Borås weather in July

In July, Borås sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 94 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 17.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. 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 17 h 42 min at the start of July to 16 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Borås's 3rd-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Borås's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
1st warmest
Overnight low
11°
12th coldest
Rainfall
94 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
17 h 12 min
3:39 AM – 8:49 PM
Cloud cover
66%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Borås is urban area in Borås Municipality, Sweden.

Air quality
Good
PM10 16.6 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded
1621

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 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Borås reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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How July really feels in Borås

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.

Borås weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°7012.17.670.0
Feb / -4°5610.47.78.90.0
Mar / -2°5010.65.611.40.2
Apr10° / 5310.21.6142.4
May15° / 7112.50.216.34.4
Jun18° / 9913.8017.65.3
Jul20° / 11°9413.6017.15.8
Aug19° / 11°106150155.4
Sep15° / 8312.6012.54.2
Oct10° / 8113.30.7101.9
Nov / 6311.92.67.60.2
Dec / -2°7512.76.66.40.0

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 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Borås gets around 94 mm of rain over 13.6 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 44% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 72% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
184133
283143
382153
482153
581163
680173
779174
878184
977194
1076204
1176204
1275214
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July, the calmest month.

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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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 17 h 42 min at the start of July to 16 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 84 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 3:21 AM to 4:07 AM, and sunset from 9:02 PM to 8:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
117.73:219:02
217.73:229:02
317.63:229:01
417.63:239:01
517.63:249:00
617.63:268:59
717.53:278:59
817.53:288:58
917.53:298:57
1017.43:308:56
1117.43:328:55
1217.33:338:54
1317.33:358:53
1417.33:368:51
1517.23:388:50
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1917.03:448:44
2016.93:468:43
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2616.63:578:32
2716.53:598:30
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2916.44:038:26
3016.34:058:24
3116.34:078:22

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.02 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Borås?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Borås for sightseeing.

What to pack for Borås in July

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

In July, Borås sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Borås in July

The nearest coast averages about 18°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 62 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

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

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
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May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Borås in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Borås peaks around June 18 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 18UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
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Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Borås?

Borås sits at 57.7°N, 12.9°E, 143 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Kinna, 28 km away.

Topography around Borås

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Borås has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 177 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 373 m.

The land around Borås is covered by trees (63%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km
159 m
16 km
270 m
80 km
373 m
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July weather nearby: Kinna 28 km · Alingsås 33 km · Lerum 40 km · Mölnlycke 49 km · Partille 50 km · Mölndal 56 km · Kungsbacka 58 km · Gothenburg 58 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 87% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$63,133
2025
Happiness
7.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 609
Religion
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

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 Borås (57.721°, 12.9401°, elevation 143 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).