Climate averages 1991–2020
Ladysmith weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: one of 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 Ladysmith: daytime highs average 19.4°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (62 km away). In July its highs average 18.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ladysmith, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Ladysmith ranks 28th of 95 for the warmest July highs and 69th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Ladysmith is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 28 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
Ladysmith climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 172 | 18.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 143 | 14.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 117 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 21 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 14 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| July, selected | 19.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 100 | 13.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 137 | 16.7 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 179 | 19.5 | 13.914 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
- Dundee, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in JulySouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in JulySouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Vryheid in JulySouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in JulySouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in JulySouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 41 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 Ladysmith) is explained once on the Ladysmith year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.