Climate averages 1991–2020
East London weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd 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 East London: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (16 km away). In July its highs average 20.9°C, about as warm as East London, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, East London ranks 7th of 95 for the warmest July highs and joint 81st of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; East London is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 47 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
East London climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 81 | 11.6 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 84 | 10.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 90 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 85 | 9.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 34 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 4.5 | 10.010 h |
| July, selected | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 38 | 5.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 77 | 11.3 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 84 | 11.6 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 83 | 12.5 | 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
- Mdantsane in JulySouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Bhisho in JulySouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Qonce in JulySouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Grahamstown in JulySouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Queenstown in JulySouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Mthatha in JulySouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 7.2°C · 22 mm rain
- Motherwell in JulySouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JulySouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 38 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 East London) is explained once on the East London year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.