Rio Rancho weather in July

In July, Rio Rancho sees average daytime highs of 89°F and overnight lows near 66°F, with 1.2 in of rain across 6.6 wet days and about 14.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 89°F through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Rio Rancho's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rio Rancho's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 89°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 66°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 1.2 in; 6.6 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 12 min; 5:07 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 mph; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 7.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

Rio Rancho is city in Sandoval and Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States.

Density: 326/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1961

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 89°F through the month.

A typical July day in Rio Rancho reaches about 89°F in the afternoon and slips back to 66°F overnight — a 23°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 81°F and 95°F. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°F warmer than August.

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Avg high (°F)	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87
Avg low (°F)	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	90	64
2	90	65
3	90	65
4	90	65
5	90	65
6	90	65
7	90	65
8	90	65
9	89	65
10	89	66
11	89	66
12	89	66
13	89	66
14	89	66
15	89	66
16	89	66
17	89	66
18	89	66
19	89	66
20	89	66
21	89	66
22	89	66
23	89	66
24	88	66
25	88	66
26	88	66
27	88	66
28	88	66
29	88	66
30	88	65
31	87	65

How July really feels in Rio Rancho

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 8 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

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

Rio Rancho weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	46° / 25°	0.6	4.2	2.4	9.9	1.3
Feb	52° / 29°	0.6	3.6	1.7	10.7	3.2
Mar	60° / 35°	0.6	3.6	0.8	11.7	5.9
Apr	68° / 42°	0.6	2.8	0.4	12.9	7.7
May	78° / 51°	0.7	3.2	0	13.8	8.1
Jun	88° / 61°	0.4	2.3	0	14.3	5.6
Jul	89° / 66°	1.2	6.6	0	14.1	4.7
Aug	86° / 64°	1.1	6.2	0	13.3	5.6
Sep	80° / 57°	1.1	4.4	0	12.2	7.8
Oct	69° / 45°	1.1	4.1	0.2	11.1	7.8
Nov	55° / 33°	0.6	3.2	0.9	10.1	4.5
Dec	45° / 25°	0.8	3.8	2.3	9.7	1.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	86	85	85	83	83	82	82	82	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	77	78	77	77	76	76	74	74	74	74	74
Cloudier (%)	14	15	15	17	17	18	18	18	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	22	23	23	24	24	26	26	26	26	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Rio Rancho gets around 1.2 in of rain over 6.6 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 21% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	29	29	29	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	14
3	15
4	15
5	16
6	16
7	16
8	16
9	16
10	17
11	17
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27	29
28	29
29	29
30	29
31	29

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 78% 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 (%)	89	88	87	86	86	85	84	84	83	82	82	83	82	82	81	81	80	78	77	76	75	73	72	71	70	69	67	67	65	65	65
Comfortable (%)	9	10	11	12	12	13	14	14	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	25	26	26	27	27	27
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	89	9	2
2	88	10	2
3	87	11	2
4	86	12	2
5	86	12	2
6	85	13	2
7	84	14	2
8	84	14	2
9	83	15	2
10	82	16	2
11	82	16	2
12	83	16	1
13	82	17	1
14	82	17	1
15	81	18	1
16	81	18	1
17	80	19	1
18	78	20	2
19	77	21	2
20	76	22	2
21	75	22	3
22	73	23	4
23	72	24	4
24	71	24	5
25	70	25	5
26	69	25	6
27	67	26	7
28	67	26	7
29	65	27	8
30	65	27	8
31	65	27	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 14 h 18 min at the start of July to 13 h 48 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 5:00 AM to 5:18 AM, and sunset from 7:20 PM to 7:07 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)	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.3	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.2	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.0	14.0	14.0	14.0	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.9	13.8	13.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:00	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18
Sunset (PM)	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.3	5:00	7:20
2	14.3	5:00	7:20
3	14.3	5:00	7:20
4	14.3	5:01	7:20
5	14.3	5:01	7:20
6	14.3	5:02	7:20
7	14.3	5:02	7:20
8	14.3	5:03	7:20
9	14.3	5:03	7:19
10	14.3	5:04	7:19
11	14.2	5:04	7:19
12	14.2	5:05	7:19
13	14.2	5:06	7:18
14	14.2	5:06	7:18
15	14.2	5:07	7:17
16	14.2	5:07	7:17
17	14.1	5:08	7:17
18	14.1	5:09	7:16
19	14.1	5:09	7:16
20	14.1	5:10	7:15
21	14.1	5:11	7:15
22	14.0	5:12	7:14
23	14.0	5:12	7:13
24	14.0	5:13	7:13
25	14.0	5:14	7:12
26	13.9	5:14	7:11
27	13.9	5:15	7:11
28	13.9	5:16	7:10
29	13.9	5:17	7:09
30	13.8	5:17	7:08
31	13.8	5:18	7:07

