Climate averages 1991–2020
Caen weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Caen: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 47 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Havre (48 km away). In July its highs average 20.8°C, 1.7°C cooler than Caen, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Caen ranks joint 51st of 57 for the warmest July highs and joint 28th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Caen is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 60 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
Caen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 59 | 11.5 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 56 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.5 | 16.216 h |
| July, selected | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 60 | 10.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 53 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 66 | 12.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 74 | 13.3 | 8.38 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
- Le Havre in JulyFrance · 48 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 61 mm rain
- Rouen in JulyFrance · 110 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Saint Helier in JulyJersey · 127 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Le Mans in JulyFrance · 138 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Rennes in JulyFrance · 154 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in JulyFrance · 178 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in JulyFrance · 180 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Worthing in JulyUnited Kingdom · 181 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 49 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 Caen) is explained once on the Caen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.