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Ballater in July

Mild and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Ballater is mild: highs near 65°F, lows near 48°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Ballater is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 9°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 1 hour 2 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
65°F18°Caverage
Low
48°F9°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 62% of days
Daylight
17h 09mon average

Is July a good time to visit Ballater?

Yes. July is one of Ballater's best months (July to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 65°F in July, against 41°F to 65°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in July, against 5°C to 18°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

62% of days in July, against 50% to 62% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in July, against 64% to 77% through the year.

Daylight

17h 09m in July, against 6h 49m to 17h 46m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with July shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. June62°17°low 45°low 7°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. July65°18°low 48°low 9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. August64°18°low 49°low 9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Ballater sits, in July

Europe/London
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
4:40 AMsets 9:59 PM
Above the sea
340 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dornoch104 km north

The land around Ballater, shaded by its typical high in July, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in United Kingdom in July

high · low · wet days
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in Ballater

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Ballater. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (340 m) against the climate model's (627 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (340 m) against the climate model's (627 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.