Climate averages 1991–2020
Maastricht weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Maastricht: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 80 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 02 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Heerlen (21 km away). In July its highs average 22.5°C, about as warm as Maastricht, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Maastricht ranks 4th of 44 for the warmest July highs and joint 26th of 44 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 44 cities is 21.6°C; Maastricht is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 77 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
Maastricht climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 76 | 13.5 | 8.58 h |
| February | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 69 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 69 | 13.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.2 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 64 | 12.5 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 74 | 12.9 | 16.416 h |
| July, selected | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 80 | 13.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 77 | 12.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 64 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 65 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 70 | 13.0 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 87 | 14.5 | 8.08 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
- Heerlen in JulyThe Netherlands · 21 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Liège in JulyBelgium · 25 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Hasselt in JulyBelgium · 26 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Aachen in JulyGermany · 29 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Düren in JulyGermany · 57 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Mönchengladbach in JulyGermany · 65 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Viersen in JulyGermany · 67 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.8°C · 81 mm rain
- Venlo in JulyThe Netherlands · 67 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 78 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 Maastricht) is explained once on the Maastricht year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.