Where to go
Where to go in July
Every place in the atlas, ranked by its July climate: comfortable temperatures, few wet days and clear skies score highest. The United States has the month's top-scoring destination.
iTop ten
The best of July
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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Canary Islands, Spain
25°high in Jul20°low22°sea
Estreito de Câmara de Lobos
Madeira, Portugal
25°high in Jul19°low22°sea
Lubumbashi
Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
25°high in Jul12°low0wet days
iiThe full table
July, ranked
| # | Place | Country | High | Low | Rain | Sea | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brasília Federal District | Brazil | 25° | 14° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 2 | San Francisco California | United States | 69° | 55° | 0 days | 56° | 100 |
| 3 | Arequipa Arequipa | Peru | 20° | 8° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 4 | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Canary Islands | Spain | 25° | 20° | 0 days | 22° | 100 |
| 5 | Ica Ica | Peru | 25° | 16° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 6 | Moquegua Moquegua Department | Peru | 24° | 15° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 7 | Lusaka Lusaka Province | Zambia | 22° | 10° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 8 | Estreito de Câmara de Lobos Madeira | Portugal | 25° | 19° | 0 days | 22° | 100 |
| 9 | Lubumbashi Haut-Katanga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 25° | 12° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 10 | Trujillo La Libertad | Peru | 21° | 15° | 1 day | 18° | 99 |
| 11 | Tarija Tarija Department | Bolivia | 21° | 6° | 1 day | – | 99 |
| 12 | Chiclayo Lambayeque | Peru | 24° | 17° | 0 days | 18° | 99 |
| 13 | Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero | Argentina | 21° | 9° | 1 day | – | 99 |
| 14 | Walvis Bay Erongo Region | Namibia | 20° | 13° | 0 days | 14° | 99 |
| 15 | San Miguel de Tucumán Tucuman | Argentina | 19° | 8° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 16 | Salta Salta | Argentina | 18° | 7° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 17 | Copiapó Atacama | Chile | 22° | 8° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 18 | Khorugh Gorno-Badakhshan | Tajikistan | 20° | 11° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 19 | Lima Lima Province | Peru | 19° | 15° | 0 days | 18° | 97 |
| 20 | Sucre Chuquisaca Department | Bolivia | 18° | 3° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 21 | Cochabamba Cochabamba | Bolivia | 19° | 6° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 22 | Antofagasta Antofagasta | Chile | 17° | 11° | 0 days | 15° | 96 |
| 23 | La Serena Coquimbo Region | Chile | 17° | 10° | 1 day | 13° | 95 |
| 24 | Casablanca Casablanca-Settat | Morocco | 26° | 21° | 1 day | 22° | 94 |
iiiBeach
Beach weather in July
Beach scores add sea temperature and favour hot, settled days.
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2Tel Aviv
Israel
30°high
27°sea
100beach score
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5Tripoli
Lebanon
30°high
27°sea
100beach score
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6Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Spain
26°high
22°sea
100beach score
Beaches to swim at in July
At the towns with the best beach weather this month, with the sea temperature and the EU water quality on each beach's page.
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Cleopatra Beach
Beach · 13 m
Cleopatra Beach
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Jerusalem Beach, Tel Aviv
Beach
Jerusalem Beach, Tel Aviv
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Barr Kawm ar Ramād
Beach · 1 m
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Festivals in July
The best-known festivals held this month, with their town.
- Venice BiennaleArts festival · May–NovVenice, Italy
- San Diego Comic-ConArts festivalSan Diego, United States
- Salzburg FestivalMusic festival · Jul–AugSalzburg, Austria
- Palio di SienaTraditional festival · Jul–AugSiena, Italy
- Karlovy Vary International Film FestivalFilm festivalMariánské Lázně, Czechia
- Festival of San FermínPamplona, Spain
- Bregenzer FestspieleTheatre and dance · Jul–AugBregenz, Austria
- Tomorrowland (festival)Music festivalBoom, Belgium
- North Sea Jazz FestivalMusic festivalRotterdam, Netherlands
- Bayreuth FestivalMusic festival · Jul–AugHeinersreuth, Germany
- Dubrovnik Summer FestivalTheatre and dance · Jul–AugDubrovnik, Croatia
- Newport Folk FestivalMusic festivalNewport, United States
Only the month is given: the exact dates change from year to year.
ivBy country