Climate averages 1991–2020
Atlantis weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Atlantis: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cape Town (40 km away). In July its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Atlantis, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Atlantis ranks joint 91st of 95 for the warmest July highs and 91st of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Atlantis is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 59 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Atlantis climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 9.8 | 2.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 9.8 | 1.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 31 | 4.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.5°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 76 | 9.4 | 10.010 h |
| July, selected | 16.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 69 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| August | 16.2°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 59 | 8.4 | 10.911 h |
| September | 17.9°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 36 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 21 | 4.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 12 | 2.9 | 14.314 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Cape Town in JulySouth Africa · 40 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Paarl in JulySouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in JulySouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Somerset West in JulySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in JulySouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in JulySouth Africa · 345 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- George in JulySouth Africa · 370 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 40 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Atlantis) is explained once on the Atlantis year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.