Climate averages 1991–2020
Leeuwarden weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Leeuwarden: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 25 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Groningen (50 km away). In July its highs average 20.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Leeuwarden, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leeuwarden ranks joint 41st of 44 for the warmest July highs and joint 13th of 44 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 44 cities is 21.6°C; Leeuwarden is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 84 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
Leeuwarden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 50 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.7 | 16.917 h |
| July, selected | 20.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.2 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 13.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 13.4 | 7.68 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
- Groningen in JulyThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 14.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Zwolle in JulyThe Netherlands · 79 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Lelystad in JulyThe Netherlands · 80 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Alkmaar in JulyThe Netherlands · 95 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Purmerend in JulyThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Almere Stad in JulyThe Netherlands · 101 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Zaanstad in JulyThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 15.0°C · 79 mm rain
- Zaandam in JulyThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 14.9°C · 79 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 Leeuwarden) is explained once on the Leeuwarden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.