Climate averages 1991–2020

Mdantsane weather
in July.

A mild, fairly dry month: one of the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 20.9°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 10.0°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 28 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 10 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Mdantsane · average highYear overview

July is a mild month in Mdantsane: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 10.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 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 East London (16 km away). In July its highs average 21.3°C, about as warm as Mdantsane, with 38 mm of rain.

Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mdantsane ranks 11th of 95 for the warmest July highs and joint 78th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Mdantsane is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 38 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mdantsane climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Mdantsane, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 25.6°C18.2°C18.2°C7611.114.114 h
February 25.9°C18.6°C18.6°C8010.613.313 h
March 25.0°C17.6°C17.6°C8211.512.312 h
April 23.3°C15.1°C15.1°C738.211.311 h
May 22.4°C12.9°C12.9°C254.610.510 h
June 20.9°C10.5°C10.5°C253.510.010 h
July, selected 20.9°C10.0°C10.0°C284.110.210 h
August 21.0°C10.6°C10.6°C386.010.911 h
September 21.7°C11.9°C11.9°C486.611.912 h
October 22.0°C13.5°C13.5°C6510.012.913 h
November 23.0°C15.0°C15.0°C7710.713.814 h
December 24.4°C16.9°C16.9°C7611.414.314 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

Distance from Mdantsane

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mdantsane) is explained once on the Mdantsane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.