Climate averages 1991–2020

Honolulu weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 5.9 mm 1 day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Honolulu · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Honolulu: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 5.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average July day.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Honolulu ranks joint 406th of 498 for the warmest July highs and 102nd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Honolulu is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.9 mm to 9.9 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. 15202530 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 500

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

Every month, side by side

Honolulu climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Honolulu, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.3°C21.3°C21.3°C374.911.011 h
February 24.1°C21.0°C21.0°C294.511.411 h
March 24.3°C21.2°C21.2°C394.412.012 h
April 25.0°C21.9°C21.9°C112.412.613 h
May 26.0°C22.7°C22.7°C132.213.113 h
June 26.8°C23.6°C23.6°C8.01.113.413 h
July, selected 27.3°C24.1°C24.1°C5.91.013.313 h
August 27.7°C24.5°C24.5°C9.91.812.913 h
September 27.8°C24.5°C24.5°C102.212.312 h
October 27.3°C24.2°C24.2°C202.911.712 h
November 26.1°C23.4°C23.4°C404.911.111 h
December 25.0°C22.3°C22.3°C475.110.911 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.

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 Honolulu) is explained once on the Honolulu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.