Rivière-du-Loup weather in July

In July, Rivière-du-Loup sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 89 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 15.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Rivière-du-Loup's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rivière-du-Loup's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 24 min
4:00 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
61%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Rivière-du-Loup is town in Quebec, Canada.

Density
134/km²
people per km²
Founded
1850

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 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Rivière-du-Loup reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°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 Rivière-du-Loup

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.

Rivière-du-Loup weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -14°679.910.68.60.0
Feb-7° / -14°608.99.49.90.0
Mar-1° / -8°7710.710.111.60.0
Apr / -1°9312.26.313.40.4
May12° / 9312.61.114.93.0
Jun17° / 10°9312.4015.75.2
Jul20° / 14°8912.7015.45.9
Aug20° / 13°8711.9014.16.1
Sep16° / 10111.7012.44.6
Oct / 11712.31.510.61.7
Nov / -2°9111.56.99.10.0
Dec-4° / -9°8810.910.68.30.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54456
64555
74555
84456
94456
104654
114753
124654
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Rivière-du-Loup gets around 89 mm of rain over 12.7 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 42% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
147
247
347
447
546
646
745
844
943
1042
1141
1241
1341
1440
1540
1640
1740
1840
1939
2040
2140
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2340
2440
2540
2641
2741
2841
2941
3040
3140

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 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
16227101
26227101
36128101
46128101
56029101
66029101
75830111
85731111
95632111
105533111
115434111
125335111
135136121
144937121
154839122
164740122
174540131
184441131
194342141
204242141
214143151
224143151
234043161
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253943171
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273843181
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293842191
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July, the calmest month.

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
112calm
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412calm
511calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 48 min at the start of July to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:49 AM to 4:18 AM, and sunset from 7:34 PM to 7:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.83:497:34
215.83:497:34
315.73:507:34
415.73:507:34
515.73:517:33
615.73:527:33
715.73:527:33
815.63:537:32
915.63:547:32
1015.63:557:31
1115.63:567:31
1215.63:577:30
1315.53:587:29
1415.53:587:29
1515.53:597:28
1615.44:007:27
1715.44:017:26
1815.44:027:25
1915.44:047:25
2015.34:057:24
2115.34:067:23
2215.24:077:22
2315.24:087:21
2415.24:097:19
2515.14:107:18
2615.14:117:17
2715.14:137:16
2815.04:147:15
2915.04:157:13
3014.94:167:12
3114.94:187:11

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.74 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.74 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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245.6Bright
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265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.5Bright
295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Rivière-du-Loup?

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
3.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Rivière-du-Loup for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rivière-du-Loup in July

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

In July, Rivière-du-Loup sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Rivière-du-Loup in July

The nearest coast averages about 11°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 11°C and coldest in February near -0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan0Bracing
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Mar0Bracing
Apr1Bracing
May2Bracing
Jun8Bracing
Jul11Bracing
Aug11Bracing
Sep9Bracing
Oct6Bracing
Nov2Bracing
Dec1Bracing

UV index in Rivière-du-Loup 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 Rivière-du-Loup peaks around July 12 at about 7 (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
May5High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug3Moderate
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rivière-du-Loup?

Rivière-du-Loup sits at 47.8°N, 69.5°W, 56 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Rimouski, 102 km away.

Topography around Rivière-du-Loup

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Rivière-du-Loup.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rivière-du-Loup has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 61 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,042 m.

The land around Rivière-du-Loup is covered by trees (26%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (40%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (71%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
160 m
16 km
308 m
80 km
1,042 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Rimouski 102 km · Edmundston 104 km · Saguenay 131 km · Chicoutimi 131 km · Jonquière 143 km · Beauport 164 km · Lévis 168 km · Charlesbourg 168 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 Rivière-du-Loup (47.827°, -69.5424°, elevation 56 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).