Sittard weather in July

In July, Sittard sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 70 mm of rain across 12.4 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 19% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Sittard's 2nd-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sittard's year-round climate.

Daytime high
23°
1st warmest
Overnight low
14°
12th coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
15 h 54 min
4:45 AM – 8:39 PM
Cloud cover
66%
2nd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.4
out of 10

Sittard is city in Sittard-Geleen, 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 Sittard 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 Sittard

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.

Sittard 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 / 6412.41.58.20.3
Feb / 5811.42.59.60.6
Mar10° / 5712.6111.52.3
Apr15° / 4510.20.113.54.2
May18° / 5311.6015.35.5
Jun21° / 12°6311.5016.26.0
Jul23° / 14°7012.4015.86.4
Aug23° / 14°6911.2014.36.5
Sep19° / 11°5710012.46.0
Oct15° / 5911010.44.1
Nov10° / 6212.50.58.71.8
Dec / 7513.627.80.5

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 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23565
33565
43565
53565
63367
73367
83466
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123466
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Sittard gets around 70 mm of rain over 12.4 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 39% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
138
239
340
440
541
641
742
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942
1042
1141
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1540
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3135

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 47% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15830111
25730121
35631121
45532121
55433121
65333131
75234131
85234131
95134141
105134141
115134141
125134141
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214337181
224337191
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244138192
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273940192
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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
112calm
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412calm
512calm
612calm
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912calm
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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 12 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 4:32 AM to 5:05 AM, and sunset from 8:48 PM to 8:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
116.34:328:48
216.24:338:47
316.24:338:47
416.24:348:47
516.24:358:46
616.24:368:46
716.14:368:45
816.14:378:45
916.14:388:44
1016.14:398:44
1116.04:408:43
1216.04:418:42
1316.04:428:41
1416.04:438:41
1515.94:448:40
1615.94:458:39
1715.94:478:38
1815.84:488:37
1915.84:498:36
2015.74:508:35
2115.74:518:34
2215.74:538:32
2315.64:548:31
2415.64:558:30
2515.54:578:29
2615.54:588:27
2715.44:598:26
2815.45:018:25
2915.35:028:23
3015.35:048:22
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 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5.11 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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45.2Bright
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265.0Bright
275.0Bright
285.0Bright
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305.0Bright
315.0Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Sittard?

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 Sittard for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sittard in July

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

In July, Sittard sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Sittard 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 Sittard 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 Sittard 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 Sittard 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 Sittard?

Sittard sits at 51.0°N, 5.9°E, 48 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Geleen, 4.0 km away.

Heinsberg

Topography around Sittard

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sittard has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 993 m.

The land around Sittard is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), trees (28%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), trees (26%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), cropland (30%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
73 m
16 km
158 m
80 km
993 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Geleen 4.0 km · Brunssum 9.0 km · Hoensbroek 9.0 km · Maaseik 13 km · Maasmechelen 13 km · Mechelen-aan-de-Maas 13 km · Heerlen 15 km · Heinsberg 18 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 Sittard (50.9983°, 5.8694°, elevation 48 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).