Gatineau weather in July

In July, Gatineau sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 98 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 15.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 24 min at the start of July to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Gatineau's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gatineau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:34 AM – 7:43 PM
Cloud cover
59%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Gatineau is city in Quebec, Canada.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
877/km²
people per km²
Founded
1933

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 26°C through the month.

A typical July day in Gatineau reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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

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.

Gatineau weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-6° / -15°7310.59.78.90.0
Feb-4° / -14°578.78.110.10.0
Mar / -8°739.96.811.60.0
Apr11° / 9011.13.213.22.6
May19° / 8811.40.214.75.6
Jun23° / 12°9911.7015.46.4
Jul26° / 15°9812.4015.16.4
Aug24° / 14°9011.1013.96.7
Sep20° / 10°9510.4012.36.2
Oct12° / 9912.30.710.73.1
Nov / -2°8311.44.49.30.4
Dec-2° / -9°7911.49.18.60.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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24654
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Gatineau gets around 98 mm of rain over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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542
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 29% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1352724122
2342724132
3332824132
4332824132
5322924142
6312924142
7312924142
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9292925152
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11273026152
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Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 24 min at the start of July to 14 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:23 AM to 4:49 AM, and sunset from 7:49 PM to 7:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.44:237:49
215.44:237:49
315.44:247:49
415.44:257:49
515.44:257:49
615.44:267:48
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815.34:277:48
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1015.34:297:47
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1215.34:307:46
1315.24:317:45
1415.24:327:44
1515.24:337:44
1615.24:347:43
1715.14:357:42
1815.14:367:42
1915.14:377:41
2015.04:387:40
2115.04:397:39
2215.04:407:38
2314.94:417:37
2414.94:427:36
2514.94:437:35
2614.84:447:34
2714.84:457:33
2814.84:467:32
2914.74:477:31
3014.74:487:30
3114.64:497:28

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.91 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.1Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.0Intense
76.0Intense
86.0Intense
96.0Intense
106.0Bright
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305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Gatineau?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Gatineau for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gatineau in July

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

In July, Gatineau sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gatineau in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gatineau peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug5Moderate
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gatineau?

Gatineau sits at 45.5°N, 75.7°W, 53 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Vanier, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Gatineau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gatineau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 57 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 363 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m.

The land around Gatineau is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
363 m
80 km
585 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Vanier 5.0 km · Hull 6.0 km · Centretown 7.0 km · Ottawa 7.0 km · Templeton-Est 9.0 km · Ottawa South 10 km · Alta Vista 11 km · Aylmer 12 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 Gatineau (45.4772°, -75.7016°, elevation 53 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).