Some seats, yes. For a typical July 1:10 PM day game at Selhurst Park, roughly 35% of the seating bowl is shaded on average across the event. Shade grows through the late afternoon; by 6:00 PM about 62% of seats are out of the sun.
Check YOUR seat for YOUR event →Typical July afternoon highs at Selhurst Park are around 76°F. Heat is usually manageable, but afternoon sun can still be intense.
No. Selhurst Park is open air.
Selhurst Park (London, UK) is oriented 132° from true north. We compute the sun's exact position for your date and start time and run it against the seating geometry, plus live schedules and an hour-by-hour forecast on the interactive site.
Interactive shade map for Selhurst Park · Satellite shadow view
There's a particular kind of sun you get at a century-old English ground, and Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace's home in south London since the 1920s, delivers it: high and everywhere at kickoff, low and blinding from one direction by the final whistle. Here's what our shade engine measured, and how to use it.
For a 1:10 PM afternoon match in high summer, Selhurst Park is 35% shaded overall. The sun stands due south at 60 degrees of altitude, which is too steep for the stands to shade each other, cover comes almost entirely from rooflines shading the rows directly beneath.
The engine's most-shaded seats are all club level: sections 209 through 214, each at 50% shade across the afternoon. The most exposed are in the lower tier, sections 102, 103, and 104 at 27% shaded, and section 132 at just 21%, the sunniest seat in the ground. The stadium's southeast-pointing axis means the shadow line rotates through the bowl over the course of the match instead of parking over one stand, so lower-tier relief is temporary wherever you sit.
South London summer weather keeps this manageable. July afternoons average 76°F, the same as central London, which is warm for England and gentle by the standards of most stadiums we cover. Sunscreen for the lower tier, water at halftime, done.
By 7 PM the sun has swung to the west-northwest and dropped to 17 degrees above the horizon. Now the stands do block it, and shade across Selhurst Park jumps to 62% from 6 PM onward. July sunset is 9:10 PM, so evening fixtures begin in daylight, but the ground is mostly in shadow well before the light actually goes.
The catch is the same as at every English ground: west-facing seats trade their high-sun exposure for low-sun glare, staring into the setting sun through the evening. If that's you, a cap with a brim earns its place in your bag.
Evening kickoff over afternoon kickoff if shade is the goal. Club sections 209–214 if it has to be an afternoon match. Lower sections 102–104 and 132 only with sunscreen and realistic expectations. And after high summer the problem shrinks on its own, September highs in south London fall to 66°F with a noticeably lower sun.
Kickoff times shift fixture to fixture, and the shadow line moves with them. The interactive shade map plots it for your exact seat and date at Selhurst Park.
Upcoming events at Selhurst Park are ticketed on TixBit. Check the shade map first, then grab a seat on the shady side.