Climate averages 1991–2020
Phoenix weather
in July.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Phoenix: daytime highs average 40.6°C and nights cool to about 27.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Glendale (Arizona), United States (14 km away). In July its highs average 40.6°C, about as warm as Phoenix, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Phoenix ranks joint 6th of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 143rd of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Phoenix is 10.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 39.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 29 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
Phoenix climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 32 | 3.7 | 10.210 h |
| February | 20.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 38 | 4.1 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 26 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 29.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 8.0 | 1.3 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 4.1 | 0.6 | 13.914 h |
| June | 39.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 14.314 h |
| July, selected | 40.6°C27.9°C | 27.9°C | 19 | 3.5 | 14.114 h |
| August | 39.6°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 29 | 4.4 | 13.413 h |
| September | 36.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 24 | 3.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 20 | 2.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 23.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 18 | 2.2 | 10.510 h |
| December | 17.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 28 | 3.6 | 10.010 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
- Glendale (Arizona), United States in JulyUnited States · 14 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 28.1°C · 18 mm rain
- Tempe in JulyUnited States · 16 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 27.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Scottsdale in JulyUnited States · 18 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 27.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Peoria (Arizona), United States in JulyUnited States · 21 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 28.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Mesa in JulyUnited States · 24 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Avondale in JulyUnited States · 26 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 28.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Goodyear in JulyUnited States · 26 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 28.3°C · 18 mm rain
- Chandler in JulyUnited States · 27 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 27.2°C · 19 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 Phoenix) is explained once on the Phoenix year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Scottsdale and Tempe lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.