Selby Temperature by Month
Selby, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom has an average annual maximum temperature of 15°C (59°F), ranging from 8°C (46°F) in January to 22°C (72°F) in July. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Selby Monthly Temperatures
In Selby, temperatures can shift dramatically between warm in summer and cold in winter. Nights follow the same pattern, with lows ranging from 13°C (55°F) in July to 2°C (36°F) in January.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Selby by month:
The minimum temperature is often recorded between 4 AM and 6 AM, while the highest temperature is usually reached at 3 PM, when the sun's heating effect is strongest. July, the warmest month, gets 232 hours of sunshine.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Selby vs the United Kingdom
The map below shows the annual temperature across the United Kingdom. You can also select individual months if you want to compare a specific time of year.
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Selby vs World: Temperature Compared
Selby's average annual maximum temperature is 15°C (59°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:
Seville, Spain averages 23°C (73°F) a year — one of the warmer cities in Western Europe, with long hot summers.
On the cooler end, Oslo, Norway averages just 10°C (50°F) annually, with pleasant summers but long, cold winters.
Buenos Aires, Argentina averages 23°C (73°F) a year, with hot summers and mild winters — and seasons reversed compared to Europe.
Melbourne, Australia averages 20°C (68°F) annually — known for unpredictable weather, with four seasons sometimes happening in one day.
Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.
The readings come from a range of sources — land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.
Whether a city sits on the coast or deep inland makes a significant difference to its climate. Coastal areas tend to have more stable temperatures year-round — large bodies of water absorb heat slowly in summer and release it gradually in winter, keeping extremes in check. Cities far from the sea don't benefit from that buffer, which is why continental climates tend to have hotter summers and colder winters than their coastal counterparts at the same latitude.
For more on Selby's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Selby climate page.
