Climate averages 1991–2020
Montpellier weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the 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 hot month in Montpellier: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 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 05 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (46 km away). In July its highs average 30.8°C, 2.5°C warmer than Montpellier, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Montpellier ranks 6th of 57 for the warmest July highs and 6th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Montpellier is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 26 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
Montpellier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 6.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 25 | 3.8 | 15.415 h |
| July, selected | 28.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 114 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 9.1 | 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
- Nîmes in JulyFrance · 46 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Béziers in JulyFrance · 61 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Avignon in JulyFrance · 84 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 26 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in JulyFrance · 122 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Marseille in JulyFrance · 126 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 10 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in JulyFrance · 127 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Perpignan in JulyFrance · 129 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 19 mm rain
- Toulon in JulyFrance · 174 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 8.3 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 Montpellier) is explained once on the Montpellier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.