Climate averages 1991–2020

Oakland weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the 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 26.0°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 13.7°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 15 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Oakland · average highYear overview

July is a warm month in Oakland: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 30 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Berkeley (7 km away). In July its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Oakland, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Oakland ranks joint 457th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 9th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Oakland is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays 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. 051015202530 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

Oakland climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Oakland, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 14.0°C5.7°C5.7°C939.49.910 h
February 15.3°C6.6°C6.6°C979.210.811 h
March 17.0°C7.8°C7.8°C738.811.912 h
April 18.9°C8.9°C8.9°C344.913.113 h
May 21.7°C10.9°C10.9°C173.214.214 h
June 24.8°C12.6°C12.6°C3.60.914.715 h
July, selected 26.0°C13.7°C13.7°C0.40.214.515 h
August 26.3°C14.2°C14.2°C0.90.113.614 h
September 26.2°C13.8°C13.8°C1.40.412.512 h
October 23.2°C12.1°C12.1°C212.911.311 h
November 17.6°C8.6°C8.6°C465.710.210 h
December 13.8°C6.0°C6.0°C879.39.610 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 Oakland

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

Berkeley lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.