Lobamba weather in July

In July, Lobamba sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 17 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Lobamba's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lobamba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 17 mm; 3.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:46 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover: 21%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 3.75 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Lobamba is city in Eswatini.

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 21°C through the month.

A typical July day in Lobamba reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 8°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

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

Lobamba weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 18°	174	18.1	13.5	5.4
Feb	26° / 18°	145	14.7	12.9	5.7
Mar	26° / 17°	132	14.3	12.2	6.3
Apr	24° / 14°	63	9.4	11.4	7.3
May	23° / 11°	27	4.8	10.7	8.3
Jun	21° / 8°	15	2.9	10.4	8.4
Jul	21° / 8°	17	3.4	10.5	8.2
Aug	23° / 10°	28	5.2	11.1	8.2
Sep	24° / 12°	51	8.3	11.8	7.6
Oct	24° / 14°	96	14.1	12.6	6.4
Nov	25° / 16°	153	17.1	13.3	5.6
Dec	26° / 17°	172	18.8	13.6	5.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	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 (%)	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	85	85	85	84
Cloudier (%)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	84	16

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Lobamba gets around 17 mm of rain over 3.4 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 11% 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 (%)	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

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	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 5:09 PM to 5:23 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	6:48	5:09
2	10.4	6:48	5:10
3	10.4	6:48	5:10
4	10.4	6:48	5:10
5	10.4	6:48	5:11
6	10.4	6:48	5:11
7	10.4	6:48	5:11
8	10.4	6:48	5:12
9	10.4	6:48	5:12
10	10.4	6:47	5:13
11	10.4	6:47	5:13
12	10.4	6:47	5:14
13	10.5	6:47	5:14
14	10.5	6:47	5:15
15	10.5	6:46	5:15
16	10.5	6:46	5:15
17	10.5	6:46	5:16
18	10.5	6:46	5:16
19	10.5	6:45	5:17
20	10.5	6:45	5:17
21	10.6	6:45	5:18
22	10.6	6:44	5:18
23	10.6	6:44	5:19
24	10.6	6:43	5:19
25	10.6	6:43	5:20
26	10.6	6:42	5:20
27	10.7	6:42	5:21
28	10.7	6:41	5:21
29	10.7	6:41	5:22
30	10.7	6:40	5:22
31	10.7	6:40	5:23

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.75 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.61 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 3.75 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
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	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.6	Moderate
6	3.6	Moderate
7	3.6	Moderate
8	3.6	Moderate
9	3.6	Moderate
10	3.6	Moderate
11	3.7	Moderate
12	3.7	Moderate
13	3.7	Moderate
14	3.7	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.9	Moderate
21	3.9	Moderate
22	3.9	Moderate
23	3.9	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	4.0	Moderate
27	4.0	Moderate
28	4.0	Moderate
29	4.0	Moderate
30	4.0	Bright
31	4.0	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Lobamba

In seasonPeak

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

Lobamba's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Lobamba?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Lobamba for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Lobamba in July

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

In July, Lobamba sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 8°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 3 days see rain.

UV index in Lobamba in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lobamba peaks around December 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 5 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	13	12	7	6	5	5	7	9	9	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	7	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	7	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Lobamba in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Lobamba is worst in July — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.9× the cleanest month (January, 11 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	13	18	26	34	36	43	40	32	21	18	13
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	34	Moderate
Jun	36	Poor
Jul	43	Poor
Aug	40	Poor
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lobamba?

Lobamba sits at 26.5°S, 31.2°E, 694 m above sea level, in Eswatini. The nearest listed city is Mbabane, 18 km away.

Topography around Lobamba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lobamba has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m around an average of 711 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 952 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,772 m.

The land around Lobamba is covered by grassland (49%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

386 m

grassland 49%

16 km

952 m

grassland 42%

80 km

1,772 m

grassland 43%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

July weather nearby: Mbabane 18 km · Manzini 18 km · Fernie 42 km · Redhill 44 km · Empuluzu 46 km · Lukwatini 59 km · Nhlazatje 62 km · Piet Retief 71 km

Eswatini travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 33% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,108; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 38%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 12.5; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 33.5; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; 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 Lobamba (-26.4667°, 31.2°, elevation 694 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	21	8
2	21	8
3	21	8
4	21	8
5	21	8
6	21	8
7	21	8
8	21	8
9	21	8
10	21	8
11	21	8
12	21	8
13	21	8
14	21	8
15	21	8
16	21	8
17	21	8
18	21	8
19	21	8
20	21	8
21	21	8
22	21	8
23	21	8
24	21	8
25	21	8
26	22	8
27	22	9
28	22	9
29	22	9
30	22	9
31	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	84	16

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	84	16

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	85	15
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	87	13
14	87	13
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	87	13
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	86	14
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	84	16

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1