Fribourg weather in July

In July, Fribourg sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 159 mm of precipitation across 16.3 wet days and about 15.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 15 h 36 min at the start of July to 14 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Fribourg's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fribourg's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 12th coldest
Precipitation: 159 mm; 16.3 wet days
Daylight: 15 h 18 min; 4:58 AM – 8:16 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 1st clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.8; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 8.7 µg/m³ · 2020

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Fribourg reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 28°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)	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
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27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	22	13

How July really feels in Fribourg

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Fribourg 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -4°	101	12.8	10.8	8.8	0.0
Feb	4° / -3°	92	11.4	9.8	10	0.0
Mar	9° / -0°	99	13.3	8.6	11.6	1.5
Apr	12° / 3°	107	14.3	6.2	13.3	2.9
May	16° / 7°	157	17.5	2.5	14.8	4.2
Jun	20° / 10°	150	17.3	0.4	15.6	5.2
Jul	22° / 12°	159	16.3	0.2	15.3	5.8
Aug	21° / 12°	150	15.5	0.1	14	5.9
Sep	17° / 9°	117	12.8	1	12.4	5.2
Oct	13° / 5°	104	12.4	2.6	10.6	3.3
Nov	7° / 0°	111	13.3	7.1	9.2	0.8
Dec	3° / -3°	118	13.8	11	8.4	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	58
Cloudier (%)	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Fribourg gets around 159 mm of rain and snow over 16.3 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 precipitation averages around 53% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	55
8	55
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
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15	53
16	52
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20	51
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23	51
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28	52
29	52
30	52
31	52

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 57% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	61	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	61	60	59	58	57	55	54	53	52	51	50	49	48	48	47	47	47	46
Comfortable (%)	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	48	48	48
Humid (%)	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	35	4
2	63	34	3
3	63	34	3
4	63	34	3
5	63	34	3
6	63	34	3
7	64	33	3
8	64	33	3
9	63	33	4
10	63	33	4
11	63	33	4
12	62	34	4
13	62	34	4
14	61	35	4
15	60	36	4
16	59	37	4
17	58	38	4
18	57	39	4
19	55	40	5
20	54	41	5
21	53	42	5
22	52	43	5
23	51	44	5
24	50	45	5
25	49	46	5
26	48	47	5
27	48	47	5
28	47	48	5
29	47	48	5
30	47	48	6
31	46	48	6

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 15 h 36 min at the start of July to 14 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:46 AM to 5:14 AM, and sunset from 8:23 PM to 8:01 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.6	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.5	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.4	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.3	15.2	15.2	15.2	15.1	15.1	15.1	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.8	14.8
Sunrise (AM)	4:46	4:47	4:47	4:48	4:49	4:49	4:50	4:51	4:51	4:52	4:53	4:54	4:55	4:56	4:57	4:58	4:59	5:00	5:01	5:02	5:03	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:11	5:12	5:13	5:14
Sunset (PM)	8:23	8:23	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:16	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13	8:12	8:11	8:10	8:09	8:08	8:07	8:06	8:05	8:03	8:02	8:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	15.6	4:46	8:23
2	15.6	4:47	8:23
3	15.6	4:47	8:23
4	15.6	4:48	8:23
5	15.6	4:49	8:22
6	15.5	4:49	8:22
7	15.5	4:50	8:22
8	15.5	4:51	8:21
9	15.5	4:51	8:21
10	15.5	4:52	8:20
11	15.4	4:53	8:20
12	15.4	4:54	8:19
13	15.4	4:55	8:19
14	15.4	4:56	8:18
15	15.3	4:57	8:17
16	15.3	4:58	8:16
17	15.3	4:59	8:16
18	15.3	5:00	8:15
19	15.2	5:01	8:14
20	15.2	5:02	8:13
21	15.2	5:03	8:12
22	15.1	5:04	8:11
23	15.1	5:05	8:10
24	15.1	5:06	8:09
25	15.0	5:07	8:08
26	15.0	5:08	8:07
27	14.9	5:09	8:06
28	14.9	5:11	8:05
29	14.9	5:12	8:03
30	14.8	5:13	8:02
31	14.8	5:14	8:01

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.8 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.13 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in July across the year — July's 5.8 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
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24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Fribourg?

