Climate averages 1991–2020
Oudtshoorn weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: 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 Oudtshoorn: daytime highs average 18.6°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (47 km away). In July its highs average 17.1°C, 1.6°C cooler than Oudtshoorn, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Oudtshoorn ranks joint 40th of 95 for the warmest July highs and 75th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Oudtshoorn is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 33 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
Oudtshoorn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 18.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| July, selected | 18.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 19.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 27 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 6.1 | 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
- George in JulySouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in JulySouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Kariega in JulySouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Paarl in JulySouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in JulySouth Africa · 310 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Motherwell in JulySouth Africa · 314 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Somerset West in JulySouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 122 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 Oudtshoorn) is explained once on the Oudtshoorn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.