Climate averages 1991–2020
Grahamstown weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and one of 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 Grahamstown: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Qonce (93 km away). In July its highs average 20.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Grahamstown, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Grahamstown ranks joint 26th of 95 for the warmest July highs and joint 71st of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Grahamstown is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 35 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
Grahamstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 63 | 9.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.0°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 64 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 59 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 49 | 8.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 22 | 5.0 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 22 | 4.0 | 10.010 h |
| July, selected | 19.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.210 h |
| August | 20.3°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 40 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 56 | 8.9 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 60 | 9.2 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 62 | 9.8 | 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
- Qonce in JulySouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Bhisho in JulySouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Motherwell in JulySouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JulySouth Africa · 112 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Kariega in JulySouth Africa · 116 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Mdantsane in JulySouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 28 mm rain
- East London in JulySouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Queenstown in JulySouth Africa · 160 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 Grahamstown) is explained once on the Grahamstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.