Rancho Mirage weather in July

In July, Rancho Mirage sees average daytime highs of 96°F and overnight lows near 70°F, with 0.3 in of rain across 2 wet days and about 14 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 96°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of July to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Rancho Mirage's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rancho Mirage's year-round climate.

Daytime high
96°
1st warmest
Overnight low
70°
11th coldest
Rainfall
0.3 in
2 wet days
Daylight
14 hours
4:50 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
20%
5th clearest
Wind
4 mph
5th windiest
Solar energy
7.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Rancho Mirage is city in Riverside County, California, United States.

Density
277/km²
people per km²
Founded
1973

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 96°F through the month.

A typical July day in Rancho Mirage reaches about 96°F in the afternoon and slips back to 70°F overnight — a 25°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 89°F and 102°F. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 5°F warmer than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Rancho Mirage

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.

Rancho Mirage weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan60° / 41°1.64.50.2105.8
Feb62° / 42°1.85.10.510.76.2
Mar67° / 46°0.93.50.211.77.5
Apr73° / 50°0.42.3012.88.6
May81° / 56°0.21.2013.78.1
Jun91° / 64°0.00.3014.25.0
Jul96° / 70°0.320143.0
Aug95° / 71°0.42.5013.33.2
Sep89° / 65°0.32012.25.4
Oct79° / 55°0.31.4011.28.6
Nov68° / 46°0.51.80.110.28.0
Dec60° / 40°1.33.80.39.85.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 81% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Rancho Mirage gets around 0.3 in of rain over 2 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 7% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
14
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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 80% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
191630
291630
389740
488840
586950
686950
7851050
8851050
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Wind in July

Winds average 4 mph in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 5 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (mph)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of July to 13 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 4:42 AM to 5:00 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:426:55
214.24:436:55
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414.24:446:55
514.24:446:55
614.24:456:55
714.24:456:55
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.17 kWh/m² to a high of 8.58 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.89 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
18.3Intense
28.3Intense
38.3Intense
48.2Intense
58.2Intense
68.2Intense
78.1Intense
88.1Intense
98.1Intense
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317.6Intense
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Rancho Mirage?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Rancho Mirage in July

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

In July, Rancho Mirage sees daytime highs around 96°F and nights near 70°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Rancho Mirage in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rancho Mirage peaks around June 23 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJun 23UV 11Dec 17UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan4Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr8Very high
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Air quality in Rancho Mirage 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 Rancho Mirage is worst in September — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.3× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodSep 1419 µg/m³Dec 155 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb7Good
Mar8Good
Apr8Good
May7Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul10Good
Aug11Good
Sep20Moderate
Oct6Good
Nov5Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Rancho Mirage?

Rancho Mirage sits at 33.7°N, 116.4°W, 272 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Palm Desert, 2.5 mi away.

Topography around Rancho Mirage

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Rancho Mirage has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,169 ft around an average of 505 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,198 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11,614 ft.

The land around Rancho Mirage is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and bare terrain (34%) within 2 miles, bare terrain (46%), artificial surfaces (22%) and shrubs (20%) within 10 miles, and bare terrain (43%) and shrubs (30%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
2,169 ft
10 miles
6,198 ft
50 miles
11,614 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Palm Desert 2.5 mi · Cathedral City 4.3 mi · La Quinta 8.1 mi · Palm Springs 9.9 mi · Indio 11 mi · Coachella 14 mi · Desert Hot Springs 16 mi · Yucca Valley 26 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 Rancho Mirage (33.7397°, -116.4128°, elevation 272 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).