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 7.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.05 kWh/m² to a high of 8.27 kWh/m² in June across the year — July's 7.59 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)	8.0	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.6	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.2	7.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	8.0	Intense
2	8.0	Intense
3	7.9	Intense
4	7.9	Intense
5	7.9	Intense
6	7.9	Intense
7	7.8	Intense
8	7.8	Intense
9	7.8	Intense
10	7.7	Intense
11	7.7	Intense
12	7.7	Intense
13	7.7	Intense
14	7.6	Intense
15	7.6	Intense
16	7.6	Intense
17	7.5	Intense
18	7.5	Intense
19	7.5	Intense
20	7.5	Intense
21	7.5	Intense
22	7.4	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.4	Intense
25	7.3	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.3	Intense
30	7.2	Intense
31	7.2	Intense

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Rio Rancho?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

7.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Rio Rancho for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Rio Rancho in July

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

In July, Rio Rancho sees daytime highs around 89°F and nights near 66°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

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UV index in Rio Rancho in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rio Rancho peaks around June 23 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 3 (moderate).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	4	5	6	8	9	12	12	11	9	6	4	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	4	Moderate
Feb	5	Moderate
Mar	6	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Rio Rancho?

Rio Rancho sits at 35.2°N, 106.7°W, 5,282 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Enchanted Hills, 8.1 mi away.

Topography around Rio Rancho

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Rio Rancho has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 ft around an average of 5,246 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,156 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,522 ft.

The land around Rio Rancho is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) and bare terrain (20%) within 2 miles, grassland (39%), artificial surfaces (29%) and bare terrain (20%) within 10 miles, and grassland (55%) and trees (20%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

469 ft

artificial surfaces 68%

10 miles

3,156 ft

grassland 39%

50 miles

6,522 ft

grassland 55%

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

July weather nearby: Enchanted Hills 8.1 mi · Albuquerque 11 mi · South Valley 16 mi · Los Lunas 30 mi · Santa Fe 52 mi · Gallup 119 mi · Farmington 135 mi · Durango 157 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 Rio Rancho (35.2334°, -106.6645°, elevation 5,282 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).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	90	64
2	90	65
3	90	65
4	90	65
5	90	65
6	90	65
7	90	65
8	90	65
9	89	65
10	89	66
11	89	66
12	89	66
13	89	66
14	89	66
15	89	66
16	89	66
17	89	66
18	89	66
19	89	66
20	89	66
21	89	66
22	89	66
23	89	66
24	88	66
25	88	66
26	88	66
27	88	66
28	88	66
29	88	66
30	88	65
31	87	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	89	9	2
2	88	10	2
3	87	11	2
4	86	12	2
5	86	12	2
6	85	13	2
7	84	14	2
8	84	14	2
9	83	15	2
10	82	16	2
11	82	16	2
12	83	16	1
13	82	17	1
14	82	17	1
15	81	18	1
16	81	18	1
17	80	19	1
18	78	20	2
19	77	21	2
20	76	22	2
21	75	22	3
22	73	23	4
23	72	24	4
24	71	24	5
25	70	25	5
26	69	25	6
27	67	26	7
28	67	26	7
29	65	27	8
30	65	27	8
31	65	27	8

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	90	64
2	90	65
3	90	65
4	90	65
5	90	65
6	90	65
7	90	65
8	90	65
9	89	65
10	89	66
11	89	66
12	89	66
13	89	66
14	89	66
15	89	66
16	89	66
17	89	66
18	89	66
19	89	66
20	89	66
21	89	66
22	89	66
23	89	66
24	88	66
25	88	66
26	88	66
27	88	66
28	88	66
29	88	66
30	88	65
31	87	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	89	9	2
2	88	10	2
3	87	11	2
4	86	12	2
5	86	12	2
6	85	13	2
7	84	14	2
8	84	14	2
9	83	15	2
10	82	16	2
11	82	16	2
12	83	16	1
13	82	17	1
14	82	17	1
15	81	18	1
16	81	18	1
17	80	19	1
18	78	20	2
19	77	21	2
20	76	22	2
21	75	22	3
22	73	23	4
23	72	24	4
24	71	24	5
25	70	25	5
26	69	25	6
27	67	26	7
28	67	26	7
29	65	27	8
30	65	27	8
31	65	27	8

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	90	64
2	90	65
3	90	65
4	90	65
5	90	65
6	90	65
7	90	65
8	90	65
9	89	65
10	89	66
11	89	66
12	89	66
13	89	66
14	89	66
15	89	66
16	89	66
17	89	66
18	89	66
19	89	66
20	89	66
21	89	66
22	89	66
23	89	66
24	88	66
25	88	66
26	88	66
27	88	66
28	88	66
29	88	66
30	88	65
31	87	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	79	21
15	79	21
16	79	21
17	79	21
18	79	21
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	78	22
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	76	24
26	76	24
27	74	26
28	74	26
29	74	26
30	74	26
31	74	26

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	89	9	2
2	88	10	2
3	87	11	2
4	86	12	2
5	86	12	2
6	85	13	2
7	84	14	2
8	84	14	2
9	83	15	2
10	82	16	2
11	82	16	2
12	83	16	1
13	82	17	1
14	82	17	1
15	81	18	1
16	81	18	1
17	80	19	1
18	78	20	2
19	77	21	2
20	76	22	2
21	75	22	3
22	73	23	4
23	72	24	4
24	71	24	5
25	70	25	5
26	69	25	6
27	67	26	7
28	67	26	7
29	65	27	8
30	65	27	8
31	65	27	8