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

5.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Fribourg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fribourg in July

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

In July, Fribourg sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 12°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Fribourg in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fribourg peaks around July 15 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	4	5	7	7	9	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	4	Moderate
Apr	5	Moderate
May	7	High
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Fribourg?

Fribourg sits at 46.8°N, 7.2°E, 610 m above sea level, in Switzerland. The nearest listed city is Bulle, 22 km away.

Topography around Fribourg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fribourg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 237 m around an average of 642 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,279 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,826 m.

The land around Fribourg is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), trees (34%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

237 m

trees 43%

16 km

1,279 m

grassland 36%

80 km

3,826 m

trees 44%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainsnow and icewater

← June Fribourg year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Bulle 22 km · Köniz 24 km · Neuchâtel 27 km · Bern 28 km · Thun 36 km · Steffisburg 37 km · Biel/Bienne 38 km · Yverdon-les-Bains 39 km

Switzerland travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type C / J; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 112% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $114,769; 2025
Happiness: 7.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 2.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 564
Religion

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 Fribourg (46.8024°, 7.1513°, elevation 610 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	22	12
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27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	55	45
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18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
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24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	55
8	55
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	53
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30	52
31	52

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	35	4
2	63	34	3
3	63	34	3
4	63	34	3
5	63	34	3
6	63	34	3
7	64	33	3
8	64	33	3
9	63	33	4
10	63	33	4
11	63	33	4
12	62	34	4
13	62	34	4
14	61	35	4
15	60	36	4
16	59	37	4
17	58	38	4
18	57	39	4
19	55	40	5
20	54	41	5
21	53	42	5
22	52	43	5
23	51	44	5
24	50	45	5
25	49	46	5
26	48	47	5
27	48	47	5
28	47	48	5
29	47	48	5
30	47	48	6
31	46	48	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
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10	22	12
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28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
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24	58	42
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	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
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5	54
6	54
7	55
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11	54
12	54
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	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	35	4
2	63	34	3
3	63	34	3
4	63	34	3
5	63	34	3
6	63	34	3
7	64	33	3
8	64	33	3
9	63	33	4
10	63	33	4
11	63	33	4
12	62	34	4
13	62	34	4
14	61	35	4
15	60	36	4
16	59	37	4
17	58	38	4
18	57	39	4
19	55	40	5
20	54	41	5
21	53	42	5
22	52	43	5
23	51	44	5
24	50	45	5
25	49	46	5
26	48	47	5
27	48	47	5
28	47	48	5
29	47	48	5
30	47	48	6
31	46	48	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	22	12
6	22	12
7	22	12
8	22	12
9	22	12
10	22	12
11	22	12
12	22	12
13	22	12
14	22	12
15	22	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	13
24	22	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	53	47
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	53	47
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	54	46
15	54	46
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	56	44
19	57	43
20	57	43
21	57	43
22	58	42
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	58	42
27	58	42
28	58	42
29	57	43
30	57	43
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	55
8	55
9	54
10	54
11	54
12	54
13	53
14	53
15	53
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	52
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	51
24	51
25	52
26	52
27	52
28	52
29	52
30	52
31	52

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	61	35	4
2	63	34	3
3	63	34	3
4	63	34	3
5	63	34	3
6	63	34	3
7	64	33	3
8	64	33	3
9	63	33	4
10	63	33	4
11	63	33	4
12	62	34	4
13	62	34	4
14	61	35	4
15	60	36	4
16	59	37	4
17	58	38	4
18	57	39	4
19	55	40	5
20	54	41	5
21	53	42	5
22	52	43	5
23	51	44	5
24	50	45	5
25	49	46	5
26	48	47	5
27	48	47	5
28	47	48	5
29	47	48	5
30	47	48	6
31	46	48	6