Passau weather in July

In July, Passau sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 98 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 15.5 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% 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 Passau's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Passau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
1st warmest
Overnight low
15°
12th coldest
Rainfall
98 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
15 h 30 min
4:26 AM – 7:58 PM
Cloud cover
57%
2nd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Passau is main settlement of Passau in Germany.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.4 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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical July day in Passau reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°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 Passau

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.

Passau 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°67126.78.50.0
Feb / -2°53105.49.80.1
Mar / 7012.13.711.61.8
Apr15° / 5410.30.813.44.2
May19° / 10°8913.70155.6
Jun22° / 13°9413.3015.86.1
Jul24° / 15°9813.5015.56.5
Aug24° / 14°9212.1014.16.6
Sep19° / 10°7310.9012.45.8
Oct13° / 6310.70.410.63.7
Nov / 5710.53.190.9
Dec / -1°6712.46.38.20.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15347
25347
35248
45248
55149
65050
75050
85050
94852
104951
114852
124852
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Passau gets around 98 mm of rain over 13.5 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 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
143
243
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544
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1046
1145
1245
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2641
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3041
3141

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 41% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15033161
25034161
34934161
44935161
54835160
64736170
74736170
84736171
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104636171
114636181
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194137211
204037221
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223838231
233739241
243539251
253440251
263341260
273241260
283142270
293043270
302944270
312845260

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 4:13 AM to 4:43 AM, and sunset from 8:06 PM to 7:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
115.94:138:06
215.94:148:06
315.84:158:05
415.84:158:05
515.84:168:05
615.84:178:04
715.84:178:04
815.84:188:03
915.74:198:03
1015.74:208:02
1115.74:218:02
1215.74:228:01
1315.64:238:00
1415.64:248:00
1515.64:257:59
1615.54:267:58
1715.54:277:57
1815.54:287:56
1915.44:297:56
2015.44:307:55
2115.44:317:54
2215.34:327:52
2315.34:337:51
2415.34:357:50
2515.24:367:49
2615.24:377:48
2715.14:387:47
2815.14:407:45
2915.14:417:44
3015.04:427:43
3115.04:437:41

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 0.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 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
15.7Bright
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275.3Bright
285.3Bright
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305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Passau?

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
5.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Passau for sightseeing.

What to pack for Passau in July

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

In July, Passau sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Passau in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Passau peaks around July 12 at about 8 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 12UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

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

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Passau's WHO annual average of 12.4 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1515 µg/m³Nov 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Passau?

Passau sits at 48.6°N, 13.4°E, 366 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Vilshofen, 19 km away.

BurghausenWelsLinzDingolfingCesky KrumlovTraun

Topography around Passau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Passau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 365 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 430 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,194 m.

The land around Passau is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (42%), cropland (27%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (46%), cropland (27%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
184 m
16 km
430 m
80 km
1,194 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Vilshofen 19 km · Deggendorf 46 km · Burghausen 63 km · Wels 63 km · Linz 69 km · Dingolfing 70 km · Cesky Krumlov 70 km · Traun 71 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 Passau (48.5665°, 13.4312°, elevation 366 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).