Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpumalanga weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 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 Mpumalanga: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 6.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 25 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pinetown (24 km away). In July its highs average 20.7°C, about as warm as Mpumalanga, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mpumalanga ranks joint 17th of 95 for the warmest July highs and 80th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Mpumalanga is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 30 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
Mpumalanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 15.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 88 | 13.2 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 87 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 22.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 33 | 5.0 | 10.611 h |
| June | 20.7°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 22 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| July, selected | 20.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 33 | 3.9 | 10.410 h |
| August | 21.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 30 | 5.6 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 58 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 88 | 13.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 101 | 14.8 | 13.614 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 102 | 15.5 | 14.014 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
- Pinetown in JulySouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in JulySouth Africa · 31 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in JulySouth Africa · 32 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Durban in JulySouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 42 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in JulySouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Ladysmith in JulySouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 3.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Richards Bay in JulySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 14 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 Mpumalanga) is explained once on the Mpumalanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.