Fairbanks weather in July

In July, Fairbanks sees average daytime highs of 71°F and overnight lows near 55°F, with 2.4 in of rain across 11 wet days and about 19.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 71°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 20 h 48 min at the start of July to 18 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Fairbanks's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fairbanks's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 71°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 55°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 2.4 in; 11 wet days
Daylight: 19 h 36 min; 3:08 AM – 10:45 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Fairbanks is city in Alaska, USA.

Density: 384/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1901

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 71°F through the month.

A typical July day in Fairbanks reaches about 71°F in the afternoon and slips back to 55°F overnight — a 16°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 62°F and 81°F. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 6°F warmer than August.

	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
Avg high (°F)	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	70	70
Avg low (°F)	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	73	55
2	73	55
3	73	55
4	73	56
5	73	56
6	73	56
7	72	56
8	72	56
9	72	56
10	72	56
11	72	55
12	72	55
13	72	55
14	72	55
15	72	55
16	72	55
17	71	55
18	71	55
19	71	55
20	71	55
21	71	55
22	71	55
23	71	55
24	71	55
25	71	55
26	70	55
27	70	54
28	70	54
29	70	54
30	70	54
31	70	54

How July really feels in Fairbanks

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

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.

Fairbanks 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.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	3° / -9°	0.4	3.5	4.6	4.6	0.0
Feb	12° / -3°	0.4	3.1	3.9	7.8	0.0
Mar	25° / 5°	0.3	2.4	3.1	11.2	0.0
Apr	44° / 24°	0.4	2.8	2.2	14.7	1.3
May	60° / 41°	0.8	5.3	0.5	18.1	5.3
Jun	70° / 53°	2.0	10.2	0	20.6	6.3
Jul	71° / 55°	2.4	11	0	19.6	6.3
Aug	65° / 50°	2.4	10.9	0	16.2	5.6
Sep	54° / 39°	1.6	7.9	1	12.7	3.4
Oct	33° / 22°	0.8	5.4	4.2	9.2	0.1
Nov	14° / 3°	0.6	4.4	5.5	5.8	0.0
Dec	6° / -6°	0.4	3.7	4.7	3.3	0.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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 (%)	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	33	32	32	32	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	28	28	28
Cloudier (%)	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	67	68	68	68	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	72	72	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Fairbanks gets around 2.4 in of rain over 11 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	34	34	34	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

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 91% 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 (%)	93	93	92	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92
Comfortable (%)	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	92	8
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

Wind in July

Winds average 5 mph in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph 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 (mph)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 20 h 48 min at the start of July to 18 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 168 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 2:31 AM to 3:56 AM, and sunset from 11:17 PM to 9:58 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)	20.8	20.7	20.7	20.6	20.5	20.5	20.4	20.3	20.2	20.2	20.1	20.0	19.9	19.8	19.7	19.6	19.5	19.4	19.3	19.2	19.1	19.0	18.9	18.8	18.7	18.6	18.5	18.4	18.3	18.2	18.0
Sunrise (AM)	2:31	2:33	2:35	2:37	2:39	2:41	2:43	2:46	2:48	2:51	2:53	2:56	2:59	3:02	3:05	3:08	3:11	3:14	3:17	3:20	3:23	3:26	3:29	3:33	3:36	3:39	3:42	3:46	3:49	3:52	3:56
Sunset (PM)	11:17	11:16	11:14	11:13	11:11	11:09	11:07	11:05	11:03	11:01	10:58	10:56	10:53	10:51	10:48	10:45	10:42	10:40	10:37	10:34	10:31	10:28	10:24	10:21	10:18	10:15	10:12	10:08	10:05	10:02	9:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	20.8	2:31	11:17
2	20.7	2:33	11:16
3	20.7	2:35	11:14
4	20.6	2:37	11:13
5	20.5	2:39	11:11
6	20.5	2:41	11:09
7	20.4	2:43	11:07
8	20.3	2:46	11:05
9	20.2	2:48	11:03
10	20.2	2:51	11:01
11	20.1	2:53	10:58
12	20.0	2:56	10:56
13	19.9	2:59	10:53
14	19.8	3:02	10:51
15	19.7	3:05	10:48
16	19.6	3:08	10:45
17	19.5	3:11	10:42
18	19.4	3:14	10:40
19	19.3	3:17	10:37
20	19.2	3:20	10:34
21	19.1	3:23	10:31
22	19.0	3:26	10:28
23	18.9	3:29	10:24
24	18.8	3:33	10:21
25	18.7	3:36	10:18
26	18.6	3:39	10:15
27	18.5	3:42	10:12
28	18.4	3:46	10:08
29	18.3	3:49	10:05
30	18.2	3:52	10:02
31	18.0	3:56	9:58

