Climate averages 1991–2020
Dijon 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 Dijon: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 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 32 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Besançon (76 km away). In July its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Dijon, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dijon ranks 18th of 57 for the warmest July highs and 48th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Dijon is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 70 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
Dijon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 73 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 13.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.916 h |
| July, selected | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 75 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 84 | 13.6 | 8.69 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
- Besançon in JulyFrance · 76 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Geneva in JulySwitzerland · 151 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Lausanne in JulySwitzerland · 152 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in JulyFrance · 172 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Lyon in JulyFrance · 174 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Nancy in JulyFrance · 176 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Mulhouse in JulyFrance · 180 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Bern in JulySwitzerland · 189 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 104 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 Dijon) is explained once on the Dijon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.