Climate averages 1991–2020

Purmerend weather
in July.

A mild, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.8°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 14.7°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 75 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 16 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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July is a mild month in Purmerend: daytime highs average 20.8°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 75 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 18 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaanstad (11 km away). In July its highs average 20.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Purmerend, with 79 mm of rain.

Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Purmerend ranks joint 35th of 44 for the warmest July highs and joint 6th of 44 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 44 cities is 21.6°C; Purmerend is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs stay level at 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 79 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Purmerend climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Purmerend, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.7°C1.9°C1.9°C6212.18.38 h
February 6.2°C1.7°C1.7°C5110.49.810 h
March 9.0°C3.4°C3.4°C5010.611.812 h
April 12.7°C5.9°C5.9°C4510.513.914 h
May 16.1°C9.5°C9.5°C5811.215.716 h
June 18.6°C12.4°C12.4°C6211.616.717 h
July, selected 20.8°C14.7°C14.7°C7513.016.316 h
August 20.8°C14.9°C14.9°C7912.714.715 h
September 17.9°C12.6°C12.6°C6911.912.713 h
October 13.9°C9.2°C9.2°C6912.810.711 h
November 9.5°C5.6°C5.6°C6213.08.89 h
December 6.4°C2.8°C2.8°C6813.07.88 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

Distance from Purmerend

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Purmerend) is explained once on the Purmerend year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.