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Kruger National Park in July

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Kruger National Park is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 56°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Kruger National Park is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 13°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
56°F13°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
10h 47mon average

Is July a good time to visit Kruger National Park?

Yes. July is one of Kruger National Park's best months (June to July).

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 80°F in July, against 80°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in July, against 27°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in July, against 5% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

12% cover in July, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

10h 47m in July, against 10h 39m to 13h 38m 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. June81°27°low 57°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. July80°27°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. August84°29°low 58°low 14°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Kruger National Park sits, in July

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:35 AMsets 5:20 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)72 km south-west

The land around Kruger National Park, 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 Kruger National Park

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger National Park. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.