Petawawa weather in July

In July, Petawawa sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 84 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 15.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 30 min at the start of July to 14 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Petawawa's 1st-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Petawawa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 12 min
4:39 AM – 7:51 PM
Cloud cover
60%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Petawawa is town in Ontario, Canada.

Air quality
Excellent
PM2.5 4 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1997

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 25°C through the month.

A typical July day in Petawawa reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°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 Petawawa

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.

Petawawa weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-7° / -15°6410.210.58.90.0
Feb-5° / -14°4988.1100.0
Mar / -8°629.86.811.60.0
Apr / -0°8410.33.213.31.7
May17° / 8411.30.314.75.0
Jun22° / 13°8911.6015.56.3
Jul25° / 15°8411.5015.26.7
Aug23° / 14°9110.50146.8
Sep19° / 10°9110.3012.35.8
Oct11° / 9212.60.810.72.7
Nov / -3°8111.75.89.30.2
Dec-3° / -10°7011.39.68.50.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% 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

Petawawa gets around 84 mm of rain over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 39% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the comfortable band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 13% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
137292491
2362925101
3362925101
4352925101
5352925111
6342925111
7333025111
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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 30 min at the start of July to 14 h 42 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 4:28 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 7:57 PM to 7:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.54:287:57
215.54:287:57
315.54:297:57
415.54:297:57
515.44:307:57
615.44:307:56
715.44:317:56
815.44:327:55
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1015.44:337:55
1115.34:347:54
1215.34:357:54
1315.34:367:53
1415.34:377:52
1515.24:387:52
1615.24:397:51
1715.24:407:50
1815.14:407:49
1915.14:417:49
2015.14:427:48
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2215.04:457:46
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2415.04:477:44
2514.94:487:43
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2714.84:507:41
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2914.84:527:38
3014.74:537:37
3114.74:557:36

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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265.6Bright
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285.6Bright
295.6Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Petawawa?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Petawawa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Petawawa in July

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

In July, Petawawa sees daytime highs around 25°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 Petawawa 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 Petawawa peaks around July 13 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 13UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug5High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Petawawa?

Petawawa sits at 45.9°N, 77.3°W, 143 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Kanata, 125 km away.

Topography around Petawawa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Petawawa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 147 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 498 m.

The land around Petawawa is covered by trees (52%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
69 m
16 km
321 m
80 km
498 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Kanata 125 km · Aylmer 127 km · Stittsville 128 km · Bridlewood 130 km · Gatineau 131 km · Hull 133 km · Centretown 134 km · Ottawa 134 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 Petawawa (45.8945°, -77.2801°, elevation 143 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).