Garden City weather in July

In July, Garden City sees average daytime highs of 91°F and overnight lows near 67°F, with 2.3 in of rain across 8.5 wet days and about 14.4 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 91°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 36 min at the start of July to 14 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Garden City's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garden City's year-round climate.

Daytime high
91°
1st warmest
Overnight low
67°
12th coldest
Rainfall
2.3 in
8.5 wet days
Daylight
14 h 24 min
5:37 AM – 8:01 PM
Cloud cover
40%
4th clearest
Wind
9 mph
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Garden City is city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States.

Density
1,030/km²
people per km²
Founded
1878

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 91°F through the month.

A typical July day in Garden City reaches about 91°F in the afternoon and slips back to 67°F overnight — a 24°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 81°F and 100°F. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 5°F warmer than June and about 3°F warmer than August.

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Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
19066
29066
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49166
59167
69167
79167
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119167
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139268
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279167
289167
299167
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319067

How July really feels in Garden City

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ 32°F
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Garden City weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan45° / 22°0.63.32.59.71.2
Feb49° / 25°0.73.52.410.52.3
Mar58° / 33°1.55.4211.75.0
Apr67° / 41°2.07.41136.7
May76° / 52°2.790147.1
Jun87° / 62°2.68014.65.2
Jul91° / 67°2.38.5014.43.9
Aug88° / 65°2.69013.54.6
Sep82° / 57°1.56012.37.0
Oct69° / 44°1.95.40.5117.6
Nov56° / 32°0.73.41.19.94.6
Dec46° / 24°0.93.72.79.41.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
27921
37921
47921
57921
67921
77921
87822
97822
107822
117822
127822
137822
147822
157723
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207624
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247426
257327
267327
277129
287129
297129
307030
316931

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Garden City gets around 2.3 in of rain over 8.5 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 27% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
124
223
323
423
523
623
723
823
924
1024
1124
1224
1325
1425
1525
1626
1726
1827
1928
2028
2129
2230
2330
2430
2531
2631
2731
2831
2932
3032
3132

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 17% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1223137100
2223037110
3213038110
4203039120
5182940130
6172941130
7162941140
8152942140
9132942150
10122942161
11113042161
12113042161
13103142171
14103142171
15103141171
16103141171
17103240181
18103240181
19103240181
20103239181
21103239181
22103239191
23113138190
24113138190
25113138200
26113138200
27113038210
28113038210
29113038220
30102938220
31102939220

Wind in July

Winds average 9 mph in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
110light breeze
210light breeze
310light breeze
410light breeze
510light breeze
610light breeze
710light breeze
810light breeze
910light breeze
1010light breeze
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129light breeze
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299light breeze
309light breeze
319light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 36 min at the start of July to 14 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:29 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 8:05 PM to 7:50 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.65:298:05
214.65:298:05
314.65:308:05
414.65:308:05
514.65:318:05
614.65:318:04
714.55:328:04
814.55:328:04
914.55:338:04
1014.55:338:03
1114.55:348:03
1214.55:358:03
1314.55:358:02
1414.45:368:02
1514.45:378:01
1614.45:378:01
1714.45:388:00
1814.45:398:00
1914.35:397:59
2014.35:407:59
2114.35:417:58
2214.35:427:57
2314.25:437:57
2414.25:437:56
2514.25:447:55
2614.25:457:54
2714.15:467:54
2814.15:477:53
2914.15:477:52
3014.05:487:51
3114.05:497:50

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.56 kWh/m² to a high of 7.18 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.13 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
27.3Intense
37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
87.3Intense
97.3Intense
107.3Intense
117.3Intense
127.2Intense
137.2Intense
147.2Intense
157.2Intense
167.2Intense
177.1Intense
187.1Intense
197.1Intense
207.1Intense
217.0Intense
227.0Intense
237.0Intense
246.9Intense
256.9Intense
266.9Intense
276.8Intense
286.8Intense
296.8Intense
306.7Intense
316.7Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Garden City?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Garden City. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Garden City in July

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

In July, Garden City sees daytime highs around 91°F and nights near 67°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Garden City in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Garden City peaks around July 12 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateVery highVery highHighModerateJul 12UV 10Dec 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb4Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr8Very high
May8Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug9Very high
Sep7Very high
Oct5High
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Garden City?

Garden City sits at 38.0°N, 100.9°W, 2,838 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Dodge City, 49 mi away.

Topography around Garden City

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Garden City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 ft around an average of 2,844 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 259 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,306 ft.

The land around Garden City is covered by artificial surfaces (39%) and grassland (35%) within 2 miles, cropland (61%) and grassland (34%) within 10 miles, and cropland (71%) and grassland (28%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
121 ft
10 miles
259 ft
50 miles
1,306 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
July weather nearby: Dodge City 49 mi · Liberal 64 mi · Hays 104 mi · Great Bend 117 mi · Dumas 158 mi · Hutchinson 160 mi · Pampa 168 mi · Salina 186 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
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

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 Garden City (37.9717°, -100.8727°, elevation 2,838 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).