Dour weather in July

In July, Dour sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 66 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Dour's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dour's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
66 mm
11.2 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
4:56 AM – 8:45 PM
Cloud cover
65%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Dour is municipality section and town in Dour municipality, Wallonia, Belgium.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical July day in Dour reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Dour

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Dour weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6612.318.30.4
Feb / 5911.21.59.70.8
Mar11° / 5811.70.711.52.4
Apr14° / 4911.5013.54.0
May18° / 6512.3015.25.3
Jun21° / 12°6210.8016.16.1
Jul23° / 14°6611.2015.86.5
Aug23° / 14°6911.3014.36.5
Sep19° / 11°519.9012.46.0
Oct15° / 6011.1010.54.2
Nov10° / 6411.90.48.82.0
Dec / 7713.41.27.90.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33565
43565
53565
63565
73565
83664
93664
103664
113763
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Dour gets around 66 mm of rain over 11.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 35% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
338
439
539
639
739
839
939
1038
1137
1237
1336
1435
1535
1634
1734
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2033
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3134

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 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15334121
25334121
35135131
45036131
54936131
64837141
74837141
84738141
94738141
104638141
114639151
124539151
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164339161
174240171
184240181
194140181
204040191
213940191
223941201
233841201
243741201
253742201
263642201
273643201
283543201
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303444201
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Wind in July

Winds average 12 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 60 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:43 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 8:53 PM to 8:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.24:438:53
216.14:448:53
316.14:458:52
416.14:458:52
516.14:468:52
616.14:478:51
716.14:488:51
816.04:498:50
916.04:498:50
1016.04:508:49
1116.04:518:49
1215.94:528:48
1315.94:538:47
1415.94:548:46
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1615.84:568:45
1715.84:588:44
1815.74:598:43
1915.75:008:42
2015.75:018:41
2115.65:028:39
2215.65:048:38
2315.55:058:37
2415.55:068:36
2515.55:078:35
2615.45:098:33
2715.45:108:32
2815.35:128:31
2915.35:138:29
3015.25:148:28
3115.25:168:26

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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305.1Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Dour?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Dour for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dour in July

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

In July, Dour sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dour in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dour peaks around July 13 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Dour 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 Dour is worst in April — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodApr 1316 µg/m³Dec 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Dour?

Dour sits at 50.4°N, 3.8°E, 93 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Boussu, 4.0 km away.

PéruwelzValenciennes

Topography around Dour

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dour has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 90 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 532 m.

The land around Dour is covered by cropland (35%), trees (28%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), trees (31%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%), trees (24%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
109 m
16 km
178 m
80 km
532 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Boussu 4.0 km · Colfontaine 6.0 km · Saint-Ghislain 7.0 km · Quaregnon 8.0 km · Frameries 8.0 km · Mons 14 km · Péruwelz 18 km · Valenciennes 18 km

Belgium travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 81% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,750
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
5.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 608
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%nonbeliever/agnostic 20%atheist 9%Muslim 7%

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 Dour (50.3958°, 3.7779°, elevation 93 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).