Whitehorse weather in July

In July, Whitehorse sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 53 mm of rain across 11.1 wet days and about 17.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 18 h 36 min at the start of July to 16 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Whitehorse's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Whitehorse's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 53 mm; 11.1 wet days
Daylight: 18 hours; 4:07 AM – 10:05 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 11th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Whitehorse is capital city of the territory of Yukon, Canada.

Air quality: Excellent; PM2.5 3 µg/m³ · 2018
Density: 68/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1898

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical July day in Whitehorse reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C warmer than June and about 2°C warmer than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	8
2	19	8
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	19	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	19	8
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	19	8
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	19	8

How July really feels in Whitehorse

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Whitehorse weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	-14° / -20°	25	7.3	8.7	6.2	0.0
Feb	-9° / -18°	16	5	6.7	8.5	0.0
Mar	-3° / -14°	15	4.7	6.5	11.3	0.0
Apr	5° / -5°	14	4.1	4	14.2	0.6
May	12° / 1°	25	6.9	1.8	16.9	3.5
Jun	17° / 6°	44	10.3	0.2	18.6	5.3
Jul	19° / 8°	53	11.1	0	17.9	5.7
Aug	17° / 7°	53	11.1	0.2	15.5	4.9
Sep	11° / 2°	49	11.2	2.4	12.6	2.3
Oct	2° / -4°	41	10.4	9.3	9.7	0.1
Nov	-8° / -13°	27	7.8	9.7	7	0.0
Dec	-12° / -18°	28	7.3	9.5	5.4	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	22	23	22	22	22	21	20	21	21	20	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	27	28	28	29
Cloudier (%)	76	76	77	77	77	77	78	79	79	78	77	78	78	78	79	80	79	79	80	79	78	77	77	76	75	75	74	73	72	72	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Whitehorse gets around 53 mm of rain over 11.1 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	34	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	32	31	31	30	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	35
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	32
27	31
28	31
29	30
30	29
31	29

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 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
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6	7	calm
7	7	calm
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16	7	calm
17	7	calm
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20	7	calm
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23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 18 h 36 min at the start of July to 16 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 102 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:44 AM to 4:40 AM, and sunset from 10:23 PM to 9:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.6	18.5	18.5	18.4	18.4	18.3	18.3	18.3	18.2	18.1	18.1	18.0	18.0	17.9	17.8	17.8	17.7	17.6	17.6	17.5	17.4	17.3	17.3	17.2	17.1	17.0	17.0	16.9
Sunrise (AM)	3:44	3:45	3:46	3:48	3:49	3:50	3:52	3:53	3:54	3:56	3:58	3:59	4:01	4:03	4:05	4:07	4:09	4:11	4:13	4:15	4:17	4:19	4:21	4:24	4:26	4:28	4:31	4:33	4:35	4:38	4:40
Sunset (PM)	10:23	10:22	10:21	10:21	10:20	10:19	10:18	10:17	10:15	10:14	10:13	10:11	10:10	10:08	10:07	10:05	10:03	10:01	9:59	9:57	9:55	9:53	9:51	9:49	9:47	9:45	9:42	9:40	9:38	9:35	9:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	18.6	3:44	10:23
2	18.6	3:45	10:22
3	18.6	3:46	10:21
4	18.6	3:48	10:21
5	18.5	3:49	10:20
6	18.5	3:50	10:19
7	18.4	3:52	10:18
8	18.4	3:53	10:17
9	18.3	3:54	10:15
10	18.3	3:56	10:14
11	18.3	3:58	10:13
12	18.2	3:59	10:11
13	18.1	4:01	10:10
14	18.1	4:03	10:08
15	18.0	4:05	10:07
16	18.0	4:07	10:05
17	17.9	4:09	10:03
18	17.8	4:11	10:01
19	17.8	4:13	9:59
20	17.7	4:15	9:57
21	17.6	4:17	9:55
22	17.6	4:19	9:53
23	17.5	4:21	9:51
24	17.4	4:24	9:49
25	17.3	4:26	9:47
26	17.3	4:28	9:45
27	17.2	4:31	9:42
28	17.1	4:33	9:40
29	17.0	4:35	9:38
30	17.0	4:38	9:35
31	16.9	4:40	9:33

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.29 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Whitehorse?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Whitehorse for sightseeing.

What to pack for Whitehorse in July

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

In July, Whitehorse sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 8°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Whitehorse 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 Whitehorse peaks around July 15 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	4	3	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	2	Low
Apr	3	Moderate
May	4	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	6	High
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Whitehorse?

Whitehorse sits at 60.7°N, 135.1°W, 707 m above sea level, in Canada. The nearest listed city is Juneau, 271 km away.

Topography around Whitehorse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Whitehorse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m around an average of 688 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,175 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,734 m.

The land around Whitehorse is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (80%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) within 80 km.

3 km

181 m

trees 62%

16 km

1,175 m

trees 80%

80 km

1,734 m

trees 65%

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← June Whitehorse year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Juneau 271 km · Dawson City 435 km · Badger 779 km · Eagle River 783 km · Fairbanks 788 km · Terrace 788 km · Anchorage 801 km · Fort St. John 960 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

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 Whitehorse (60.7161°, -135.0538°, elevation 707 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	8
2	19	8
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	19	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	19	8
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	19	8
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	35
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	32
27	31
28	31
29	30
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	8
2	19	8
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	19	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	19	8
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	19	8
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	35
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	32
27	31
28	31
29	30
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	19	8
2	19	8
3	19	8
4	19	8
5	19	8
6	19	8
7	19	8
8	19	8
9	19	8
10	19	8
11	19	8
12	19	8
13	19	8
14	19	8
15	19	8
16	19	8
17	19	8
18	19	8
19	19	8
20	19	8
21	19	8
22	19	8
23	19	8
24	19	8
25	19	8
26	19	8
27	19	8
28	19	8
29	19	8
30	19	8
31	19	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	24	76
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	23	77
6	23	77
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	21	79
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	21	79
21	22	78
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	24	76
25	25	75
26	25	75
27	26	74
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	35
3	35
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	36
9	36
10	36
11	36
12	36
13	36
14	37
15	37
16	37
17	37
18	36
19	36
20	36
21	35
22	35
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	32
27	31
28	31
29	30
30	29
31	29

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100