Breyten weather in July

In July, Breyten sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 6 mm of precipitation across 0.7 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% 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 Breyten's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Breyten's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 6 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:51 AM – 5:21 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Breyten is town in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 17°C in the first days to 18°C by the end.

A typical July day in Breyten reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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

How July really feels in Breyten

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 19 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Breyten weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 14°	132	16.1	13.5	6.1
Feb	24° / 14°	94	12.3	12.9	6.5
Mar	23° / 13°	83	11.1	12.2	6.9
Apr	22° / 10°	41	6.5	11.4	7.4
May	20° / 7°	14	2.5	10.7	8.0
Jun	18° / 4°	6	1.1	10.4	7.7
Jul	18° / 3°	6	0.7	10.5	7.7
Aug	20° / 6°	11	2.2	11.1	8.3
Sep	24° / 9°	21	4	11.8	8.4
Oct	24° / 11°	80	11.8	12.6	6.9
Nov	24° / 12°	115	15.5	13.3	6.0
Dec	24° / 14°	143	17.8	13.6	5.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% 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 9%.

	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 (%)	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91
Cloudier (%)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Breyten gets around 6 mm of rain and snow over 0.7 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 2% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6

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

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 12 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	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	12	light breeze
2	12	light breeze
3	12	light breeze
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	light breeze
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	13	light breeze

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 6:52 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 5:14 PM to 5:28 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	10.5	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	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44
Sunset (PM)	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	6:52	5:14
2	10.4	6:52	5:15
3	10.4	6:52	5:15
4	10.4	6:52	5:16
5	10.4	6:52	5:16
6	10.4	6:52	5:16
7	10.4	6:52	5:17
8	10.4	6:52	5:17
9	10.4	6:52	5:18
10	10.4	6:52	5:18
11	10.4	6:52	5:18
12	10.5	6:52	5:19
13	10.5	6:51	5:19
14	10.5	6:51	5:20
15	10.5	6:51	5:20
16	10.5	6:51	5:21
17	10.5	6:50	5:21
18	10.5	6:50	5:22
19	10.5	6:50	5:22
20	10.6	6:49	5:23
21	10.6	6:49	5:23
22	10.6	6:49	5:24
23	10.6	6:48	5:24
24	10.6	6:48	5:25
25	10.6	6:47	5:25
26	10.6	6:47	5:26
27	10.7	6:46	5:26
28	10.7	6:46	5:27
29	10.7	6:45	5:27
30	10.7	6:45	5:28
31	10.7	6:44	5:28

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.5 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 4.16 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)	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.0	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Breyten

In seasonPeak

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

Breyten'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 Breyten?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Breyten in July

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

In July, Breyten sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Breyten in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Breyten peaks around January 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 5 (high).

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)	15	13	12	8	6	5	6	8	9	10	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Breyten 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 Breyten is worst in July — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 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)	12	13	16	20	23	26	31	31	29	18	14	11
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	26	Moderate
Jul	31	Moderate
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Breyten?

Breyten sits at 26.3°S, 30.0°E, 1,753 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Ermelo, 26 km away.

Topography around Breyten

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Breyten has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 1,758 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,097 m.

The land around Breyten is covered by grassland (76%) within 3 km, grassland (73%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

130 m

grassland 76%

16 km

219 m

grassland 73%

80 km

1,097 m

grassland 63%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

July weather nearby: Ermelo 26 km · Carolina 29 km · Hendrina 31 km · Bethal 55 km · Belfast 68 km · Thubelihle 70 km · Kriel 73 km · Empuluzu 78 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / M / N; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 5.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 68%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 43.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 22.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
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 Breyten (-26.3018°, 29.987°, elevation 1,753 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	17	3
2	17	3
3	17	3
4	17	3
5	17	3
6	17	3
7	17	3
8	17	3
9	17	3
10	17	3
11	17	3
12	17	3
13	17	3
14	17	3
15	17	3
16	17	3
17	18	3
18	18	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	3
22	18	3
23	18	4
24	18	4
25	18	4
26	18	4
27	18	4
28	18	4
29	18	4
30	19	4
31	19	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	91	9
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	93	7
19	93	7
20	93	7
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	92	8
26	92	8
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9
31	91	9

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

	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