Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossel Bay weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 5th 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 Mossel Bay: daytime highs average 18.4°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 06 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (38 km away). In July its highs average 17.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Mossel Bay, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mossel Bay ranks joint 45th 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; Mossel Bay is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 47 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
Mossel Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| February | 24.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 30 | 6.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 7.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 40 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July, selected | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| August | 18.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 33 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 52 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 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
- George in JulySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in JulySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Paarl in JulySouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in JulySouth Africa · 303 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Kariega in JulySouth Africa · 304 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Somerset West in JulySouth Africa · 306 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Motherwell in JulySouth Africa · 320 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 24 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 Mossel Bay) is explained once on the Mossel Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.