Climate averages 1991–2020
Tours weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Tours: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 32 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Mans (77 km away). In July its highs average 23.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Tours, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Tours ranks joint 19th of 57 for the warmest July highs and joint 16th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Tours is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 48 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
Tours climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 62 | 11.2 | 8.99 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 55 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 66 | 11.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 47 | 8.6 | 15.916 h |
| July, selected | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 44 | 7.6 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 48 | 7.6 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 49 | 7.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 10.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 65 | 11.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 8.4°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 71 | 11.8 | 8.59 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 Mans in JulyFrance · 77 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Poitiers in JulyFrance · 94 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Angers in JulyFrance · 95 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Orléans, France in JulyFrance · 106 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Nantes in JulyFrance · 171 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 39 mm rain
- Limoges in JulyFrance · 178 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in JulyFrance · 182 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Versailles in JulyFrance · 189 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 55 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 Tours) is explained once on the Tours year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.