Alma weather in July

In July, Alma sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 127 mm of rain across 15.3 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Alma's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alma's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
127 mm
15.3 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
4:06 AM – 7:38 PM
Cloud cover
65%
3rd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.37 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Alma is city in Quebec, Canada.

Density
128/km²
people per km²
Founded
1879

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical July day in Alma reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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How July really feels in Alma

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.

Alma weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-10° / -18°5810.411.68.50.0
Feb-8° / -17°478.7109.90.0
Mar-2° / -10°6510.89.611.60.0
Apr / -2°8411.55.413.40.7
May14° / 9012.30.9153.9
Jun20° / 11°9612.3015.85.9
Jul23° / 15°12715.3015.55.9
Aug22° / 14°11614.6014.16.0
Sep17° / 10°12414012.44.8
Oct10° / 11814.41.610.61.9
Nov / -3°8812.97.890.0
Dec-5° / -12°7311.912.18.20.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
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33961
44060
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74060
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94159
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Alma gets around 127 mm of rain over 15.3 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 50% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days.

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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 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 7% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
14632184
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Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 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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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:54 AM to 4:24 AM, and sunset from 7:46 PM to 7:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.93:547:46
215.93:547:46
315.83:557:46
415.83:567:45
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615.83:577:45
715.83:587:44
815.83:597:44
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1315.64:037:41
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1615.54:067:38
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1915.44:097:36
2015.44:107:35
2115.44:117:34
2215.34:137:33
2315.34:147:32
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2515.24:167:29
2615.24:177:28
2715.14:197:27
2815.14:207:26
2915.14:217:24
3015.04:227:23
3115.04:247:22

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.37 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.37 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Alma?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Alma for sightseeing.

What to pack for Alma in July

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

In July, Alma sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Alma 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 Alma peaks around July 12 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug3Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Alma?

Alma sits at 48.6°N, 71.6°W, 90 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Jonquière, 33 km away.

Topography around Alma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,028 m.

The land around Alma is covered by trees (49%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km
113 m
16 km
205 m
80 km
1,028 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Jonquière 33 km · Saguenay 45 km · Chicoutimi 46 km · Rivière-du-Loup 176 km · Charlesbourg 185 km · La Haute-Saint-Charles 186 km · Neufchâtel-Est–Lebourgneuf 190 km · Beauport 191 km

Canada travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 83% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$55,698
2025
Happiness
6.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
97%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Christian 53%none 35%Muslim 5%Hindu 2%

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 Alma (48.5501°, -71.6491°, elevation 90 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).