Climate averages 1991–2020
Motherwell 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.
July is a mild month in Motherwell: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 9.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 24 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 08 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kariega (18 km away). In July its highs average 20.4°C, about as warm as Motherwell, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Motherwell ranks joint 19th of 95 for the warmest July highs and joint 73rd of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Motherwell is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 36 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
Motherwell climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 40 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 44 | 7.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
| July, selected | 20.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 7.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 45 | 8.0 | 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
- Kariega in JulySouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Gqeberha in JulySouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Grahamstown in JulySouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 6.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Qonce in JulySouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Bhisho in JulySouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Mdantsane in JulySouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 28 mm rain
- East London in JulySouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.0°C · 38 mm rain
- Queenstown in JulySouth Africa · 243 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 Motherwell) is explained once on the Motherwell year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kariega lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.