Climate · Kruger (Skukuza)

Kruger (Skukuza) in July

Warm and dry, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Kruger (Skukuza) is warm: highs near 79°F, lows near 53°F. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.July in Kruger (Skukuza) is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 12°C. Rain is rare, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
79°F26°Caverage
Low
53°F12°Caverage
Wet days
0a week · 5% of days
Daylight
10h 45mon average

Is July a good time to visit Kruger (Skukuza)?


Yes. July is one of Kruger (Skukuza)'s best months (June to August).

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 79°F in July, against 79°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in July, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

5% of days in July, against 5% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

13% cover in July, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

10h 45m in July, against 10h 37m to 13h 40m 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. June80°27°low 53°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. July79°26°low 53°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  3. August83°28°low 56°low 13°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Kruger (Skukuza) sits, in July

Africa/Johannesburg

this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:38 AMsets 5:21 PM
Above the sea
280 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Sabi-Sand Game Reserve33 km north-west

The land around Kruger (Skukuza), 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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger (Skukuza). 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.