Assen weather in July

In July, Assen sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 89 mm of rain across 14.5 wet days and about 16.2 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 21°C in the first days to 23°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 36 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Assen's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Assen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
1st warmest
Overnight low
13°
12th coldest
Rainfall
89 mm
14.5 wet days
Daylight
16 h 12 min
4:33 AM – 8:46 PM
Cloud cover
65%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Assen is city in the Netherlands.

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 21°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical July day in Assen reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 27°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 Assen

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.

Assen 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 / 6512.41.57.90.0
Feb / 5110.81.99.50.3
Mar / 5311.40.811.51.8
Apr13° / 5010.40.113.63.7
May17° / 6411.7015.55.2
Jun19° / 11°7612.3016.65.6
Jul22° / 13°8914.5016.25.9
Aug21° / 13°8414.2014.55.9
Sep18° / 10°6911.7012.45.4
Oct14° / 6412.3010.33.6
Nov / 5712.70.28.41.5
Dec / 6612.81.77.40.3

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 62%.

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

Any precipitation

Assen gets around 89 mm of rain over 14.5 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 46% and peaks near 49% 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 41% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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25533111
35434111
45335111
55235121
65136121
75037121
84937131
94838131
104838131
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Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

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Daylight runs from about 16 h 36 min at the start of July to 15 h 30 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 4:19 AM to 4:55 AM, and sunset from 8:56 PM to 8:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.64:198:56
216.64:198:55
316.64:208:55
416.64:218:55
516.54:218:54
616.54:228:54
716.54:238:53
816.54:248:53
916.44:258:52
1016.44:268:51
1116.44:278:50
1216.44:288:50
1316.34:298:49
1416.34:318:48
1516.34:328:47
1616.24:338:46
1716.24:348:45
1816.14:368:44
1916.14:378:42
2016.14:388:41
2116.04:408:40
2216.04:418:39
2315.94:428:37
2415.94:448:36
2515.84:458:35
2615.84:478:33
2715.74:488:32
2815.74:508:30
2915.64:518:28
3015.64:538:27
3115.54:558:25

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.51 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.17 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.1Bright
285.0Bright
295.0Bright
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315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Assen?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
3.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Assen for sightseeing.

What to pack for Assen in July

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

In July, Assen sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Assen 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 47 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Assen 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 Assen peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Assen?

Assen sits at 53.0°N, 6.6°E, 12 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Leek, 22 km away.

LeekHoogezandVeendamGroningenStadskanaalKorrewegwijkHoogeveenEmmen

Topography around Assen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Assen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m.

The land around Assen is covered by trees (42%), artificial surfaces (31%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (38%), trees (30%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
48 m
80 km
106 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Leek 22 km · Hoogezand 23 km · Veendam 24 km · Groningen 25 km · Stadskanaal 26 km · Korrewegwijk 26 km · Hoogeveen 31 km · Emmen 33 km

The Netherlands travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 84% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$73,684
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 624
Religion
none 54%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 15%other 6%

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 Assen (52.9967°, 6.5625°, elevation 12 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).