Climate averages 1991–2020
Edmonton weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Edmonton: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sherwood Park (11 km away). In July its highs average 21.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Edmonton, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Edmonton ranks joint 69th of 86 for the warmest July highs and joint 56th of 86 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 86 cities is 24.4°C; Edmonton is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Edmonton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 18 | 5.6 | 8.18 h |
| February | -4.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | 0.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 16 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 32 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 53 | 8.3 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 13.3 | 16.917 h |
| July, selected | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 88 | 13.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 58 | 9.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 23 | 5.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | -0.7°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 21 | 5.6 | 8.79 h |
| December | -6.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 14 | 4.6 | 7.68 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Sherwood Park in JulyCanada · 11 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Red Deer in JulyCanada · 144 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Airdrie in JulyCanada · 253 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Calgary in JulyCanada · 281 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 10.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Grande Prairie in JulyCanada · 389 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.1°C · 77 mm rain
- Lethbridge in JulyCanada · 430 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Saskatoon in JulyCanada · 483 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.9°C · 70 mm rain
- Kamloops in JulyCanada · 567 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.2°C · 34 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Edmonton) is explained once on the Edmonton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.