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.05 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 5 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)	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Fairbanks?

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

6.3

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Fairbanks for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fairbanks in July

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

In July, Fairbanks sees daytime highs around 71°F and nights near 55°F. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Fairbanks in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Fairbanks peaks around June 20 at about 4 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	0	0	1	2	3	5	4	3	2	1	0	0
Level	Low	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	0	Low
Feb	0	Low
Mar	1	Low
Apr	2	Moderate
May	3	Moderate
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	2	Low
Oct	1	Low
Nov	0	Low
Dec	0	Low

Air quality in Fairbanks 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 Fairbanks is worst in June — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 33.8× the cleanest month (December, 1 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	1	3	5	8	10	34	29	19	3	2	1	1
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	1	Good
Feb	3	Good
Mar	5	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	29	Moderate
Aug	19	Moderate
Sep	3	Good
Oct	2	Good
Nov	1	Good
Dec	1	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Fairbanks?

Fairbanks sits at 64.8°N, 147.7°W, 446 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Badger, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around Fairbanks

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Fairbanks.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Fairbanks has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 ft around an average of 443 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,801 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,350 ft.

The land around Fairbanks is covered by trees (34%), artificial surfaces (31%) and grassland (22%) within 2 miles, trees (69%) and grassland (20%) within 10 miles, and trees (66%) and grassland (29%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

102 ft

trees 34%

10 miles

1,801 ft

trees 69%

50 miles

4,350 ft

trees 66%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen

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

July weather nearby: Badger 6.2 mi · Eagle River 250 mi · Dawson City 252 mi · Anchorage 259 mi · Whitehorse 490 mi · Juneau 626 mi · Terrace 969 mi · Anadyr 1,010 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
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 Fairbanks (64.8378°, -147.7164°, elevation 446 ft), 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).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	73	55
2	73	55
3	73	55
4	73	56
5	73	56
6	73	56
7	72	56
8	72	56
9	72	56
10	72	56
11	72	55
12	72	55
13	72	55
14	72	55
15	72	55
16	72	55
17	71	55
18	71	55
19	71	55
20	71	55
21	71	55
22	71	55
23	71	55
24	71	55
25	71	55
26	70	55
27	70	54
28	70	54
29	70	54
30	70	54
31	70	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	92	8
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	73	55
2	73	55
3	73	55
4	73	56
5	73	56
6	73	56
7	72	56
8	72	56
9	72	56
10	72	56
11	72	55
12	72	55
13	72	55
14	72	55
15	72	55
16	72	55
17	71	55
18	71	55
19	71	55
20	71	55
21	71	55
22	71	55
23	71	55
24	71	55
25	71	55
26	70	55
27	70	54
28	70	54
29	70	54
30	70	54
31	70	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	92	8
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	73	55
2	73	55
3	73	55
4	73	56
5	73	56
6	73	56
7	72	56
8	72	56
9	72	56
10	72	56
11	72	55
12	72	55
13	72	55
14	72	55
15	72	55
16	72	55
17	71	55
18	71	55
19	71	55
20	71	55
21	71	55
22	71	55
23	71	55
24	71	55
25	71	55
26	70	55
27	70	54
28	70	54
29	70	54
30	70	54
31	70	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	35	65
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	33
5	33
6	33
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	35
15	35
16	35
17	36
18	36
19	36
20	37
21	37
22	37
23	37
24	37
25	37
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	93	7
2	93	7
3	92	8
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8