Climate averages 1991–2020
Richards Bay weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Richards Bay: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 14.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 30 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is KwaDukuza (95 km away). In July its highs average 21.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Richards Bay, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Richards Bay ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest July highs and 89th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Richards Bay is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 39 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
Richards Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 108 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 95 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 97 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 26.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 79 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 56 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| July, selected | 22.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 93 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 86 | 11.7 | 13.914 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
- KwaDukuza in JulySouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in JulySouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Durban in JulySouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Pinetown in JulySouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 10.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Vryheid in JulySouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 4.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in JulySouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 6.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in JulySouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 6.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in JulySouth Africa · 189 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 Richards Bay) is explained once on the Richards Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.