Nola weather in July

In July, Nola sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 140 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Nola's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nola's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 140 mm; 22.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:56 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical July day in Nola reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with 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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How July really feels in Nola

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.

Nola weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 20°	21	3.7	11.8	5.5
Feb	31° / 21°	37	6.8	11.9	4.5
Mar	31° / 22°	122	17.5	12	3.7
Apr	30° / 22°	150	19.9	12.1	3.7
May	29° / 22°	122	20.1	12.2	4.0
Jun	28° / 21°	122	20.4	12.2	4.4
Jul	27° / 21°	140	22.2	12.2	4.4
Aug	28° / 21°	165	25.4	12.1	4.0
Sep	28° / 21°	178	25.4	12	3.7
Oct	28° / 21°	197	26.6	11.9	3.6
Nov	29° / 21°	119	18	11.8	4.3
Dec	30° / 20°	25	5.4	11.8	5.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	27	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14
Cloudier (%)	73	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	77	77	78	79	79	80	81	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Nola gets around 140 mm of rain over 22.2 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 72% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	71	71	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	70
4	70
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	71
16	71
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	74
22	75
23	75
24	76
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	28	29	30	30	31	31	32	32	33
Oppressive (%)	82	82	81	80	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	75	74	73	72	72	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	67

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	27	73
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	29	71
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	33	67

Wind in July

Winds average 4 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:07 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:53	6:05
2	12.2	5:53	6:05
3	12.2	5:54	6:06
4	12.2	5:54	6:06
5	12.2	5:54	6:06
6	12.2	5:54	6:06
7	12.2	5:54	6:06
8	12.2	5:55	6:06
9	12.2	5:55	6:06
10	12.2	5:55	6:07
11	12.2	5:55	6:07
12	12.2	5:55	6:07
13	12.2	5:55	6:07
14	12.2	5:56	6:07
15	12.2	5:56	6:07
16	12.2	5:56	6:07
17	12.2	5:56	6:07
18	12.2	5:56	6:07
19	12.2	5:56	6:07
20	12.2	5:56	6:07
21	12.2	5:57	6:07
22	12.2	5:57	6:07
23	12.2	5:57	6:07
24	12.2	5:57	6:07
25	12.2	5:57	6:07
26	12.2	5:57	6:07
27	12.2	5:57	6:07
28	12.2	5:57	6:07
29	12.2	5:57	6:07
30	12.2	5:57	6:07
31	12.2	5:57	6:07

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.79 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 4.63 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.6	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
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24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Nola?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Nola for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nola in July

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

In July, Nola sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nola in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nola peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	12	14	13	11	10	10	12	12	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Nola 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 Nola is worst in February — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.0× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	64	71	36	21	14	16	16	12	9	11	18	34
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	64	Unhealthy
Feb	71	Unhealthy
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	21	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	9	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nola?

Nola sits at 3.5°N, 16.0°E, 386 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Berbérati, 87 km away.

Topography around Nola

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nola has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 403 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 m.

The land around Nola is covered by trees (75%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

166 m

trees 75%

16 km

339 m

trees 91%

80 km

469 m

trees 96%

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

July weather nearby: Berbérati 87 km · Yokadouma 111 km · Carnot 159 km · Batouri 212 km · Ouesso 213 km · Mbaïki 219 km · Abba 224 km · Yaloké 231 km

Central African Republic travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $556; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2019
Safe drinking water: 6%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 20.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 37.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank

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 Nola (3.5249°, 16.0458°, elevation 386 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. 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	70
4	70
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	71
16	71
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	74
22	75
23	75
24	76
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	27	73
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	29	71
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	33	67

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	70
4	70
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	71
16	71
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	74
22	75
23	75
24	76
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	27	73
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	29	71
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	33	67

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	27	73
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	22	78
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	20	80
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	15	85
29	15	85
30	15	85
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	70
4	70
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	71
16	71
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	74
22	75
23	75
24	76
25	76
26	77
27	77
28	78
29	78
30	78
31	78

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	23	77
16	23	77
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	27	73
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	29	71
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	32	68
30	32	68
31	33	67