Climate averages 1991–2020
Botshabelo weather
in July.
A mild, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Botshabelo: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (13 km away). In July its highs average 15.7°C, about as warm as Botshabelo, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Botshabelo ranks joint 91st of 95 for the warmest July highs and joint 60th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Botshabelo is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 19.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.4 mm to 18 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
Botshabelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 102 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 87 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 21 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.310 h |
| July, selected | 16.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 19.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 88 | 11.6 | 14.014 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
- Thaba Nchu in JulySouth Africa · 13 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in JulySouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 1.8°C · 8.0 mm rain
- Maseru in JulyLesotho · 74 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low -0.8°C · 10 mm rain
- Virginia in JulySouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Welkom in JulySouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in JulySouth Africa · 155 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 2.5°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Kutloanong in JulySouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 2.4°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Kroonstad in JulySouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 6.6 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 Botshabelo) is explained once on the Botshabelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Thaba Nchu lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.