Hoensbroek weather in July

In July, Hoensbroek sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 70 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 15.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-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 20% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 16 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Hoensbroek's 2nd-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hoensbroek's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
4:46 AM – 8:38 PM
Cloud cover
65%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Hoensbroek is village and urban district in Heerlen, 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 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical July day in Hoensbroek 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 Hoensbroek

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.

Hoensbroek weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6312.51.68.20.2
Feb / 5711.32.89.70.6
Mar10° / 5712.5111.52.3
Apr14° / 4410.20.113.54.2
May18° / 5311.4015.35.5
Jun21° / 12°6311.6016.26.0
Jul23° / 14°7012.6015.86.4
Aug23° / 14°6711.2014.36.5
Sep19° / 11°5710.1012.45.9
Oct15° / 5911010.44.1
Nov / 6112.40.58.71.8
Dec / 7213.72.37.80.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23664
33565
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Hoensbroek gets around 70 mm of rain over 12.6 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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440
540
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741
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1142
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3136

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 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15829121
25729131
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45531131
55531131
65432131
75332141
85233141
95233141
105233141
115134141
125134141
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214537171
224437171
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264140182
274041172
283942172
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 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
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 16 h 12 min at the start of July to 15 h 12 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 4:32 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 8:47 PM to 8:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.24:328:47
216.24:338:47
316.24:348:46
416.24:348:46
516.24:358:46
616.24:368:45
716.14:378:45
816.14:378:44
916.14:388:44
1016.14:398:43
1116.04:408:42
1216.04:418:42
1316.04:428:41
1415.94:438:40
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1615.94:468:38
1715.84:478:37
1815.84:488:36
1915.84:498:35
2015.74:508:34
2115.74:528:33
2215.74:538:32
2315.64:548:31
2415.64:558:29
2515.54:578:28
2615.54:588:27
2715.45:008:25
2815.45:018:24
2915.35:028:23
3015.35:048:21
3115.25:058:20

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.13 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
305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Hoensbroek?

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

6.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Hoensbroek for sightseeing.

What to pack for Hoensbroek in July

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

In July, Hoensbroek sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Hoensbroek in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hoensbroek peaks around July 15 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Hoensbroek 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 Hoensbroek is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.6× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1315 µg/m³Dec 129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Hoensbroek?

Hoensbroek sits at 50.9°N, 5.9°E, 85 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Brunssum, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Hoensbroek

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hoensbroek has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 89 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 229 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,003 m.

The land around Hoensbroek is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and trees (33%) within 3 km, cropland (35%), trees (25%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), cropland (29%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
229 m
80 km
1,003 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Brunssum 4.0 km · Heerlen 6.0 km · Geleen 9.0 km · Sittard 9.0 km · Kerkrade 12 km · Herzogenrath 13 km · Übach-Palenberg 14 km · Geilenkirchen 14 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 Hoensbroek (50.9239°, 5.9253°, elevation 85 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).