Climate averages 1991–2020

Mission Viejo weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 26.1°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 17.7°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 1.3 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mission Viejo · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Mission Viejo: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Irvine (16 km away). In July its highs average 27.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Mission Viejo, with 1.6 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Mission Viejo ranks 456th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 42nd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Mission Viejo is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.3 mm to under 1 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. 51015202530 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

Mission Viejo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mission Viejo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 17.8°C8.4°C8.4°C665.510.210 h
February 17.7°C8.9°C8.9°C796.311.011 h
March 18.5°C10.1°C10.1°C465.712.012 h
April 19.8°C11.4°C11.4°C202.913.013 h
May 21.0°C13.4°C13.4°C7.71.713.914 h
June 23.4°C15.3°C15.3°C1.50.414.314 h
July, selected 26.1°C17.7°C17.7°C1.30.414.114 h
August 27.2°C18.5°C18.5°C0.80.213.413 h
September 26.6°C17.9°C17.9°C3.30.612.412 h
October 24.1°C15.1°C15.1°C152.011.411 h
November 21.0°C11.6°C11.6°C212.710.510 h
December 17.6°C8.5°C8.5°C484.910.010 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 Mission Viejo

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