#1Fishguard
3,422 peopleJuly high·2 days of 25°C+ a year·#99 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Fishguard, #1 on this list · Photo: Jeff Buck · CC BY-SA 2.0Dyfed rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in Dyfed
Fishguard has the coolest summers of Dyfed’s 23 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 18.6°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 19.9°C.
The average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons). Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid, the cells inside each town averaged (contains Met Office data © Crown copyright). A described list: no letters. The rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland sits beside each figure.
#118.6°C
#2Aberystwyth
14,646 peopleJuly high·3 days of 25°C+ a year·#199 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Cardigan
3,767 peopleJuly high·4 days of 25°C+ a year·#238 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 23 towns, ranked
July high, lowest first. Temperatures are ranked on two decimals and shown to one, so two towns showing the same figure can rank apart; towns smaller than a 2 km cell share its figures. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland links to the national list.
23 towns.
#TownJuly highDays 25°C+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Dyfed has the coolest summers?
Fishguard: July afternoons average a high of 18.6°C, with 2 days of 25°C or more in a typical year. Aberystwyth and Cardigan follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high, lowest first, from the Met Office’s 1991–2020 averages on its 2 km grid: the cells inside the town, or the one nearest its centre for a town smaller than a cell. The figure is the one on each town’s Climate page.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Dyfed’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Dyfed is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live23 towns · #1 LlangennechBest small towns18 towns · #1 LlangennechMost affordable towns23 towns · #1 LlanelliSafest towns23 towns · #1 LlangennechHealthiest towns23 towns · #1 SaundersfootBest towns for jobs & income23 towns · #1 Hendy and FforestMost walkable towns23 towns · #1 AberystwythTowns with the lowest flood risk23 towns · #1 Cross Hands and Pen-y-groesBest towns for the outdoors23 towns · #1 Burry PortMost historic towns23 towns · #1 TenbyTowns with the most civic life23 towns · #1 LampeterTowns with the highest household incomes23 towns · #1 Hendy and FforestDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax23 towns · #1 Fishguard and 7 moreDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters23 towns · #1 Milford HavenDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers23 towns · #1 Hendy and Fforest and LlangennechDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts23 towns · #1 Milford HavenDescribed, no lettersDriest towns23 towns · #1 AberystwythDescribed, no lettersWettest towns23 towns · #1 BrynammanDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the coolest summers, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
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