Climate averages 1991–2020
Gqeberha weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd 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 Gqeberha: daytime highs average 19.0°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 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 Motherwell (19 km away). In July its highs average 20.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Gqeberha, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Gqeberha ranks joint 33rd 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; Gqeberha is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 52 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
Gqeberha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 6.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 24.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 38 | 6.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 44 | 7.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 43 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 38 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 41 | 6.5 | 9.910 h |
| July, selected | 19.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 38 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 18.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 38 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 48 | 7.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 53 | 7.9 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 42 | 6.9 | 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
- Motherwell in JulySouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Kariega in JulySouth Africa · 30 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Grahamstown in JulySouth Africa · 112 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Qonce in JulySouth Africa · 204 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Bhisho in JulySouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Mdantsane in JulySouth Africa · 231 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 28 mm rain
- East London in JulySouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Queenstown in JulySouth Africa · 258 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 13 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 Gqeberha) is explained once on the Gqeberha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.