Climate averages 1991–2020
Geneva weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Geneva: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 23 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lausanne (51 km away). In July its highs average 22.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Geneva, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Switzerland, Geneva ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 8 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 8 cities is 23.0°C; Geneva is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 117 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
Geneva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 115 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 100 | 11.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 109 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 109 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 144 | 15.9 | 14.915 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| July, selected | 24.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 117 | 12.7 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 109 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 112 | 12.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 125 | 13.5 | 9.59 h |
| December | 5.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 131 | 13.4 | 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
- Lausanne in JulySwitzerland · 51 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in JulyFrance · 109 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Lyon in JulyFrance · 112 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Besançon in JulyFrance · 117 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Grenoble in JulyFrance · 119 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 113 mm rain
- Bern in JulySwitzerland · 130 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Dijon in JulyFrance · 151 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in JulyFrance · 161 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 83 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 Geneva) is explained once on the Geneva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.