Weather in Richmond in July

Prime time. If you get to pick your dates, July is the one. Highs average 21.4 °C, lows 14.7 °C, and rain falls on 5 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

July is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is August, and the month at the other end of the year is December.

Rain falls on only 5 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. 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: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average July reaches 30 °C. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 31.9 °C and the coldest night fell to 10.3 °C.

July is moderately variable: 3 mm in the driest year against 55 mm in the wettest, around an average of 26 mm. Roughly two Julys in three land near that average, and the third does something else entirely.

Wind is light at 3.6 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity runs at 75%, high enough to notice on the warm days without dominating them.

How July sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 18.2 °C in June, 21.4 here, 21.5 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much. Rain has already shifted: 6 days fewer than June had.

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Richmond's year: 14.5 hours of daylight, losing 0.6 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

An inland climate

Despite being inland, the year stays fairly even: 18.7 °C between the year's warmest afternoons and coldest nights.

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 Richmond versus nearby

If Richmond is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Virginia Beach is the weaker option in July — 8.7 °C warmer, 12 days more rain. Washington is the weaker option in July — 9.7 °C warmer, 9 days more rain.

So: July is the answer for Richmond. If it is booked out or priced out, August is the next best thing at 1 points behind, and December is the month to keep off the shortlist.

Every month in Richmond

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