Hradec Králové weather in July

In July, Hradec Králové sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 74 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 15.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% 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 Hradec Králové's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hradec Králové's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
15 h 48 min
4:09 AM – 7:55 PM
Cloud cover
57%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Hradec Králové is statutory city in Hradec Králové District, Hradec Králové Region, Czechia.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 14.9 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
857/km²
people per km²
Founded
1225

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 23°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical July day in Hradec Králové reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°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 Hradec Králové

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.

Hradec Králové weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°4911.15.58.30.0
Feb / -2°388.54.79.70.0
Mar / 4910.82.911.51.4
Apr14° / 3790.613.54.1
May19° / 5911.1015.25.9
Jun22° / 12°6611.4016.16.3
Jul24° / 14°7411.7015.76.7
Aug24° / 14°659.8014.36.9
Sep19° / 10°598.9012.46.1
Oct13° / 479.40.210.53.5
Nov / 469.52.38.80.8
Dec / -1°5010.34.67.90.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25149
35149
45149
55149
65149
75050
85050
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124951
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Hradec Králové gets around 74 mm of rain over 11.7 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
337
438
538
639
739
840
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1041
1141
1241
1341
1440
1540
1640
1739
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2137
2236
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3034
3134

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 49% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15830120
25631130
35631130
45532130
55433130
65333140
75333140
85234140
95134150
105134150
115134150
125035150
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224638161
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264439171
274339171
284339181
294239181
304239191
314238191

Wind in July

Winds average 9 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
110calm
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510calm
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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 3:56 AM to 4:28 AM, and sunset from 8:04 PM to 7:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.13:568:04
216.13:578:04
316.13:578:03
416.13:588:03
516.13:598:03
616.04:008:02
716.04:008:02
816.04:018:01
916.04:028:01
1016.04:038:00
1115.94:047:59
1215.94:057:59
1315.94:067:58
1415.84:077:57
1515.84:087:56
1615.84:097:55
1715.74:107:55
1815.74:117:54
1915.74:137:53
2015.64:147:52
2115.64:157:50
2215.64:167:49
2315.54:177:48
2415.54:197:47
2515.44:207:46
2615.44:217:44
2715.34:237:43
2815.34:247:42
2915.24:257:40
3015.24:277:39
3115.24:287:37

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.38 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.6Bright
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45.5Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
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95.4Bright
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255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Hradec Králové?

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
5.7
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Hradec Králové for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hradec Králové in July

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

In July, Hradec Králové sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Hradec Králové 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 Hradec Králové peaks around June 20 at about 7 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 20UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Hradec Králové 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 Hradec Králové is worst in March — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Hradec Králové's WHO annual average of 14.9 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodMar 2218 µg/m³Dec 1012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct12Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Hradec Králové?

Hradec Králové sits at 50.2°N, 15.8°E, 250 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Pardubice, 19 km away.

ChrudimNáchodTrutnovJičínÚstí nad OrlicíKolín

Topography around Hradec Králové

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hradec Králové has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 234 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,431 m.

The land around Hradec Králové is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), trees (22%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and trees (43%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
39 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
1,431 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Pardubice 19 km · Dvůr Králové nad Labem 25 km · Chrudim 29 km · Náchod 33 km · Trutnov 40 km · Jičín 43 km · Ústí nad Orlicí 48 km · Kolín 49 km

Czechia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 59% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$35,917
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 582
Religion
none 48%believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9%Roman Catholic 7%other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6%

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 Hradec Králové (50.2092°, 15.8328°, elevation 250 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).