Greytown weather in July

In July, Greytown sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 18 mm of precipitation across 2.4 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-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 78% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of July to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Greytown's 1st-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Greytown's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 18 mm; 2.4 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:54 AM – 5:13 PM
Cloud cover: 22%; 1st clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 3.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Greytown is town in South Africa.

Founded: 1854

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 Greytown reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 15°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 2°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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7

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

Greytown weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 17°	106	16.6	13.6	5.4
Feb	28° / 17°	91	13.8	13	5.7
Mar	27° / 16°	75	12.2	12.2	6.4
Apr	24° / 13°	44	7.8	11.3	7.5
May	23° / 9°	19	3.7	10.6	8.3
Jun	20° / 6°	13	2.5	10.2	8.2
Jul	20° / 6°	18	2.4	10.3	8.2
Aug	22° / 8°	22	4.3	11	8.2
Sep	25° / 11°	33	6.1	11.8	7.8
Oct	25° / 12°	69	12	12.7	6.5
Nov	26° / 14°	94	15.2	13.5	5.7
Dec	27° / 16°	107	17.1	13.8	5.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 78% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

	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 (%)	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	83
Cloudier (%)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	84	16
31	83	17

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Greytown gets around 18 mm of rain and snow over 2.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 8% and peaks near 10% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

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 7 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
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7	7	calm
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16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
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25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of July to 10 h 36 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 6:56 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 5:06 PM to 5:21 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)	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47
Sunset (PM)	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	6:56	5:06
2	10.2	6:56	5:06
3	10.2	6:56	5:07
4	10.2	6:56	5:07
5	10.2	6:56	5:07
6	10.2	6:56	5:08
7	10.2	6:56	5:08
8	10.2	6:56	5:09
9	10.2	6:56	5:09
10	10.2	6:55	5:10
11	10.2	6:55	5:10
12	10.3	6:55	5:11
13	10.3	6:55	5:11
14	10.3	6:55	5:12
15	10.3	6:54	5:12
16	10.3	6:54	5:13
17	10.3	6:54	5:13
18	10.3	6:53	5:14
19	10.4	6:53	5:14
20	10.4	6:52	5:15
21	10.4	6:52	5:15
22	10.4	6:52	5:16
23	10.4	6:51	5:16
24	10.4	6:51	5:17
25	10.5	6:50	5:17
26	10.5	6:50	5:18
27	10.5	6:49	5:19
28	10.5	6:48	5:19
29	10.5	6:48	5:20
30	10.6	6:47	5:20
31	10.6	6:47	5:21

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.4 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 3.62 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)	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9
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	3.4	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.6	Moderate
13	3.6	Moderate
14	3.6	Moderate
15	3.6	Moderate
16	3.6	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.7	Moderate
20	3.7	Moderate
21	3.7	Moderate
22	3.7	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.8	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Greytown

In seasonPeak

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

Greytown'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 Greytown?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Greytown in July

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

In July, Greytown sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Greytown in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Greytown peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 4 (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	13	11	7	6	4	4	6	7	11	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Greytown 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 Greytown is worst in July — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.5× the cleanest month (January, 22 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)	22	28	42	60	91	92	100	77	62	39	35	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	42	Poor
Apr	60	Unhealthy
May	91	Unhealthy
Jun	92	Unhealthy
Jul	100	Unhealthy
Aug	77	Unhealthy
Sep	62	Unhealthy
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	35	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Greytown?

Greytown sits at 29.1°S, 30.6°E, 1,050 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Howick, 58 km away.

Topography around Greytown

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Greytown has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 407 m around an average of 1,082 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 812 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,775 m.

The land around Greytown is covered by trees (44%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (40%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

407 m

trees 44%

16 km

812 m

trees 47%

80 km

1,775 m

grassland 40%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

July weather nearby: Howick 58 km · Mooi River 60 km · Pietermaritzburg 64 km · Mpophomeni 69 km · Estcourt 71 km · KwaDukuza 74 km · Shakaskraal 74 km · Tongaat 76 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 Greytown (-29.0642°, 30.5928°, elevation 1,050 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	84	16
31	83	17

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	84	16
31	83	17

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	86	14
4	86	14
5	86	14
6	86	14
7	86	14
8	86	14
9	86	14
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	86	14
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	84	16
31	83	17

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

	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