Climate averages 1991–2020
Libreville weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest 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 Libreville: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 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 12 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Owendo (13 km away). In July its highs average 27.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Libreville, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Libreville ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 6 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 6 cities is 27.8°C; Libreville is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 35 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
Libreville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 250 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 218 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 270 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 261 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 244 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 82 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| July, selected | 27.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 35 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 151 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 358 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 393 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 316 | 30.2 | 12.112 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
- Owendo in JulyGabon · 13 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Port-Gentil in JulyGabon · 144 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Bata in JulyEquatorial Guinea · 167 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in JulyEquatorial Guinea · 203 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Oyem in JulyGabon · 272 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Kribi in JulyCameroon · 287 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 253 mm rain
- São Tomé in JulySao Tome and Principe · 303 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Ébolowa in JulyCameroon · 337 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 156 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 Libreville) is explained once on the Libreville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.