Climate averages 1991–2020
Zwolle weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Zwolle: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 14.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 16 h 18 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deventer (29 km away). In July its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Zwolle, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Zwolle ranks 20th of 44 for the warmest July highs and 41st of 44 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 44 cities is 21.6°C; Zwolle is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 85 mm to 81 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
Zwolle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 66 | 13.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 54 | 10.8 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 56 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 50 | 10.4 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 64 | 11.7 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 69 | 12.0 | 16.717 h |
| July, selected | 21.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 85 | 14.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 81 | 13.8 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 66 | 11.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 59 | 12.7 | 8.89 h |
| December | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 69 | 13.0 | 7.88 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
- Deventer in JulyThe Netherlands · 29 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in JulyThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 84 mm rain
- Lelystad in JulyThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Almelo in JulyThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Hengelo in JulyThe Netherlands · 55 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Arnhem in JulyThe Netherlands · 61 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Almere Stad in JulyThe Netherlands · 62 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Amersfoort in JulyThe Netherlands · 62 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 80 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 Zwolle) is explained once on the Zwolle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.