Butterworth weather in July

In July, Butterworth sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 8°C, with 23 mm of rain across 3.3 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 70% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of July to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Butterworth's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Butterworth's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 8°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 23 mm; 3.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:11 AM – 5:15 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 1st clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.24 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

Butterworth is town.

Founded: 1827

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 Butterworth 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 15°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with 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	21	21	21	21	21	21
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	8	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	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

Butterworth weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-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	26° / 16°	121	15.6	13.9	5.7
Feb	26° / 17°	104	14.3	13.2	5.7
Mar	25° / 16°	102	14	12.2	6.2
Apr	24° / 13°	76	9.3	11.2	7.1
May	23° / 11°	24	4.5	10.4	8.1
Jun	21° / 9°	23	3.2	9.9	8.1
Jul	21° / 8°	23	3.3	10.1	8.1
Aug	22° / 9°	33	5.6	10.8	7.7
Sep	23° / 10°	57	7.8	11.8	7.2
Oct	23° / 12°	94	13.2	12.8	6.3
Nov	23° / 13°	111	14	13.7	6.0
Dec	25° / 15°	114	16.3	14.1	5.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

	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 (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	77
Cloudier (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Butterworth gets around 23 mm of rain over 3.3 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 11% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

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

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 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)	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	12	12	12
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	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of July to 10 h 24 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 7:14 AM to 7:02 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:25 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	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	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:03	7:02
Sunset (PM)	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:14	5:08
2	9.9	7:14	5:08
3	9.9	7:14	5:09
4	9.9	7:14	5:09
5	9.9	7:13	5:09
6	9.9	7:13	5:10
7	10.0	7:13	5:10
8	10.0	7:13	5:11
9	10.0	7:13	5:11
10	10.0	7:13	5:12
11	10.0	7:12	5:12
12	10.0	7:12	5:13
13	10.0	7:12	5:13
14	10.0	7:12	5:14
15	10.1	7:11	5:15
16	10.1	7:11	5:15
17	10.1	7:11	5:16
18	10.1	7:10	5:16
19	10.1	7:10	5:17
20	10.1	7:09	5:18
21	10.2	7:09	5:18
22	10.2	7:08	5:19
23	10.2	7:08	5:19
24	10.2	7:07	5:20
25	10.2	7:06	5:21
26	10.3	7:06	5:21
27	10.3	7:05	5:22
28	10.3	7:05	5:23
29	10.3	7:04	5:23
30	10.3	7:03	5:24
31	10.4	7:02	5:25

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 3.24 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)	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
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	3.0	Moderate
2	3.1	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.2	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.2	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.3	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.4	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Butterworth

In seasonPeak

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

Butterworth's rainy season runs September–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Butterworth?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Butterworth in July

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

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

Sea temperature near Butterworth in July

The nearest coast averages about 21°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 39 km away) is warmest in February at about 25°C and coldest in August near 21°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	25	25	25	25	24	22	21	21	21	21	23	23
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	25	Warm
Feb	25	Warm
Mar	25	Warm
Apr	25	Warm
May	24	Refreshing
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	21	Refreshing
Aug	21	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	21	Refreshing
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	23	Refreshing

UV index in Butterworth in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Butterworth peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 3 (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)	14	12	10	6	5	3	3	5	6	11	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Butterworth 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 Butterworth is worst in August — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (January, 8 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)	8	9	11	14	17	19	20	23	19	14	10	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	14	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Butterworth?

Butterworth sits at 32.3°S, 28.1°E, 545 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Gonubie, 69 km away.

Topography around Butterworth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Butterworth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 218 m around an average of 584 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 688 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,672 m.

The land around Butterworth is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

218 m

grassland 41%

16 km

688 m

grassland 57%

80 km

1,672 m

grassland 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

July weather nearby: Gonubie 69 km · Stutterheim 73 km · Mdantsane 76 km · East London 79 km · Bhisho 88 km · Ndevana 88 km · Qonce 94 km · Cala 99 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 Butterworth (-32.3308°, 28.1498°, elevation 545 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. 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. 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	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	77	23

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

	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	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	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	77	23

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

	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	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	21	8
27	21	8
28	21	9
29	21	9
30	21	9
31	21	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	79	21
31	77	23

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

	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