Orange weather in July

In July, Orange sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 8.6 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Orange's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orange's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 2°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 59 mm; 8.6 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:09 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Orange is city in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality: Elevated; PM2.5 15.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 147/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1846

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 11°C through the month.

A typical July day in Orange reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and about 2°C cooler than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Avg low (°C)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	11	2
6	11	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	11	2
12	11	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	12	2
25	12	2
26	12	2
27	12	2
28	12	2
29	12	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

How July really feels in Orange

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Orange weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 15°	63	8	14	6.4
Feb	27° / 15°	65	7.2	13.2	7.0
Mar	24° / 12°	56	6.4	12.3	7.8
Apr	20° / 8°	39	4.6	11.2	7.4
May	16° / 5°	41	5.6	10.3	5.6
Jun	12° / 3°	61	8.8	9.8	3.4
Jul	11° / 2°	59	8.6	10	3.0
Aug	13° / 2°	60	8.4	10.8	3.8
Sep	16° / 5°	64	8.1	11.8	5.6
Oct	20° / 7°	65	7.9	12.8	6.8
Nov	23° / 10°	81	9.1	13.7	7.1
Dec	26° / 13°	83	8.1	14.2	7.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	51	50	50	50	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	47	48	48	48	50	50	50	52	53	53	54	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	57	56
Cloudier (%)	49	50	50	50	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	53	52	52	52	50	50	50	48	47	47	46	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Orange gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 8.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 29% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	28
29	28
30	28
31	28

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	11	calm
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12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:12 AM to 8:00 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:19 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:12	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:11	8:10	8:10	8:10	8:09	8:09	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:06	8:05	8:05	8:04	8:03	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:00
Sunset (PM)	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	8:12	6:02
2	9.8	8:12	6:02
3	9.8	8:12	6:02
4	9.8	8:12	6:03
5	9.9	8:12	6:03
6	9.9	8:12	6:04
7	9.9	8:12	6:04
8	9.9	8:12	6:05
9	9.9	8:11	6:05
10	9.9	8:11	6:06
11	9.9	8:11	6:06
12	9.9	8:11	6:07
13	9.9	8:10	6:07
14	10.0	8:10	6:08
15	10.0	8:10	6:09
16	10.0	8:09	6:09
17	10.0	8:09	6:10
18	10.0	8:08	6:10
19	10.0	8:08	6:11
20	10.1	8:08	6:12
21	10.1	8:07	6:12
22	10.1	8:06	6:13
23	10.1	8:06	6:14
24	10.1	8:05	6:14
25	10.2	8:05	6:15
26	10.2	8:04	6:16
27	10.2	8:03	6:16
28	10.2	8:03	6:17
29	10.3	8:02	6:18
30	10.3	8:01	6:18
31	10.3	8:00	6:19

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.59 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.4	Moderate
2	2.4	Moderate
3	2.4	Moderate
4	2.4	Moderate
5	2.4	Moderate
6	2.4	Moderate
7	2.4	Moderate
8	2.4	Moderate
9	2.4	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.6	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	3.0	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Orange?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Orange.

What to pack for Orange in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Orange sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Orange in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Orange peaks around January 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	10	6	4	3	3	5	6	9	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Orange in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Orange is worst in December — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.3× the cleanest month (July, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Orange's WHO annual average of 15.8 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	20	14	19	15	14	10	8	10	14	15	17	35
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	20	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	10	Good
Jul	8	Good
Aug	10	Good
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	35	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Orange?

Orange sits at 33.3°S, 149.1°E, 868 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Bathurst, 47 km away.

Topography around Orange

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Orange.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orange has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 880 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 769 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,141 m.

The land around Orange is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, grassland (66%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

120 m

artificial surfaces 45%

16 km

769 m

grassland 66%

80 km

1,141 m

grassland 58%

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← June Orange year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Bathurst 47 km · Katoomba 122 km · Blue Mountains 124 km · Dubbo 125 km · Glenmore Park 156 km · Cranebrook 156 km · St Clair 166 km · Mount Druitt 168 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Orange (-33.284°, 149.1002°, elevation 868 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	11	2
6	11	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	11	2
12	11	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	12	2
25	12	2
26	12	2
27	12	2
28	12	2
29	12	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	28
29	28
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	11	2
6	11	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	11	2
12	11	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	12	2
25	12	2
26	12	2
27	12	2
28	12	2
29	12	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	28
29	28
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	11	2
2	11	2
3	11	2
4	11	2
5	11	2
6	11	2
7	11	2
8	11	2
9	11	2
10	11	2
11	11	2
12	11	2
13	11	2
14	11	2
15	11	2
16	11	2
17	11	2
18	11	2
19	11	2
20	11	2
21	11	2
22	11	2
23	11	2
24	12	2
25	12	2
26	12	2
27	12	2
28	12	2
29	12	2
30	12	2
31	12	2

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	47	53
9	47	53
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	47	53
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	50	50
19	52	48
20	53	47
21	53	47
22	54	46
23	55	45
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	56	44
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	29
11	29
12	29
13	30
14	30
15	30
16	29
17	29
18	29
19	29
20	29
21	29
22	29
23	28
24	28
25	28
26	28
27	28
28	28
29	28
30	28
31	28

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100