Climate averages 1991–2020
Tacoma weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Tacoma: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 31 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Federal Way (13 km away). In July its highs average 23.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tacoma, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Tacoma ranks 483rd of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 134th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Tacoma is 6.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 23 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
Tacoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 165 | 17.1 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.5°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 115 | 13.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 132 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 99 | 13.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 61 | 10.1 | 15.115 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 40 | 7.0 | 15.916 h |
| July, selected | 24.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 16 | 2.9 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 50 | 7.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 112 | 12.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 184 | 17.0 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 174 | 16.7 | 8.69 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
- Federal Way in JulyUnited States · 13 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Auburn in JulyUnited States · 17 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Kent in JulyUnited States · 21 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Renton in JulyUnited States · 31 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Seattle in JulyUnited States · 40 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Bellevue in JulyUnited States · 44 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Kirkland in JulyUnited States · 51 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Everett in JulyUnited States · 83 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.3°C · 38 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 Tacoma) is explained once on the Tacoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.