Bradford climate

Name: Bradford
Address: GB

Bradford is warmest in July, with average highs of 19 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 1.3 °C. August is the wettest month (82 mm) and May the driest (64 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bradford averages 872 mm of rain, 3 days above 25 °C and 43 days below freezing.

United Kingdom · population 366,187 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 19 °C
Coldest month February 1.3 °C
Driest month May 64 mm
Wettest month August 82 mm
Least cloud May 70 % cloud
Hottest on record July 32 °C
Coldest on record December -12 °C

What to expectBradford through the year

Bradford has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 6.7 °C in February to 19 °C in July, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 3 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C, 43 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 64 mm in May to 82 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	6.1 °C	73 mm	76 %
February	6.7 °C	67 mm	75 %
March	8.8 °C	65 mm	74 %
April	11.5 °C	65 mm	72 %
May	14.4 °C	64 mm	70 %
June	17.0 °C	79 mm	72 %
July	19.0 °C	76 mm	70 %
August	18.6 °C	82 mm	71 %
September	16.2 °C	70 mm	73 %
October	12.6 °C	75 mm	75 %
November	8.8 °C	75 mm	76 %
December	6.4 °C	81 mm	75 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	6.1 °C	1.6 °C	3.8 °C	13.2 °C	-10.8 °C	0	9
February	6.7 °C	1.3 °C	4.0 °C	15.4 °C	-10.7 °C	0	10
March	8.8 °C	2.3 °C	5.5 °C	18.1 °C	-7.7 °C	0	7
April	11.5 °C	3.9 °C	7.7 °C	22.1 °C	-6.2 °C	0	3
May	14.4 °C	6.8 °C	10.7 °C	24.5 °C	-1.3 °C	0	0
June	17.0 °C	9.8 °C	13.6 °C	27.0 °C	2.7 °C	1	0
July	19.0 °C	11.9 °C	15.5 °C	31.5 °C	6.2 °C	2	0
August	18.6 °C	11.8 °C	15.2 °C	28.5 °C	5.2 °C	1	0
September	16.2 °C	9.8 °C	13.0 °C	25.2 °C	2.4 °C	0	0
October	12.6 °C	7.1 °C	9.9 °C	24.9 °C	-3.3 °C	0	1
November	8.8 °C	4.1 °C	6.5 °C	16.3 °C	-5.5 °C	0	4
December	6.4 °C	2.0 °C	4.2 °C	14.3 °C	-12.0 °C	0	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	73 mm	14	8.0 h/day	76 %	88 %	25 km/h
February	67 mm	12	9.8 h/day	75 %	85 %	25 km/h
March	65 mm	12	12 h/day	74 %	82 %	24 km/h
April	65 mm	12	14 h/day	72 %	80 %	22 km/h
May	64 mm	12	16 h/day	70 %	78 %	21 km/h
June	79 mm	13	17 h/day	72 %	79 %	20 km/h
July	76 mm	14	17 h/day	70 %	79 %	20 km/h
August	82 mm	14	15 h/day	71 %	81 %	20 km/h
September	70 mm	11	13 h/day	73 %	83 %	21 km/h
October	75 mm	13	11 h/day	75 %	85 %	23 km/h
November	75 mm	13	8.6 h/day	76 %	89 %	24 km/h
December	81 mm	14	7.5 h/day	75 %	90 %	24 km/h

How Bradford compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bradford	19 °C	1.3 °C	872 mm	3
Leeds · United Kingdom	20 °C	1.6 °C	761 mm	5
Oldham · United Kingdom	18 °C	0.9 °C	1,013 mm	2
Manchester · United Kingdom	19 °C	1.6 °C	1,002 mm	4
Sheffield · United Kingdom	20 °C	1.9 °C	798 mm	5

Where Bradford ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in July	25thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Europe in June	29thof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Europe in August	31stof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Europe in May	37thof 50	14 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bradford.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bradford’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bradford?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and May the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bradford get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 19 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 1.3 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 43 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Bradford?

August, averaging 82 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is May with 64 mm. The year as a whole averages 872 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bradford rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

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: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, 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.