Best weather in July

In July, Best sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 78 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 15.9 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 18 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Best's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Best's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
78 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
16 hours
4:45 AM – 8:43 PM
Cloud cover
66%
2nd clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Best is town and municipality in North Brabant, the Netherlands.

Density
831/km²
people per km²

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 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical July day in Best reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°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 29°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 Best

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.

Best 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 / 6312.11.38.10.3
Feb / 5710.91.69.60.7
Mar10° / 5611.60.811.52.3
Apr15° / 4810.9013.54.2
May18° / 6112015.35.5
Jun21° / 12°6511.8016.36.0
Jul23° / 14°7813.6015.96.2
Aug23° / 14°7712.4014.46.3
Sep19° / 11°6211.3012.45.8
Oct15° / 6311.3010.44.1
Nov10° / 6112.10.48.61.9
Dec / 7112.81.47.70.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33367
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53367
63367
73367
83367
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Best gets around 78 mm of rain over 13.6 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 44% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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543
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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 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15731111
25532112
35532112
45333122
55234122
65035132
75035132
84936131
94936141
104836141
114837141
124737151
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154538162
164338162
174239172
184140182
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223642202
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Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July.

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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 18 min at the start of July to 15 h 18 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 4:31 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 8:52 PM to 8:24 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.34:318:52
216.34:328:52
316.34:338:52
416.34:338:51
516.34:348:51
616.34:358:50
716.24:368:50
816.24:378:49
916.24:388:49
1016.24:398:48
1116.14:408:47
1216.14:418:47
1316.14:428:46
1416.04:438:45
1516.04:448:44
1616.04:458:43
1715.94:468:42
1815.94:478:41
1915.94:498:40
2015.84:508:39
2115.84:518:38
2215.74:528:37
2315.74:548:35
2415.64:558:34
2515.64:578:33
2615.64:588:31
2715.54:598:30
2815.55:018:28
2915.45:028:27
3015.45:048:25
3115.35:058:24

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.59 kWh/m² to a high of 5.21 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.06 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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305.0Bright
314.9Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Best?

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

6.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Best for sightseeing.

What to pack for Best in July

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

In July, Best sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Best 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 Best peaks around July 14 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Best?

Best sits at 51.5°N, 5.4°E, 17 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Sint-Oedenrode, 8.0 km away.

Oisterwijk

Topography around Best

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Best has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m.

The land around Best is covered by trees (39%), artificial surfaces (24%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (35%), grassland (29%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (32%), trees (28%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

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30 m
16 km
62 m
80 km
190 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Sint-Oedenrode 8.0 km · Eindhoven 10 km · Boxtel 10 km · Tongelre 11 km · Nuenen 12 km · Schijndel 13 km · Geldrop 15 km · Oisterwijk 16 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 Best (51.5075°, 5.3903°, elevation 17 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).