Climate averages 1991–2020
Worcester, South Africa weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Worcester, South Africa: daytime highs average 17.0°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th 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 Paarl (45 km away). In July its highs average 17.5°C, about as warm as Worcester, South Africa, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Worcester, South Africa ranks joint 80th of 95 for the warmest July highs and 90th of 95 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 95 cities is 18.5°C; Worcester, South Africa is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 51 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
Worcester, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 24 | 5.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 31.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 21 | 5.1 | 13.313 h |
| March | 29.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 28 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 25.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 39 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| July, selected | 17.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 59 | 8.1 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 51 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 35 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 36 | 6.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 35 | 6.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 29.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 24 | 5.0 | 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
- Paarl in JulySouth Africa · 45 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in JulySouth Africa · 63 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Somerset West in JulySouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Atlantis in JulySouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 69 mm rain
- Cape Town in JulySouth Africa · 100 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in JulySouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in JulySouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 38 mm rain
- George in JulySouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 40 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 Worcester) is explained once on the Worcester, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.