Climate averages 1991–2020
Nicosia weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Nicosia: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Larnaca (37 km away). In July its highs average 33.4°C, 2.4°C cooler than Nicosia, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Cyprus, Nicosia ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 3 cities is 34.1°C; Nicosia is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.4 mm to 2.7 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Nicosia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 57 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 48 | 7.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 36 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 29 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 30 | 4.5 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 7.3 | 1.8 | 14.514 h |
| July, selected | 35.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 32.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 37 | 5.5 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 5.5 | 10.410 h |
| December | 16.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 8.5 | 9.810 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Larnaca in JulyCyprus · 37 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Limassol in JulyCyprus · 62 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Silifke in JulyTurkey · 144 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Alanya in JulyTurkey · 195 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Mersin in JulyTurkey · 216 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Karaman in JulyTurkey · 224 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Latakia in JulySyria · 225 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 4.3 mm rain
- Ţarţūs in JulySyria · 233 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 3.6 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 Nicosia) is explained once on the Nicosia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.