Edinburgh · July
Where to go from Edinburgh in July
111 places you can reach by train, coach or ferry within eight hours, leaving on a weekday morning, and what July is like in each: the warmth and the rain on average, the daylight, and what's on. 7 of them are at least 4° warmer than Edinburgh.
Good for July
Something on, mild weather, not too far: our reading of the month, not a ranking of the places.
- York 2h 40 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Day of Dance and 1 more on.
- London 4h 48 United Kingdom Highs of 24°, and Watch tennis at Wimbledon and 1 more on.
- Birmingham 5h 08 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Birmingham Jazz Festival.
- Bristol 6h 34 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Bristol Harbour Festival.
- Sheffield 3h 50 United Kingdom Highs of 21°, and Tramlines Festival.
- Lincoln 4h 25 United Kingdom Highs of 22°, and Lincoln 1940s Weekend.
On in July
- Fringe by the Sea in North Berwick 44 min
- Scottish Game Fair in Perth 1h 21
- Northern Pride in Newcastle upon Tyne 1h 37
- Discovery Festival in Dundee 1h 51
- Durham Fringe Festival in Durham 1h 54
- Durham Miners' Gala in Durham 1h 54
- Day of Dance in York 2h 40
- York Early Music Festival in York 2h 40
- Tramlines Festival in Sheffield 3h 50
- Sea Fever Shanty Festival in Kingston upon Hull 3h 52
- Tartan Heart Festival in Inverness 4h 10
- Lincoln 1940s Weekend in Lincoln 4h 25
- Nottingham Pride in Nottingham 4h 37
- Watch tennis at Wimbledon in London 4h 48
- London Trans+ Pride in London 4h 48
- Rowing in Cambridge 5h 05
- Cambridge Folk Festival in Cambridge 5h 05
- Cambridge Shakespeare Festival in Cambridge 5h 05
- Birmingham Jazz Festival in Birmingham 5h 08
- Cheltenham Cricket Festival in Cheltenham 5h 52
- Winchester Hat Fair in Winchester 6h 06
- Village Green in Southend-on-Sea 6h 07
- Southampton Fringe Festival in Southampton 6h 24
- Bristol Harbour Festival in Bristol 6h 34
Most happen every year in July; each city's page has the dates when they're known.
Everywhere within eight hours
Nearest first. In Edinburgh, July has 17 h 02 of daylight and averages 12–19°.
- Kirkcaldy · United Kingdom 37 min — 17 h 04
- North Berwick · United Kingdom 44 min — 17 h 03 Fringe by the Sea
- Berwick-upon-Tweed · United Kingdom 50 min — 17 h
- Glasgow · United Kingdom 55 min 12–20° 83 mm 17 h 01
- Stirling · United Kingdom 1h — 17 h 04
- Perth · United Kingdom 1h 21 · 1 ch — 17 h 08 Scottish Game Fair
- Newcastle upon Tyne · United Kingdom 1h 37 — 16 h 50 Northern Pride
- Helensburgh · United Kingdom 1h 46 · 1 ch — 17 h 03
- Lanark · United Kingdom 1h 47 · 1 ch — 16 h 58
- Dundee · United Kingdom 1h 51 · 1 ch — 17 h 09 Discovery Festival
- Durham · United Kingdom 1h 54 — 16 h 47 Durham Fringe Festival, Durham Miners' Gala
- Greenock · United Kingdom 1h 58 · 1 ch — 17 h 02
- Sunderland · United Kingdom 2h 03 · 1 ch — 16 h 49
- Annan · United Kingdom 2h 17 · 1 ch — 16 h 50
- York · United Kingdom 2h 40 12–21° 56 mm 16 h 38 Day of Dance, York Early Music Festival
- Preston · United Kingdom 2h 46 — 16 h 35
- Middlesbrough · United Kingdom 2h 51 · 1 ch — 16 h 45
- Wigan · United Kingdom 3h 04 · 1 ch — 16 h 33
- Leeds · United Kingdom 3h 07 10–20° 51 mm 16 h 36
- Bolton · United Kingdom 3h 08 — 16 h 33
- Doncaster · United Kingdom 3h 19 — 16 h 33
- Blackpool · United Kingdom 3h 21 · 1 ch — 16 h 36
- Wakefield · United Kingdom 3h 23 · 1 ch — 16 h 34
- Manchester · United Kingdom 3h 24 12–21° 60 mm 16 h 32
- Warrington · United Kingdom 3h 24 · 1 ch — 16 h 31
- Aberdeen · United Kingdom 3h 29 · 1 ch 11–18° 71 mm 17 h 19
- Salford · United Kingdom 3h 31 · 1 ch — 16 h 32
- Aviemore · United Kingdom 3h 32 — 17 h 19
- Huddersfield · United Kingdom 3h 37 · 1 ch — 16 h 34
- Stockport · United Kingdom 3h 40 · 1 ch — 16 h 31
- Liverpool · United Kingdom 3h 48 · 1 ch 14–20° 66 mm 16 h 31
- Sheffield · United Kingdom 3h 50 · 1 ch 13–21° 62 mm 16 h 31 Tramlines Festival
- Kingston upon Hull · United Kingdom 3h 52 · 1 ch — 16 h 35 Sea Fever Shanty Festival
- Oban · United Kingdom 3h 53 — 17 h 08
- Accrington · United Kingdom 4h 01 · 1 ch — 16 h 35
- Scarborough · United Kingdom 4h 02 · 1 ch — 16 h 41
- Chester · United Kingdom 4h 03 · 2 ch — 16 h 29
- Inverness · United Kingdom 4h 10 — 17 h 23 Tartan Heart Festival
- Peterborough · United Kingdom 4h 11 — 16 h 23
- Burnley · United Kingdom 4h 15 · 1 ch — 16 h 36
Journeys from Edinburgh's stations on a Tuesday from 08:00, waiting for the train included, from published timetables as of 19 October 2026. Temperatures and rain are long-term averages from each city's Wikivoyage article (CC BY-SA); daylight is worked out for the middle of the month.
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