Frechen weather in July

In July, Frechen sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 70 mm of rain across 12.1 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-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 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Frechen's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Frechen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
4:42 AM – 8:35 PM
Cloud cover
64%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Frechen is human settlement in Germany.

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 Frechen reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°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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22314
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How July really feels in Frechen

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.

Frechen weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6913.628.20.2
Feb / 5911.82.89.70.7
Mar11° / 5912.80.911.52.3
Apr15° / 459.90.113.54.3
May19° / 10°5511015.35.7
Jun22° / 13°6311.3016.26.2
Jul24° / 15°7012.1015.86.5
Aug23° / 14°6911.2014.36.6
Sep20° / 11°6110.2012.46.0
Oct15° / 6711.6010.44.1
Nov / 6912.70.68.71.8
Dec / 7914.62.57.80.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33664
43664
53763
63664
73664
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Frechen gets around 70 mm of rain over 12.1 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
137
237
338
439
539
640
740
840
941
1041
1140
1240
1340
1440
1540
1640
1739
1839
1939
2039
2138
2238
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2438
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2637
2737
2837
2937
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 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15928121
25829121
35730121
45630131
55531131
65432131
75432131
85333131
95233141
105134141
115134141
125134141
135134141
145034151
155034151
165034151
174934161
184835161
194735171
204635171
214536171
224436182
234437182
244337182
254238192
264138192
274039192
284040192
293941191
303842181
313843181

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
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911calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 12 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 60 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:29 AM to 5:02 AM, and sunset from 8:43 PM to 8:16 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.24:298:43
216.24:298:43
316.24:308:43
416.24:318:43
516.24:318:42
616.24:328:42
716.14:338:41
816.14:348:41
916.14:358:40
1016.14:368:39
1116.04:378:39
1216.04:388:38
1316.04:398:37
1415.94:408:36
1515.94:418:36
1615.94:428:35
1715.84:438:34
1815.84:448:33
1915.84:468:32
2015.74:478:31
2115.74:488:30
2215.74:498:28
2315.64:518:27
2415.64:528:26
2515.54:538:25
2615.54:558:23
2715.44:568:22
2815.44:578:20
2915.34:598:19
3015.35:008:18
3115.25:028:16

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.2Bright
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105.2Bright
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265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Frechen?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Frechen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Frechen in July

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

In July, Frechen sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Frechen 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 Frechen peaks around July 13 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Frechen 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 Frechen is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1415 µg/m³Dec 109 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Frechen?

Frechen sits at 50.9°N, 6.8°E, 73 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Hürth, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Frechen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Frechen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 105 m around an average of 83 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,018 m.

The land around Frechen is covered by trees (38%), artificial surfaces (29%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (34%), trees (33%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), grassland (21%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
105 m
16 km
176 m
80 km
1,018 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Hürth 6.0 km · Pulheim 9.0 km · Kerpen 9.0 km · Neustadt/Süd 10 km · Cologne 10 km · Neuehrenfeld 10 km · Neustadt/Nord 10 km · Bilderstöckchen 10 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 Frechen (50.9149°, 6.8118°, elevation 73 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).