Climate averages 1991–2020
Charlotte weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Charlotte: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Concord (North Carolina), United States (31 km away). In July its highs average 31.6°C, about as warm as Charlotte, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Charlotte ranks joint 161st of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 370th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Charlotte is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 98 mm to 96 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
Charlotte climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 91 | 9.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 12.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 83 | 8.7 | 10.911 h |
| March | 16.1°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 106 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.3°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 87 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| May | 25.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 76 | 10.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 29.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 95 | 13.1 | 14.514 h |
| July, selected | 31.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 98 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 96 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| September | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 98 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 21.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 81 | 6.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 82 | 7.8 | 10.410 h |
| December | 11.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 93 | 9.1 | 9.810 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
- Concord (North Carolina), United States in JulyUnited States · 31 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 97 mm rain
- Gastonia in JulyUnited States · 31 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Rock Hill in JulyUnited States · 37 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 93 mm rain
- High Point in JulyUnited States · 111 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Winston-Salem in JulyUnited States · 111 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Greensboro in JulyUnited States · 134 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Columbia (South Carolina), United States in JulyUnited States · 137 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Asheville in JulyUnited States · 161 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 99 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 Charlotte) is explained once on the Charlotte year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.