Liverpool climate

Name: Liverpool
Address: GB

Liverpool is warmest in July, with average highs of 19 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 2.8 °C. December is the wettest month (119 mm) and April the driest (67 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Liverpool averages 1,072 mm of rain, 2 days above 25 °C and 21 days below freezing.

United Kingdom · population 496,770 · 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 2.8 °C
Driest month April 67 mm
Wettest month December 119 mm
Least cloud May 65 % cloud
Hottest on record July 30 °C
Coldest on record December -6.8 °C
Warmest sea August 17 °C

What to expectLiverpool through the year

Liverpool has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 7.3 °C in February to 19 °C in July, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 2 days a year reach 25 °C, 21 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 67 mm in April to 119 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Liverpool is warmest in August at 17 °C and coldest in February at 6.3 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	7.0 °C	89 mm	74 %
February	7.3 °C	75 mm	72 %
March	9.2 °C	73 mm	70 %
April	11.6 °C	67 mm	68 %
May	14.6 °C	69 mm	65 %
June	17.0 °C	83 mm	68 %
July	18.7 °C	87 mm	68 %
August	18.5 °C	95 mm	70 %
September	16.5 °C	91 mm	71 %
October	13.2 °C	114 mm	73 %
November	9.7 °C	111 mm	75 %
December	7.4 °C	119 mm	73 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	7.0 °C	3.1 °C	5.1 °C	13.5 °C	-5.3 °C	0	5
February	7.3 °C	2.8 °C	5.1 °C	15.3 °C	-5.7 °C	0	6
March	9.2 °C	3.8 °C	6.5 °C	17.0 °C	-5.4 °C	0	3
April	11.6 °C	5.4 °C	8.5 °C	22.1 °C	-2.4 °C	0	0
May	14.6 °C	8.3 °C	11.5 °C	26.0 °C	1.4 °C	0	0
June	17.0 °C	11.2 °C	14.2 °C	29.2 °C	2.7 °C	1	0
July	18.7 °C	13.2 °C	16.0 °C	29.8 °C	8.5 °C	1	0
August	18.5 °C	13.3 °C	15.9 °C	29.2 °C	7.0 °C	1	0
September	16.5 °C	11.4 °C	13.9 °C	24.4 °C	4.6 °C	0	0
October	13.2 °C	8.7 °C	11.0 °C	24.3 °C	-2.1 °C	0	0
November	9.7 °C	5.9 °C	7.8 °C	17.1 °C	-4.2 °C	0	1
December	7.4 °C	3.6 °C	5.5 °C	14.5 °C	-6.8 °C	0	5

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	89 mm	16	8.1 h/day	74 %	84 %	31 km/h	7.2 °C
February	75 mm	13	9.8 h/day	72 %	82 %	30 km/h	6.3 °C
March	73 mm	14	12 h/day	70 %	80 %	28 km/h	6.6 °C
April	67 mm	13	14 h/day	68 %	78 %	25 km/h	8.6 °C
May	69 mm	13	16 h/day	65 %	76 %	24 km/h	11.2 °C
June	83 mm	13	17 h/day	68 %	77 %	23 km/h	14.0 °C
July	87 mm	15	17 h/day	68 %	78 %	23 km/h	16.1 °C
August	95 mm	16	15 h/day	70 %	79 %	24 km/h	17.0 °C
September	91 mm	14	13 h/day	71 %	80 %	25 km/h	15.8 °C
October	114 mm	16	11 h/day	73 %	81 %	28 km/h	13.5 °C
November	111 mm	17	8.6 h/day	75 %	84 %	29 km/h	11.0 °C
December	119 mm	17	7.5 h/day	73 %	85 %	30 km/h	8.8 °C

Where Liverpool ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Europe in July	23rdof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Europe in June	28thof 50	17 °C
The coolest places in Europe in August	29thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Europe in May	41stof 50	15 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Liverpool’s climate

When is the best time to visit Liverpool?

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 April the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Liverpool get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 19 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 2.8 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 21 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Liverpool?

December, averaging 119 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is April with 67 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,072 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 Liverpool 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.