Shaftesbury Temperature by Month
Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom has an average annual maximum temperature of 15°C (59°F), ranging from 9°C (48°F) in February to 22°C (72°F) in July. Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.
Shaftesbury Monthly Temperatures
The climate in Shaftesbury is known for significant temperature differences throughout the year. At night, this contrast is just as clear, with lows ranging from 13°C (55°F) in July to 3°C (37°F) in February.
The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Shaftesbury by month:
Low temperatures are most often recorded between 4 AM and 6 AM, while highs typically occur around 3 PM. July, the city's warmest month, sees 225 hours of sunshine.
The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:
Temperature: Shaftesbury 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.
very warm
warm
pleasant
moderate
cold
very cold
Shaftesbury vs World: Temperature Compared
Shaftesbury'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:
Barcelona, Spain has an annual average of around 21°C (70°F), with warm summers and mild, fairly short winters.
On the cooler end, Oslo, Norway averages just 10°C (50°F) annually, with pleasant summers but long, cold winters.
Chicago, USA averages 15°C (59°F) annually — known for extreme seasonal swings, from bitterly cold winters to warm summers.
Tokyo, Japan averages 21°C (70°F) a year, with hot summers, cool winters, and a well-defined cherry blossom spring.
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.
For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained — so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.
For more on Shaftesbury's weather — including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity — visit our Shaftesbury climate page.
