmest July highs and joint 12th of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 20.0°C; Southampton is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 53 mm to 65 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
Southampton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 67 | 11.5 | 8.58 h |
| February | 8.0°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 51 | 10.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 48 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.8°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 56 | 11.1 | 13.814 h |
| May | 15.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 57 | 10.0 | 15.515 h |
| June | 18.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 54 | 10.0 | 16.416 h |
| July, selected | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.016 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 65 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 54 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 75 | 11.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 75 | 11.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 8.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 71 | 11.4 | 8.08 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
- Portsmouth in JulyUnited Kingdom · 25 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Bournemouth in JulyUnited Kingdom · 39 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Basingstoke in JulyUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Poole in JulyUnited Kingdom · 46 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Reading in JulyUnited Kingdom · 68 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Guildford in JulyUnited Kingdom · 69 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Bracknell in JulyUnited Kingdom · 73 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Worthing in JulyUnited Kingdom · 73 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 49 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 Southampton) is explained once on the Southampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.