Dysselsdorp weather in July

In July, Dysselsdorp sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 26 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Dysselsdorp's 3rd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dysselsdorp's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 26 mm; 5.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:37 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

Dysselsdorp is village in the Western Cape, 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 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Dysselsdorp reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 12°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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

Dysselsdorp weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-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	29° / 16°	33	7	14	6.2
Feb	29° / 16°	31	6.6	13.2	6.1
Mar	27° / 15°	39	7.3	12.3	7.0
Apr	24° / 11°	35	6.4	11.2	7.7
May	21° / 8°	26	4.6	10.3	7.6
Jun	18° / 5°	24	5	9.8	6.9
Jul	18° / 5°	26	5.7	10	6.7
Aug	19° / 6°	34	6.1	10.8	7.0
Sep	21° / 8°	28	5.3	11.8	7.4
Oct	24° / 10°	42	6.8	12.8	7.6
Nov	26° / 12°	49	7.4	13.7	7.4
Dec	28° / 14°	33	6.6	14.2	7.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	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 (%)	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71
Cloudier (%)	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Dysselsdorp gets around 26 mm of rain over 5.7 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 19% and peaks near 21% 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 (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19

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

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	9	calm
23	9	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 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 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 7:40 AM to 7:28 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:45 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	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	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:28
Sunset (PM)	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:40	5:27
2	9.8	7:40	5:28
3	9.8	7:40	5:28
4	9.8	7:40	5:29
5	9.8	7:39	5:29
6	9.8	7:39	5:30
7	9.8	7:39	5:30
8	9.9	7:39	5:31
9	9.9	7:39	5:31
10	9.9	7:39	5:32
11	9.9	7:38	5:32
12	9.9	7:38	5:33
13	9.9	7:38	5:33
14	9.9	7:37	5:34
15	10.0	7:37	5:34
16	10.0	7:37	5:35
17	10.0	7:36	5:36
18	10.0	7:36	5:36
19	10.0	7:35	5:37
20	10.0	7:35	5:38
21	10.1	7:34	5:38
22	10.1	7:34	5:39
23	10.1	7:33	5:40
24	10.1	7:33	5:40
25	10.1	7:32	5:41
26	10.2	7:31	5:42
27	10.2	7:31	5:42
28	10.2	7:30	5:43
29	10.2	7:29	5:44
30	10.3	7:28	5:44
31	10.3	7:28	5:45

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.87 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 3.04 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)	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	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	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3
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	2.9	Moderate
2	2.9	Moderate
3	2.9	Moderate
4	2.9	Moderate
5	2.9	Moderate
6	2.9	Moderate
7	2.9	Moderate
8	2.9	Moderate
9	2.9	Moderate
10	3.0	Moderate
11	3.0	Moderate
12	3.0	Moderate
13	3.0	Moderate
14	3.0	Moderate
15	3.0	Moderate
16	3.0	Moderate
17	3.0	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.1	Moderate
20	3.1	Moderate
21	3.1	Moderate
22	3.1	Moderate
23	3.1	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.2	Moderate
26	3.2	Moderate
27	3.2	Moderate
28	3.3	Moderate
29	3.3	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Dysselsdorp?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

2.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Dysselsdorp for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dysselsdorp in July

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

In July, Dysselsdorp sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Dysselsdorp in July

The nearest coast averages about 16°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 61 km away) is warmest in January at about 21°C and coldest in August near 16°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Dec 13 to Mar 19 — about 3.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	21	21	20	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	19	20
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	21	Refreshing
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Refreshing
Apr	18	Cool
May	17	Cool
Jun	17	Cool
Jul	16	Cool
Aug	16	Cool
Sep	17	Cool
Oct	17	Cool
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	20	Refreshing

UV index in Dysselsdorp 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 Dysselsdorp peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	11	10	6	4	3	3	5	6	11	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Dysselsdorp?

Dysselsdorp sits at 33.6°S, 22.4°E, 392 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Oudtshoorn, 23 km away.

Topography around Dysselsdorp

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dysselsdorp has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 428 m around an average of 445 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 912 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,098 m.

The land around Dysselsdorp is covered by shrubs (46%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, shrubs (66%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

428 m

shrubs 46%

16 km

912 m

shrubs 66%

80 km

2,098 m

grassland 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

July weather nearby: Oudtshoorn 23 km · George 43 km · Groot-Brakrivier 56 km · Mossel Bay 73 km · Knysna 76 km · Plettenberg Bay 101 km · Riversdale 124 km · Beaufort West 136 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 Dysselsdorp (-33.5757°, 22.4439°, elevation 392 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. 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	4
2	17	4
3	17	4
4	17	4
5	17	4
6	18	4
7	18	4
8	18	4
9	18	4
10	18	4
11	18	4
12	18	4
13	18	4
14	18	4
15	18	5
16	18	5
17	18	5
18	18	5
19	18	5
20	18	5
21	18	5
22	18	5
23	18	5
24	18	5
25	18	5
26	18	5
27	18	5
28	18	5
29	18	5
30	18	5
31	18	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	74	26
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	75	25
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	71	29
26	71	29
27	71	29
28	71	29
29	71	29
30	71	29
31	71	29

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