What are the Spotlight Hours for Pokemon GO in July 2025?

Pokemon GO Spotlight Hours happen every week in Niantic’s mobile game, letting players find and catch one type of Pokemon (or sometimes more than one) way more easily. For example, the first Spotlight Hour event for July 2025 happens on the first day of the month, and players will encounter a Party Hat Pikachu more often.

And every Spotlight Hour event in Pokemon GO has featured bonuses to give you even more goodies. Like that Pikachu hour we mentioned, you’ll earn double the amount of Stardust for each electric mouse caught. Also worth pointing out that each Spotlight Hour happens on Tuesday at 6 PM local time. And, as the event name suggests, the increased spawns only last sixty minutes.

In this Pokemon GO Spotlight Hour guide for July 2025, we’ll show you the featured Pokemon, the event bonuses, evolution info, and answers on whether the Pokemon have shiny variants.

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Pokemon GO Spotlight Hour Schedule for July 2025

Dates and Times

Featured Pokemon and Time/Date	Bonuses	Can It Be Shiny?	Does it Evolve?
Striped Party Hat Pikachu July 1 at 6 PM	Double Catch Stardust	Yes! A shiny variant is available.	Pikachu evolves into Raichu after being fed 50 Candy. You can also evolve Pichu into Pikachu with 25 Candy.
Voltorb/Hisuian Voltorb July 8 at 6 PM	Double Catch XP	Shiny version available for both.	Voltorb evolves into Electrode after being fed 50 Candy –same goes for the Hisuian counterparts.
Feebas July 15 at 6 PM	Double Catch Candy	Shiny version is available.	Feebas evolves into the beautiful Milotic once fed 100 Candy and walked a bit as a Buddy Pokemon.
Jigglypuff July 22 at 6 PM	Double Transfer Candy	Yes! You can find a shiny Jigglypuff in Pokemon GO.	You can evolve Jigglypuff into Wigglytuff with 50 Candy. Also worth noting that Igglybuff evolves into Jigglypuff with 25 Candy.
Roggenrola July 29 at 6 PM	Double Evolution XP	Yes! There is a shiny version of Roggenrola.	You can evolve Roggenrola into Boldore by feeding it 50 Candy. You can then get Gigalith by feeding Boldore 200 Candy or via a good ol’ fashioned trade.