Climate averages 1991–2020
Marseille weather
in July.
A warm, very 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 Marseille: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille 15 (9 km away). In July its highs average 29.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Marseille, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Marseille ranks joint 7th of 57 for the warmest July highs and 3rd of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Marseille is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 14 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
Marseille climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 63 | 7.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 6.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.7°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 42 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 61 | 7.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 45 | 5.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 24 | 3.6 | 15.315 h |
| July, selected | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 10 | 1.8 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 65 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 88 | 8.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 106 | 10.4 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 70 | 8.5 | 9.09 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
- Marseille 15 in JulyFrance · 9 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in JulyFrance · 26 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Toulon in JulyFrance · 48 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Avignon in JulyFrance · 86 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Nîmes in JulyFrance · 102 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Montpellier in JulyFrance · 126 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Cannes in JulyFrance · 135 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Antibes in JulyFrance · 144 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 13 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 Marseille) is explained once on the Marseille year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.