Whyalla weather in July

In July, Whyalla sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 19 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Whyalla's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Whyalla's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 19 mm; 4.2 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:25 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 48%; 10th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 2.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.3; out of 10

Whyalla is city in South Australia.

Air quality: Good; PM10 22.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Founded: 1901

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 17°C through the month.

A typical July day in Whyalla reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 20°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 2°C cooler than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	18	7
30	18	7
31	18	7

Whyalla weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 18°	20	2.6	13.9	5.3
Feb	31° / 18°	21	2	13.2	5.8
Mar	28° / 16°	13	2.3	12.3	7.2
Apr	25° / 13°	19	3	11.2	8.2
May	20° / 10°	19	3.8	10.3	7.4
Jun	17° / 8°	25	4.9	9.9	6.3
Jul	17° / 7°	19	4.2	10	6.3
Aug	19° / 7°	20	5	10.8	7.0
Sep	22° / 9°	28	4.7	11.8	7.7
Oct	25° / 12°	22	3.7	12.8	8.1
Nov	28° / 14°	24	3.7	13.7	7.2
Dec	30° / 16°	30	4.1	14.1	6.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	65	64	64	65	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	65	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	63	63
Cloudier (%)	35	36	36	35	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	36	36	35	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	37	37

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37
31	63	37

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Whyalla gets around 19 mm of rain over 4.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	14
7	15
8	15
9	15
10	15
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	15
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	13
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	14
30	14
31	14

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:28 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:36 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:25	8:24	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:21	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:18	8:17	8:16
Sunset (PM)	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	8:28	6:18
2	9.9	8:28	6:19
3	9.9	8:28	6:19
4	9.9	8:28	6:20
5	9.9	8:28	6:20
6	9.9	8:27	6:21
7	9.9	8:27	6:21
8	9.9	8:27	6:21
9	9.9	8:27	6:22
10	9.9	8:27	6:22
11	9.9	8:26	6:23
12	10.0	8:26	6:24
13	10.0	8:26	6:24
14	10.0	8:26	6:25
15	10.0	8:25	6:25
16	10.0	8:25	6:26
17	10.0	8:24	6:26
18	10.1	8:24	6:27
19	10.1	8:24	6:28
20	10.1	8:23	6:28
21	10.1	8:23	6:29
22	10.1	8:22	6:30
23	10.1	8:21	6:30
24	10.2	8:21	6:31
25	10.2	8:20	6:32
26	10.2	8:20	6:32
27	10.2	8:19	6:33
28	10.3	8:18	6:34
29	10.3	8:18	6:34
30	10.3	8:17	6:35
31	10.3	8:16	6:36

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.95 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.5	Moderate
5	2.5	Moderate
6	2.5	Moderate
7	2.5	Moderate
8	2.5	Moderate
9	2.5	Moderate
10	2.5	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.6	Moderate
14	2.6	Moderate
15	2.6	Moderate
16	2.6	Moderate
17	2.6	Moderate
18	2.6	Moderate
19	2.7	Moderate
20	2.7	Moderate
21	2.7	Moderate
22	2.7	Moderate
23	2.8	Moderate
24	2.8	Moderate
25	2.8	Moderate
26	2.8	Moderate
27	2.9	Moderate
28	2.9	Moderate
29	2.9	Moderate
30	2.9	Moderate
31	2.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Whyalla

In seasonPeak

None of Whyalla's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Whyalla sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Whyalla?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.3

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

1.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Whyalla for sightseeing.

What to pack for Whyalla in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Whyalla sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Whyalla in July

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in August near 13°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Nov 28 to Apr 16 — about 4.6 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	23	23	22	20	18	15	14	13	15	17	19	21
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	23	Refreshing
Feb	23	Refreshing
Mar	22	Refreshing
Apr	20	Refreshing
May	18	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	14	Bracing
Aug	13	Bracing
Sep	15	Bracing
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Whyalla in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Whyalla peaks around January 1 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	10	6	3	3	3	4	6	8	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	3	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Whyalla?

Whyalla sits at 33.0°S, 137.6°E, 20 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Gawler, 206 km away.

Topography around Whyalla

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Whyalla.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Whyalla has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 946 m.

The land around Whyalla is covered by artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, water (45%), grassland (26%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

63 m

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

169 m

water 45%

80 km

946 m

grassland 33%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves

← June Whyalla year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Gawler 206 km · Paralowie 215 km · Parafield Gardens 217 km · Adelaide 231 km · Adelaide city centre 232 km · Adelaide Hills 234 km · Morphett Vale 249 km · Mount Barker 256 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Whyalla (-33.0327°, 137.5648°, elevation 20 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	18	7
30	18	7
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	14
7	15
8	15
9	15
10	15
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	15
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	13
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	14
30	14
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	18	7
30	18	7
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	14
7	15
8	15
9	15
10	15
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	15
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	13
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	14
30	14
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	17	7
2	17	7
3	17	7
4	17	7
5	17	7
6	17	7
7	17	7
8	17	7
9	17	7
10	17	7
11	17	7
12	17	7
13	17	7
14	17	7
15	17	7
16	17	7
17	17	7
18	17	7
19	17	7
20	17	7
21	17	7
22	17	7
23	17	7
24	17	7
25	17	7
26	17	7
27	17	7
28	17	7
29	18	7
30	18	7
31	18	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	65	35
5	63	37
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	63	37
9	63	37
10	63	37
11	63	37
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	63	37
15	64	36
16	64	36
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	65	35
20	65	35
21	65	35
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	65	35
25	64	36
26	64	36
27	64	36
28	64	36
29	64	36
30	63	37
31	63	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	13
2	13
3	14
4	14
5	14
6	14
7	15
8	15
9	15
10	15
11	15
12	15
13	15
14	15
15	15
16	14
17	14
18	14
19	13
20	13
21	13
22	13
23	12
24	12
25	12
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	14
30	14
31	14

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100