The coolest places in Europe in July: ranked by average high temperature
Longyearbyen tops the list at 8.2 °C in July. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.
Top three in July: Longyearbyen (8.2 °C) , Tórshavn (12 °C) , Reykjavík (14 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 12 °C.
| # | Destination | Country | Avg high | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Longyearbyen | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 8.2 °C | 8.2 °C | 5.2 °C | 32 mm | 7 | 378 h | – |
| 2 | Tórshavn | Faroe Islands | 12 °C | 12 °C | 9.5 °C | 63 mm | 15 | 293 h | 9.7 °C |
| 3 | Reykjavík | Iceland | 14 °C | 14 °C | 8.7 °C | 86 mm | 14 | 357 h | 11 °C |
| 4 | Douglas | Isle of Man | 16 °C | 16 °C | 13 °C | 69 mm | 12 | 358 h | 14 °C |
| 5 | Aberdeen | United Kingdom | 16 °C | 16 °C | 12 °C | 66 mm | 13 | 342 h | 13 °C |
| 6 | Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | Russia | 16 °C | 16 °C | 9.3 °C | 73 mm | 10 | 308 h | 11 °C |
| 7 | Saint Peter Port | Guernsey | 16 °C | 16 °C | 15 °C | 37 mm | 7 | 391 h | 16 °C |
| 8 | Murmansk | Russia | 16 °C | 16 °C | 9.2 °C | 69 mm | 13 | 347 h | – |
| 9 | Stavanger | Norway | 17 °C | 17 °C | 12 °C | 110 mm | 14 | 376 h | 15 °C |
| 10 | Bergen | Norway | 17 °C | 17 °C | 11 °C | 149 mm | 16 | 363 h | 15 °C |
| 11 | Belfast | United Kingdom | 18 °C | 18 °C | 12 °C | 84 mm | 15 | 304 h | – |
| 12 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | 18 °C | 18 °C | 11 °C | 94 mm | 15 | 291 h | – |
| 13 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 18 °C | 18 °C | 12 °C | 73 mm | 13 | 311 h | 14 °C |
| 14 | Saint Helier | Jersey | 18 °C | 18 °C | 15 °C | 49 mm | 9 | 391 h | 17 °C |
| 15 | Oldham | United Kingdom | 18 °C | 18 °C | 11 °C | 89 mm | 15 | 325 h | – |
| 16 | Dublin | Ireland | 18 °C | 18 °C | 13 °C | 76 mm | 15 | 319 h | 15 °C |
| 17 | Preston | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 99 mm | 16 | 345 h | – |
| 18 | Trondheim | Norway | 19 °C | 19 °C | 11 °C | 87 mm | 14 | 353 h | – |
| 19 | Mariehamn | Aland Islands | 19 °C | 19 °C | 15 °C | 52 mm | 8 | 442 h | 16 °C |
| 20 | Swansea | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 13 °C | 95 mm | 15 | 347 h | 16 °C |
| 21 | Newcastle upon Tyne | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 65 mm | 12 | 352 h | 14 °C |
| 22 | Cork | Ireland | 19 °C | 19 °C | 13 °C | 70 mm | 12 | 306 h | – |
| 23 | Liverpool | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 13 °C | 87 mm | 15 | 354 h | 16 °C |
| 24 | St Helens | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 13 °C | 81 mm | 14 | 346 h | 16 °C |
| 25 | Bradford | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 76 mm | 14 | 330 h | – |
| 26 | Severodvinsk | Russia | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 72 mm | 12 | 426 h | 13 °C |
| 27 | Sunderland | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 64 mm | 12 | 354 h | 14 °C |
| 28 | Manchester | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 12 °C | 86 mm | 15 | 317 h | – |
| 29 | Plymouth | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 14 °C | 73 mm | 12 | 354 h | 16 °C |
| 30 | Cardiff | United Kingdom | 19 °C | 19 °C | 13 °C | 75 mm | 12 | 344 h | 17 °C |
| 31 | Brighton | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 14 °C | 54 mm | 10 | 366 h | 16 °C |
| 32 | Oulu | Finland | 20 °C | 20 °C | 13 °C | 79 mm | 12 | 421 h | 15 °C |
| 33 | Stoke-on-Trent | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 12 °C | 72 mm | 13 | 319 h | – |
| 34 | Kingston upon Hull | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 13 °C | 66 mm | 12 | 362 h | 14 °C |
| 35 | Leeds | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 12 °C | 68 mm | 12 | 337 h | – |
| 36 | Mansfield | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 12 °C | 66 mm | 12 | 338 h | – |
| 37 | Sheffield | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 13 °C | 73 mm | 13 | 340 h | – |
| 38 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 12 °C | 66 mm | 12 | 330 h | – |
| 39 | Haarlem | The Netherlands | 20 °C | 20 °C | 15 °C | 80 mm | 13 | 381 h | 17 °C |
| 40 | Vladivostok | Russia | 20 °C | 20 °C | 18 °C | 121 mm | 11 | 244 h | 18 °C |
| 41 | Bournemouth | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 14 °C | 47 mm | 9 | 365 h | 16 °C |
| 42 | Derby | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 12 °C | 67 mm | 12 | 330 h | – |
| 43 | Newport | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 13 °C | 66 mm | 11 | 334 h | 18 °C |
| 44 | Arkhangel’sk | Russia | 20 °C | 20 °C | 12 °C | 75 mm | 12 | 416 h | – |
| 45 | Bristol | United Kingdom | 20 °C | 20 °C | 13 °C | 63 mm | 11 | 336 h | 18 °C |
| 46 | Petrozavodsk | Russia | 20 °C | 20 °C | 14 °C | 87 mm | 14 | 406 h | – |
| 47 | Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | Russia | 20 °C | 20 °C | 14 °C | 84 mm | 9 | 278 h | – |
| 48 | The Hague | The Netherlands | 21 °C | 21 °C | 15 °C | 76 mm | 12 | 380 h | 18 °C |
| 49 | Århus | Denmark | 21 °C | 21 °C | 13 °C | 66 mm | 11 | 401 h | 17 °C |
| 50 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 21 °C | 21 °C | 14 °C | 93 mm | 12 | 402 h | 18 °C |
Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.
The same ranking one month earlier and later
June: top 5
- Longyearbyen 3.3 °C
- Tórshavn 11 °C
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 12 °C
- Reykjavík 13 °C
- Murmansk 13 °C
August: top 5
- Longyearbyen 6.8 °C
- Tórshavn 12 °C
- Reykjavík 13 °C
- Murmansk 14 °C
- Aberdeen 16 °C
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- The average daily high temperature, in °C, in July, lowest first.
- Period
- 1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
- Who is included
- 50 destinations in Europe with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
- Ties
- Equal values are ordered by population.
- Sources
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.