Climate averages 1991–2020
La Rochelle weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in La Rochelle: daytime highs average 23.7°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 23 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (121 km away). In July its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as La Rochelle, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, La Rochelle ranks joint 42nd of 57 for the warmest July highs and 13th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; La Rochelle is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 42 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
La Rochelle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 77 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 10.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 9.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 57 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 8.4 | 15.716 h |
| July, selected | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 12.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 92 | 12.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 9.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 87 | 12.8 | 8.79 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
- Nantes in JulyFrance · 121 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Poitiers in JulyFrance · 124 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Angers in JulyFrance · 152 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Bordeaux in JulyFrance · 154 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Limoges in JulyFrance · 189 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Tours in JulyFrance · 197 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Rennes in JulyFrance · 220 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Le Mans in JulyFrance · 229 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 44 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 La Rochelle) is explained once on the La Rochelle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.