Climate averages 1991–2020
George weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in George: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 07 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossel Bay (38 km away). In July its highs average 18.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than George, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, George ranks joint 78th of 95 for the warmest July highs and 84th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; George is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 53 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
George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 45 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July, selected | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.414 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
- Mossel Bay in JulySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in JulySouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Kariega in JulySouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Motherwell in JulySouth Africa · 289 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JulySouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Paarl in JulySouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in JulySouth Africa · 332 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 122 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 George) is explained once on the George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.