Grabouw weather in July

In July, Grabouw sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 99 mm of rain across 9.8 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 42 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Grabouw's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Grabouw's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
11th warmest
Overnight low
10°
1st coldest
Rainfall
99 mm
9.8 wet days
Daylight
9 h 54 min
7:52 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
45%
7th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
2.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Grabouw is town in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Density
5,638/km²
people per km²
Founded
1856

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 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Grabouw reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Grabouw weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 17°255148.2
Feb23° / 18°235.113.38.2
Mar22° / 17°265.512.37.8
Apr20° / 14°496.411.27.1
May18° / 13°648.610.26.3
Jun16° / 11°10210.99.85.1
Jul16° / 10°999.8105.0
Aug16° / 10°8611.110.74.9
Sep17° / 11°568.611.85.6
Oct18° / 13°467.112.96.6
Nov20° / 14°436.613.87.0
Dec22° / 16°265.414.27.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26139
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76238
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106337
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Grabouw gets around 99 mm of rain over 9.8 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 33% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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514light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 42 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 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 7:55 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.77:555:40
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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 2.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.92 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 2.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.5Moderate
22.5Moderate
32.5Moderate
42.5Moderate
52.5Moderate
62.5Moderate
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92.5Moderate
102.5Moderate
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Grabouw

In seasonPeak

In July, Grabouw sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Grabouw's rainy season runs April–September, 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 Grabouw?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Grabouw for sightseeing.

What to pack for Grabouw in July

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

In July, Grabouw sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 10°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Grabouw in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°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 13 km away) is warmest in January at about 19°C and coldest in July near 15°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

14°16°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan19Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr16Cool
May16Cool
Jun15Cool
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep15Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov17Cool
Dec18Cool

UV index in Grabouw 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 Grabouw peaks around January 13 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateExtremeJan 13UV 13Jun 21UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb10Very high
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep6High
Oct10Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Grabouw 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 Grabouw is worst in June — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.6× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateModerateGoodJun 1228 µg/m³Dec 1211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb11Good
Mar19Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Grabouw?

Grabouw sits at 34.2°S, 19.0°E, 332 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Somerset West, 19 km away.

Topography around Grabouw

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Grabouw has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m around an average of 328 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,583 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,997 m.

The land around Grabouw is covered by trees (40%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (61%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and water (35%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
217 m
16 km
1,583 m
80 km
1,997 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Somerset West 19 km · Stellenbosch 28 km · Franschhoek 28 km · Le Roux 30 km · Hermanus 36 km · Kuils River 37 km · Caledon 39 km · Kraaifontein 44 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 Grabouw (-34.1515°, 19.0151°, elevation 332 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).