#1Kessingland
4,242 peopleJuly high·7 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,255 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Kessingland, #1 on this list · Photo: Mat Fascione · CC BY-SA 2.0Suffolk rankings · Climate
Towns with the coolest summers in Suffolk
Kessingland has the coolest summers of Suffolk’s 35 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 21.5°C (Met Office, 1991–2020). The typical town here averages 22.7°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.
#121.5°C
#2Lowestoft
71,308 peopleJuly high·9 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,382 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
#3Leiston
5,919 peopleJuly high·8 days of 25°C+ a year·#1,437 of 2,537 in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
All 35 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.
35 towns.
#TownJuly highDays 25°C+UK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Suffolk has the coolest summers?
Kessingland: July afternoons average a high of 21.5°C, with 7 days of 25°C or more in a typical year. Lowestoft and Leiston 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 Suffolk’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Suffolk 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 live34 towns · #1 KesgraveBest small towns24 towns · #1 Capel St MaryMost affordable towns34 towns · #1 KessinglandSafest towns34 towns · #1 WorlinghamTowns with the best schools34 towns · #1 GlemsfordHealthiest towns34 towns · #1 Capel St MaryBest towns for jobs & income34 towns · #1 Martlesham HeathMost walkable towns34 towns · #1 Bury St EdmundsTowns with the lowest flood risk34 towns · #1 Capel St Mary and 6 moreBest towns for the outdoors34 towns · #1 Trimley St MaryMost historic towns34 towns · #1 Long MelfordTowns with the most civic life34 towns · #1 FramlinghamTowns with the highest household incomes35 towns · #1 ThurstonDescribed, no lettersTowns with the lowest council tax35 towns · #1 WorlinghamDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters35 towns · #1 Trimley St MaryDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers35 towns · #1 Beck RowDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts35 towns · #1 Trimley St MaryDescribed, no lettersDriest towns35 towns · #1 FelixstoweDescribed, no lettersWettest towns35 towns · #1 SaxmundhamDescribed, 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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