Braunschweig weather in July

In July, Braunschweig sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 76 mm of rain across 12.8 wet days and about 16 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 30 min at the start of July to 15 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Braunschweig's 3rd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Braunschweig's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
16 h 06 min
4:21 AM – 8:26 PM
Cloud cover
65%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10
Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.7 µg/m³ · 2019

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 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical July day in Braunschweig reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°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 Braunschweig

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.

Braunschweig 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 / -1°5812.73.680.0
Feb / -0°4410.53.79.50.1
Mar / 5312.52.211.51.5
Apr14° / 449.80.313.63.9
May18° / 5910.9015.45.5
Jun21° / 12°6311.4016.46.0
Jul23° / 14°7612.80166.4
Aug23° / 14°6511.7014.56.5
Sep19° / 10°5610012.45.7
Oct13° / 5511.3010.33.5
Nov / 5211.51.18.51.1
Dec / 5813.13.57.60.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23565
33565
43565
53466
63466
73565
83466
93466
103466
113466
123466
133466
143565
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183862
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314654

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Braunschweig gets around 76 mm of rain over 12.8 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
141
241
341
442
542
642
742
842
942
1042
1142
1241
1341
1440
1540
1640
1740
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3037
3137

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 54% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1652690
2652690
3642790
4632890
5612991
6612991
7603091
85831101
95831101
105732101
115732101
125633101
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155634100
165634100
175435110
185336110
195336110
205137120
215037121
224938121
234938131
244838131
254739141
264639141
274640141
284540141
294541141
304441141
314441131

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
112calm
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412calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 30 min at the start of July to 15 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 66 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:07 AM to 4:42 AM, and sunset from 8:36 PM to 8:06 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.54:078:36
216.54:078:35
316.44:088:35
416.44:098:35
516.44:108:34
616.44:108:34
716.44:118:33
816.34:128:33
916.34:138:32
1016.34:148:31
1116.34:158:31
1216.24:168:30
1316.24:178:29
1416.24:188:28
1516.14:208:27
1616.14:218:26
1716.14:228:25
1816.04:238:24
1916.04:258:23
2015.94:268:22
2115.94:278:21
2215.84:298:19
2315.84:308:18
2415.84:318:17
2515.74:338:15
2615.74:348:14
2715.64:368:13
2815.64:378:11
2915.54:398:10
3015.54:408:08
3115.44:428:06

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
65.2Bright
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95.1Bright
105.1Bright
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205.1Bright
215.1Bright
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245.1Bright
255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Braunschweig?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Braunschweig for sightseeing.

What to pack for Braunschweig in July

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

In July, Braunschweig sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Braunschweig 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 Braunschweig peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Braunschweig?

Braunschweig sits at 52.3°N, 10.5°E, 72 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Vechelde, 11 km away.

Topography around Braunschweig

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Braunschweig has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,168 m.

The land around Braunschweig is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (40%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
273 m
80 km
1,168 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Vechelde 11 km · Wolfenbüttel 11 km · Salzgitter 14 km · Königslutter am Elm 20 km · Peine 21 km · Gifhorn 24 km · Wolfsburg 25 km · Helmstedt 33 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

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 Braunschweig (52.2659°, 10.5267°, elevation 72 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).