Brest weather in July

In July, Brest sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 45 mm of rain across 10.1 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-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 26% of the time in July, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Brest's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brest's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 10.1 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 30 min; 5:38 AM – 9:09 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 17 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 6.13 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

Brest is port city in the Finistère department, Brittany, France.

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 7.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 2,927/km²; people per km²

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 Brest reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Brest weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 2nd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 7°	99	15.3	8.6	1.8
Feb	10° / 6°	79	13.3	9.9	1.8
Mar	11° / 7°	64	12.6	11.6	2.5
Apr	13° / 8°	66	11.9	13.4	3.2
May	15° / 10°	59	10.6	15	4.4
Jun	17° / 13°	47	9.7	15.8	5.5
Jul	19° / 14°	45	10.1	15.5	6.1
Aug	19° / 14°	53	10	14.1	6.1
Sep	18° / 13°	52	9.6	12.4	5.8
Oct	15° / 11°	92	14.1	10.6	4.1
Nov	12° / 9°	96	14.9	9	2.9
Dec	11° / 7°	106	15.3	8.2	2.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	45	45	45	45	44	44	45	44	44
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	57	57	56	56	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	55	55	55	55	56	56	55	56	56

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Brest gets around 45 mm of rain over 10.1 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 36% 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 (%)	35	35	36	36	36	35	35	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	30	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30

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

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the comfortable band about 58% 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 (%)	46	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	21	21	21	21
Comfortable (%)	49	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	60	61	60	60	61	60	60	59
Humid (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	12	13	13	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	49	5
2	44	51	5
3	43	52	5
4	42	53	5
5	41	54	5
6	40	55	5
7	39	56	5
8	38	57	5
9	38	57	5
10	37	58	5
11	36	58	6
12	35	59	6
13	34	59	7
14	33	59	8
15	32	60	8
16	31	60	9
17	30	60	10
18	29	60	11
19	28	60	12
20	27	60	13
21	26	61	13
22	25	61	14
23	24	61	15
24	24	60	16
25	23	61	16
26	23	60	17
27	22	60	18
28	21	61	18
29	21	60	19
30	21	60	19
31	21	59	20

Wind in July

Winds average 17 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 5:26 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 9:17 PM to 8:52 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)	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.8	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.7	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:33	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:43	5:45	5:46	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:54	5:56
Sunset (PM)	9:17	9:16	9:16	9:16	9:16	9:15	9:15	9:14	9:14	9:13	9:13	9:12	9:11	9:11	9:10	9:09	9:08	9:07	9:07	9:06	9:05	9:03	9:02	9:01	9:00	8:59	8:58	8:56	8:55	8:54	8:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.8	5:26	9:17
2	15.8	5:26	9:16
3	15.8	5:27	9:16
4	15.8	5:28	9:16
5	15.8	5:28	9:16
6	15.8	5:29	9:15
7	15.7	5:30	9:15
8	15.7	5:31	9:14
9	15.7	5:31	9:14
10	15.7	5:32	9:13
11	15.7	5:33	9:13
12	15.6	5:34	9:12
13	15.6	5:35	9:11
14	15.6	5:36	9:11
15	15.6	5:37	9:10
16	15.5	5:38	9:09
17	15.5	5:39	9:08
18	15.5	5:40	9:07
19	15.4	5:41	9:07
20	15.4	5:42	9:06
21	15.4	5:43	9:05
22	15.3	5:45	9:03
23	15.3	5:46	9:02
24	15.2	5:47	9:01
25	15.2	5:48	9:00
26	15.2	5:49	8:59
27	15.1	5:51	8:58
28	15.1	5:52	8:56
29	15.0	5:53	8:55
30	15.0	5:54	8:54
31	14.9	5:56	8:52

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.89 kWh/m² to a high of 6.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 6.13 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)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Brest?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

2.5

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Brest for sightseeing.

What to pack for Brest in July

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

In July, Brest sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

Sea temperature near Brest in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 16°C and coldest in February near 10°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	11	10	10	11	13	14	15	16	15	15	14	12
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	11	Bracing
Feb	10	Bracing
Mar	10	Bracing
Apr	11	Bracing
May	13	Bracing
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	15	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	15	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	12	Bracing

UV index in Brest 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 Brest peaks around August 14 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	1	3	5	6	7	6	7	5	3	1	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	1	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	1	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Brest?

Brest sits at 48.4°N, 4.5°W, 49 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Landerneau, 19 km away.

Topography around Brest

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brest has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 384 m.

The land around Brest is covered by artificial surfaces (46%), water (28%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (27%), water (25%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and water (56%) within 80 km.

3 km

109 m

artificial surfaces 46%

16 km

182 m

trees 27%

80 km

384 m

water 56%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

July weather nearby: Landerneau 19 km · Douarnenez 35 km · Quimper 52 km · Morlaix 53 km · Concarneau 71 km · Lannion 85 km · Ploemeur 107 km · Lorient 109 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 77% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $48,986; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 100%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 539
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 Brest (48.3903°, -4.4863°, elevation 49 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	49	5
2	44	51	5
3	43	52	5
4	42	53	5
5	41	54	5
6	40	55	5
7	39	56	5
8	38	57	5
9	38	57	5
10	37	58	5
11	36	58	6
12	35	59	6
13	34	59	7
14	33	59	8
15	32	60	8
16	31	60	9
17	30	60	10
18	29	60	11
19	28	60	12
20	27	60	13
21	26	61	13
22	25	61	14
23	24	61	15
24	24	60	16
25	23	61	16
26	23	60	17
27	22	60	18
28	21	61	18
29	21	60	19
30	21	60	19
31	21	59	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	49	5
2	44	51	5
3	43	52	5
4	42	53	5
5	41	54	5
6	40	55	5
7	39	56	5
8	38	57	5
9	38	57	5
10	37	58	5
11	36	58	6
12	35	59	6
13	34	59	7
14	33	59	8
15	32	60	8
16	31	60	9
17	30	60	10
18	29	60	11
19	28	60	12
20	27	60	13
21	26	61	13
22	25	61	14
23	24	61	15
24	24	60	16
25	23	61	16
26	23	60	17
27	22	60	18
28	21	61	18
29	21	60	19
30	21	60	19
31	21	59	20

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	41	59
7	41	59
8	43	57
9	43	57
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	46	54
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	45	55
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	44	56
31	44	56

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	46	49	5
2	44	51	5
3	43	52	5
4	42	53	5
5	41	54	5
6	40	55	5
7	39	56	5
8	38	57	5
9	38	57	5
10	37	58	5
11	36	58	6
12	35	59	6
13	34	59	7
14	33	59	8
15	32	60	8
16	31	60	9
17	30	60	10
18	29	60	11
19	28	60	12
20	27	60	13
21	26	61	13
22	25	61	14
23	24	61	15
24	24	60	16
25	23	61	16
26	23	60	17
27	22	60	18
28	21	61	18
29	21	60	19
30	21	60	19
31	21	59	20