Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in July.
A warm, very 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 warm month in Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 11.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 4.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 48 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In July its highs average 21.2°C, 2.6°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 1st of 95 for the warmest July highs and 41st of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Phalaborwa is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.5 mm to 3.8 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
Phalaborwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| March | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July, selected | 23.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 62 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 93 | 9.8 | 13.614 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
- Thohoyandou in JulySouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 9.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in JulySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 9.2°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Polokwane in JulySouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 6.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Mbombela in JulySouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in JulyMozambique · 188 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.1°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Mokopane in JulySouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 7.9°C · 2.7 mm rain
- Chibuto in JulyMozambique · 256 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Matola in JulyMozambique · 261 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 11 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 Phalaborwa) is explained once on the Phalaborwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.