Weather in Annecy in July

A good month. July is a solid month to be in Annecy. Highs average 26 °C, lows 16.3 °C, and rain falls on 14 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

July ranks 3 of 12 in Annecy. Only September scores clearly higher, and the difference is small enough to be settled by price rather than weather.

Rain on 14 days, 3 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 5 days top 30 °C — hot spells arrive, but they break. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 36.7 °C and the coldest night fell to 8.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 54 mm — roughly 58% of the month's rain in one day.

July is moderately variable: 36 mm in the driest year against 241 mm in the wettest, around an average of 93 mm. Roughly two Julys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 5.5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 68%.

How July sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 23.5 °C in June, 26 here, 25.9 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Annecy's year: 15.4 hours of daylight, losing 0.8 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

With no coast nearby, the year swings a fair way — 27.3 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

July in Annecy versus nearby

If Annecy is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is close enough to be a coin toss — 3.8 °C cooler, 2 days more rain. Lyon is close enough to be a coin toss — 2.1 °C warmer, 4 days less rain.

So: July works, with September the better month by 7 points if the dates can move. If they cannot, nothing here should stop you booking.

Every month in Annecy

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