Weather in Laredo in July

A hard month. July is a hard month in Laredo, and worth planning around. Daytime highs average 37.1 °C and the afternoon is not negotiable — outdoor plans move to early morning or evening.

July ranks 10 of 12 — near the bottom of Laredo's year. February is the month that works, and the swing between the two is 64 points, which is a different holiday rather than a slightly better one.

Rain on 8 days, 2 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for heat management rather than style: shade, water, and a schedule that gives up on the middle of the day.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: 23 days of the month clear 35 °C — that is not a heatwave, it is the month. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 44 °C and the coldest night fell to 20.3 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 75 mm — roughly 121% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. July rainfall has ranged from 5 mm to 171 mm across the twenty years measured — a 166 mm spread around an average of 62 mm. The average is real but almost no individual July looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 14.3 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 60%.

How July sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 37.7 °C in June, 37.1 here, 37.8 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Laredo's year: 13.7 hours of daylight, losing 0.4 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 — 29.9 °C between the warmest afternoons and the coldest nights, wider than any coastal city at this latitude would manage.

How busy it gets

Quiet. Few other visitors, cheaper rooms, and a real chance some seasonal operators are shut.

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

July in Laredo versus nearby

If Laredo is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Corpus Christi is a better bet in July — 3 °C cooler, 2 days more rain. Monterrey is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 6 days more rain.

So: July is a compromise. February is 55 points better and is what Laredo is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Laredo

See all twelve months in Laredo, or where else to go in July.