Brits weather in July

In July, Brits sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 10.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Brits's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Brits's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
11th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
10 h 30 min
6:58 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover
12%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.7
out of 10

Brits is South African town.

Density
1,068/km²
people per km²
Founded
1924

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical July day in Brits reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°C cooler than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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3205
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Brits 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 18°9714.113.45.3
Feb29° / 18°8911.212.95.6
Mar27° / 17°761012.26.7
Apr25° / 13°365.711.47.9
May23° / 162.510.88.8
Jun20° / 71.210.48.6
Jul20° / 30.510.68.7
Aug23° / 61.311.19.1
Sep27° / 12°162.311.88.4
Oct28° / 15°557.212.66.9
Nov28° / 16°8511.213.36.0
Dec28° / 18°11314.813.65.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 87% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1928
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
7919
8919
9928
10937
11937
12937
13946
14946
15946
16955
17955
18955
19955
20955
21955
22955
23955
24955
25955
26955
27955
28937
29937
30937
31937

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Brits gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.5 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 rain averages around 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
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42
52
62
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313

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.

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Dry (%)
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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228calm
238calm
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288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.47:005:25
210.47:005:25
310.47:005:25
410.47:005:26
510.47:005:26
610.47:005:27
710.57:005:27
810.57:005:27
910.56:595:28
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2710.76:545:36
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 4.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.9Moderate
23.9Moderate
34.0Moderate
44.0Moderate
54.0Moderate
64.0Moderate
74.0Bright
84.0Bright
94.0Bright
104.1Bright
114.1Bright
124.1Bright
134.1Bright
144.2Bright
154.2Bright
164.2Bright
174.2Bright
184.2Bright
194.3Bright
204.3Bright
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224.3Bright
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244.4Bright
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274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.5Bright
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Brits

In seasonPeak

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

Brits'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 Brits?

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

8.7
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Brits in July

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

In July, Brits sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Brits 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 Brits peaks around January 10 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 5 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighHighVery highExtremeJan 10UV 14Jun 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun5Moderate
Jul6High
Aug7Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Brits 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 Brits is worst in June — around 166 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (January, 26 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorModerateJun 21166 µg/m³Jan 1126 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb40Poor
Mar62Unhealthy
Apr103Unhealthy
May152Very unhealthy
Jun166Very unhealthy
Jul164Very unhealthy
Aug125Unhealthy
Sep93Unhealthy
Oct53Poor
Nov38Poor
Dec28Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Brits?

Brits sits at 25.6°S, 27.8°E, 1,118 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Hartbeespoort, 14 km away.

Topography around Brits

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Brits has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m around an average of 1,107 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 677 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 920 m.

The land around Brits is covered by grassland (27%), trees (25%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (36%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
183 m
16 km
677 m
80 km
920 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Hartbeespoort 14 km · Letlhabile 18 km · Ga-Rankuwa 22 km · Marikana 31 km · Mabopane 32 km · Hartbeestfontein-A 35 km · Soshanguve 37 km · Diepsloot 40 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
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

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 Brits (-25.6347°, 27.7802°, elevation 1,118 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).