Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafayette (Louisiana), United States weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lafayette (Louisiana), United States: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baton Rouge (84 km away). In July its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Lafayette (Louisiana), United States, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lafayette (Louisiana), United States ranks joint 142nd of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 460th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Lafayette (Louisiana), United States is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 121 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
Lafayette (Louisiana), United States climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 127 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| February | 18.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 107 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| March | 21.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 109 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 24.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 109 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 92 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| June | 31.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 114 | 14.2 | 14.114 h |
| July, selected | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 124 | 17.4 | 13.914 h |
| August | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 121 | 16.1 | 13.213 h |
| September | 30.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 96 | 11.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 96 | 7.7 | 11.511 h |
| November | 21.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 90 | 8.2 | 10.711 h |
| December | 17.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 112 | 9.2 | 10.210 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
- Baton Rouge in JulyUnited States · 84 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Lake Charles in JulyUnited States · 114 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Metairie in JulyUnited States · 182 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 136 mm rain
- New Orleans in JulyUnited States · 189 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Beaumont in JulyUnited States · 201 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 107 mm rain
- Gulfport in JulyUnited States · 281 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 139 mm rain
- Jackson in JulyUnited States · 289 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 102 mm rain
- Baytown in JulyUnited States · 290 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.6°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 Lafayette) is explained once on the Lafayette (Louisiana), United States year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.