#1Islington
London · 216,309 peopleJuly high·28 days of 25°C+ a year·#1 of 33 in London
Islington, #1 on this list · Photo: David Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland · Climate
Towns with the warmest summers in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Islington, London, has the warmest summers of 2,537 towns and cities of 2,500+ in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: July afternoons average a high of 23.9°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 21.5°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 area rank sits beside each figure.
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#2Buckhurst Hill
Essex · 11,749 peopleJuly high·22 days of 25°C+ a year·#1 of 81 in Essex
#T3City of London
London · 7,820 peopleJuly high·28 days of 25°C+ a year·#2 of 33 in London
The top 100
July high, highest 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 area rank links to that area’s list.
100 towns on this page. Counties and council areas with 15 or more towns have their own list.
#TownJuly highDays 25°C+County rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland has the warmest summers?
Islington, London: July afternoons average a high of 23.9°C, with 28 days of 25°C or more in a typical year. Buckhurst Hill, Essex and City of London, London follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high, highest 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?
Every town of 2,500+ is ranked here; each county with 15 or more such towns has its own list, linked below.
County by county
Towns with the warmest 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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