Climate averages 1991–2020

Swansea weather
in July.

A mild, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 18.5°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 13.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 86 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Swansea: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 86 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 09 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Cardiff (55 km away). In July its highs average 19.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Swansea, with 74 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in the United Kingdom, Swansea ranks joint 124th of 143 for the warmest July highs and 131st of 143 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 143 cities is 20.0°C; Swansea is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 86 mm to 101 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

Swansea climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Swansea, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	7.7°C4.0°C	4.0°C	128	17.0	8.48 h
February	7.8°C3.7°C	3.7°C	92	13.1	9.910 h
March	9.4°C4.5°C	4.5°C	83	13.7	11.812 h
April	11.8°C6.1°C	6.1°C	69	12.0	13.814 h
May	14.6°C8.8°C	8.8°C	72	12.4	15.616 h
June	16.9°C11.6°C	11.6°C	79	12.2	16.617 h
July, selected	18.5°C13.5°C	13.5°C	86	13.8	16.216 h
August	18.5°C13.8°C	13.8°C	101	14.3	14.615 h
September	16.8°C12.1°C	12.1°C	96	13.2	12.713 h
October	13.7°C9.7°C	9.7°C	143	16.7	10.711 h
November	10.5°C6.9°C	6.9°C	143	17.3	8.99 h
December	8.2°C4.7°C	4.7°C	145	16.8	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 Swansea

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