Paris weather in July

In July, Paris sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 55 mm of rain across 9.4 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 25°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Paris's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paris's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
55 mm
9.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 36 min
5:09 AM – 8:44 PM
Cloud cover
62%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Paris is capital and most populous city in France.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 15.5 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
20,290/km²
people per km²
Founded
~300 BCE

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 24°C in the first days to 25°C by the end.

A typical July day in Paris reaches about 25°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 19°C and 30°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 Paris

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.

Paris weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 5211.30.88.50.7
Feb / 47101.19.81.2
Mar12° / 5110.50.511.63.0
Apr15° / 5010.6013.44.5
May19° / 6611.30155.6
Jun22° / 12°5810.6015.96.4
Jul25° / 14°559.4015.56.9
Aug24° / 14°579014.27.0
Sep21° / 11°478.4012.46.5
Oct16° / 6211.2010.54.6
Nov10° / 5811.30.38.92.2
Dec / 6812.50.98.10.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33763
43763
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83961
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Paris gets around 55 mm of rain over 9.4 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 30% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1429
1528
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1728
1828
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3130

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 44% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15035132
24935142
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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 12 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 15 h 54 min at the start of July to 15 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 54 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:57 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 8:51 PM to 8:27 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.94:578:51
215.94:578:51
315.94:588:51
415.94:588:51
515.94:598:50
615.85:008:50
715.85:018:50
815.85:018:49
915.85:028:49
1015.75:038:48
1115.75:048:47
1215.75:058:47
1315.75:068:46
1415.65:078:45
1515.65:088:45
1615.65:098:44
1715.65:108:43
1815.55:118:42
1915.55:128:41
2015.45:138:40
2115.45:148:39
2215.45:158:38
2315.35:178:37
2415.35:188:36
2515.35:198:34
2615.25:208:33
2715.25:228:32
2815.15:238:31
2915.15:248:29
3015.05:258:28
3115.05:278:27

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.42 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Paris?

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

6.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Paris for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Paris in July

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

In July, Paris sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Paris 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 Paris peaks around June 23 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Paris 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 Paris is worst in April — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Paris's WHO annual average of 15.5 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1019 µg/m³Jul 2013 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Paris?

Paris sits at 48.9°N, 2.3°E, 42 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Paris 04 Hôtel-de-Ville, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Paris

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paris has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 257 m.

The land around Paris is covered by artificial surfaces (90%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (66%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and trees (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
197 m
80 km
257 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Paris 04 Hôtel-de-Ville 1.0 km · Paris 01 Louvre 1.0 km · Paris 05 Panthéon 1.0 km · Paris 02 Bourse 1.0 km · Paris 06 Luxembourg 1.0 km · Paris 03 Temple 1.0 km · Salpêtrière 2.0 km · Paris 10 Entrepôt 2.0 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
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 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 Paris (48.8534°, 2.3488°, elevation 42 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).