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Johannesburg in July

Mild and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Johannesburg is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 36°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Johannesburg is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 2°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
36°F2°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 3% of days
Daylight
10h 40mon average

Is July a good time to visit Johannesburg?

July sits outside Johannesburg's best months, which run in two parts: April, or August to October. Expect mild days and rain on fewer than one day a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 64°F in July, against 64°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in July, against 18°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

3% of days in July, against 3% to 62% through the year.

Cloud cover

11% cover in July, against 11% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

10h 40m in July, against 10h 31m to 13h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with July shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. June64°18°low 38°low 3°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. July64°18°low 36°low 2°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. August70°21°low 41°low 5°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Johannesburg sits, in July

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:55 AMsets 5:33 PM
Above the sea
1,750 mhigh country
Latitude
26.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pretoria53 km north

The land around Johannesburg, shaded by its typical high in July, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Africa in July

high · low · wet days
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in Johannesburg

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Johannesburg. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,750 m) against the climate model's (1,673 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,750 m) against the climate model's (1,673 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.