Climate averages 1991–2020
Bela Bela weather
in July.
A mild, very dry month: one of the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Bela Bela: daytime highs average 20.5°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 45 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hammanskraal (58 km away). In July its highs average 20.6°C, about as warm as Bela Bela, with 2.7 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bela Bela ranks 16th of 95 for the warmest July highs and 5th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Bela Bela is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.6 mm to 3.7 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
Bela Bela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 12.5 | 13.513 h |
| February | 28.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 78 | 8.8 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 13 | 2.2 | 10.911 h |
| June | 20.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| July, selected | 20.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 24.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.211 h |
| September | 28.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 13 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 89 | 11.8 | 13.313 h |
| December | 28.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 114 | 14.4 | 13.614 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
- Hammanskraal in JulySouth Africa · 58 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 5.7°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Soshanguve in JulySouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Somaroboro in JulySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 4.6°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in JulySouth Africa · 87 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Pretoria in JulySouth Africa · 96 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 5.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Brits in JulySouth Africa · 98 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 5.8°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Mokopane in JulySouth Africa · 106 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Centurion in JulySouth Africa · 109 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 3.2 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 Bela Bela) is explained once on the Bela Bela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.