Sept-Îles weather in July

In July, Sept-Îles sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 102 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 06 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Sept-Îles's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sept-Îles's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
1st warmest
Overnight low
12°
12th coldest
Rainfall
102 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
3:38 AM – 7:24 PM
Cloud cover
68%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Sept-Îles is city in Quebec, Canada.

Density
13/km²
people per km²
Founded
2003

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 21°C through the month.

A typical July day in Sept-Îles reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Sept-Îles

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.

Sept-Îles 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-10° / -19°6910.411.18.30.0
Feb-8° / -18°548.79.39.70.0
Mar-2° / -11°7510.310.211.50.0
Apr / -4°8210.67.813.50.2
May12° / 8511.41.915.22.8
Jun18° / 8111.6016.15.4
Jul21° / 12°10213.5015.75.8
Aug20° / 11°9312.4014.35.9
Sep15° / 10312.20.112.44.3
Oct / 11312.42.810.51.3
Nov / -6°10312.28.68.80.0
Dec-6° / -14°9511.6127.90.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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

Any precipitation

Sept-Îles gets around 102 mm of rain over 13.5 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 44% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1821530
2821530
3801640
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5781840
6771940
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9742150
10732250
11722350
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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 16 h 06 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 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:25 AM to 3:57 AM, and sunset from 7:33 PM to 7:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.13:257:33
216.13:267:32
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416.13:277:32
516.13:287:31
616.03:297:31
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2015.63:437:20
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.98 kWh/m² to a high of 5.75 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.36 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Sept-Îles?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Sept-Îles for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sept-Îles in July

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

In July, Sept-Îles sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Sept-Îles in July

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 14°C and coldest in February near -1°C.

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

-5°0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
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Jul14Bracing
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UV index in Sept-Îles in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sept-Îles peaks around July 9 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateModerateLowJul 9UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug2Low
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Sept-Îles 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 Sept-Îles is worst in June — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 15.2× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1622 µg/m³Dec 142 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan2Good
Feb4Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May10Good
Jun24Moderate
Jul9Good
Aug9Good
Sep6Good
Oct3Good
Nov2Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Sept-Îles?

Sept-Îles sits at 50.2°N, 66.4°W, 5 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Baie-Comeau, 168 km away.

EdmundstonRivière-du-LoupMiramichiChicoutimiSaguenayJonquière

Topography around Sept-Îles

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sept-Îles has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 370 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,000 m.

The land around Sept-Îles is covered by water (54%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, water (52%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
370 m
80 km
1,000 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Baie-Comeau 168 km · Rimouski 249 km · Edmundston 345 km · Rivière-du-Loup 350 km · Miramichi 358 km · Chicoutimi 393 km · Saguenay 393 km · Jonquière 405 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 Sept-Îles (50.2001°, -66.3821°, elevation 5 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. 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).