Dimbaza weather in July

In July, Dimbaza sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 29 mm of rain across 4.3 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-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 67% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Dimbaza's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dimbaza's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 29 mm; 4.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:16 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 29%; 1st clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Dimbaza is human settlement in 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

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

A typical July day in Dimbaza reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 26°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	19	7
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	6
9	19	6
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	20	7
29	20	7
30	20	7
31	20	7

Dimbaza weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 15°	118	13.6	13.9	6.2
Feb	26° / 16°	112	13	13.2	6.0
Mar	25° / 14°	109	12.4	12.2	6.6
Apr	23° / 12°	82	9.3	11.2	7.0
May	21° / 9°	29	5	10.3	7.6
Jun	19° / 7°	26	3.9	9.9	7.6
Jul	20° / 7°	29	4.3	10.1	7.6
Aug	20° / 8°	43	6.5	10.8	7.3
Sep	22° / 9°	54	7.8	11.8	7.1
Oct	22° / 11°	85	11.5	12.8	6.5
Nov	23° / 12°	102	11.9	13.7	6.4
Dec	25° / 14°	116	13.6	14.1	6.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 21%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	80	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	76	76
Cloudier (%)	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Dimbaza gets around 29 mm of rain over 4.3 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 19% 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 (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19

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

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 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
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15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
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23	11	calm
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25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 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 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 7:19 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 5:10 PM to 5:27 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	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:07
Sunset (PM)	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27

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

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 3.17 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	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	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	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4
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	3.0	Moderate
3	3.0	Moderate
4	3.0	Moderate
5	3.0	Moderate
6	3.0	Moderate
7	3.0	Moderate
8	3.0	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.1	Moderate
13	3.1	Moderate
14	3.1	Moderate
15	3.1	Moderate
16	3.1	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.2	Moderate
20	3.2	Moderate
21	3.2	Moderate
22	3.2	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.3	Moderate
26	3.3	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.4	Moderate
30	3.4	Moderate
31	3.4	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Dimbaza

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Dimbaza?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Dimbaza in July

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

In July, Dimbaza sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Dimbaza in July

The nearest coast averages about 20°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 62 km away) is warmest in February at about 24°C and coldest in September near 20°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Oct 6 to Jul 31 — about 9.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	24	24	24	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	22	22
Comfort	Refreshing	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	24	Refreshing
Feb	24	Warm
Mar	24	Refreshing
Apr	23	Refreshing
May	22	Refreshing
Jun	21	Refreshing
Jul	20	Refreshing
Aug	20	Cool
Sep	20	Cool
Oct	20	Refreshing
Nov	22	Refreshing
Dec	22	Refreshing

UV index in Dimbaza 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 Dimbaza peaks around January 14 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 Dimbaza 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 Dimbaza is worst in August — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.7× the cleanest month (December, 7 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)	7	7	8	10	13	14	15	18	14	11	8	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	10	Good
May	13	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	8	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Dimbaza?

Dimbaza sits at 32.8°S, 27.2°E, 577 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Qonce, 17 km away.

Topography around Dimbaza

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dimbaza has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m around an average of 567 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,098 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,011 m.

The land around Dimbaza is covered by grassland (67%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

129 m

grassland 67%

16 km

1,098 m

grassland 49%

80 km

2,011 m

grassland 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

July weather nearby: Qonce 17 km · Bhisho 21 km · Ndevana 28 km · Stutterheim 35 km · Alice 36 km · Mdantsane 53 km · Fort Beaufort 55 km · East London 68 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 Dimbaza (-32.8348°, 27.2174°, elevation 577 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	19	7
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	6
9	19	6
10	19	7
11	19	7
12	19	7
13	20	7
14	20	7
15	20	7
16	20	7
17	20	7
18	20	7
19	20	7
20	20	7
21	20	7
22	20	7
23	20	7
24	20	7
25	20	7
26	20	7
27	20	7
28	20	7
29	20	7
30	20	7
31	20	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	80	20
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	81	19
6	81	19
7	81	19
8	80	20
9	81	19
10	81	19
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	80	20
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	77	23
29	77	23
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	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