Kwaggafontein weather in July

In July, Kwaggafontein sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 10.6 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 88% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kwaggafontein's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kwaggafontein's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
10 h 36 min
6:53 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover
12%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.9
out of 10

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 Kwaggafontein reaches about 21°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 18°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°C cooler than August.

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Kwaggafontein 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 19°11214.613.44.9
Feb29° / 19°8510.412.95.3
Mar28° / 17°7810.112.26.3
Apr26° / 14°385.711.47.7
May24° / 10°152.610.88.9
Jun21° / 50.910.58.9
Jul21° / 40.610.68.9
Aug24° / 51.411.19.1
Sep28° / 13°162.411.88.0
Oct29° / 16°608.512.66.2
Nov29° / 17°9912.713.25.4
Dec29° / 18°11015.213.54.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 88% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 6%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1937
2928
3928
4928
5928
6928
7928
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12946
13955
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26955
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30946
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kwaggafontein gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.6 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 2% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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52
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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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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 48 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 6:54 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 5:21 PM to 5:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.46:545:21
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310.56:545:21
410.56:545:22
510.56:545:22
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710.56:545:23
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2010.66:525:29
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2710.76:495:32
2810.76:485:32
2910.86:485:33
3010.86:475:33
3110.86:475:34

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 4.23 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.0Moderate
24.0Moderate
34.0Bright
44.0Bright
54.0Bright
64.0Bright
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84.1Bright
94.1Bright
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174.3Bright
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274.5Bright
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kwaggafontein

In seasonPeak

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

Kwaggafontein'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 Kwaggafontein?

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

8.9
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kwaggafontein in July

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

In July, Kwaggafontein sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Kwaggafontein in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kwaggafontein peaks around January 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 13UV 14Jun 17UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun5Moderate
Jul6High
Aug7Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct10Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Kwaggafontein 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 Kwaggafontein is worst in July — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (December, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1473 µg/m³Dec 2315 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb20Moderate
Mar26Moderate
Apr41Poor
May59Unhealthy
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul74Unhealthy
Aug59Unhealthy
Sep48Poor
Oct29Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kwaggafontein?

Kwaggafontein sits at 25.3°S, 28.9°E, 1,328 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Somaroboro, 11 km away.

Topography around Kwaggafontein

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kwaggafontein has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 178 m around an average of 1,327 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 521 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 998 m.

The land around Kwaggafontein is covered by grassland (50%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
178 m
16 km
521 m
80 km
998 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Somaroboro 11 km · Verena 19 km · Vaalbank 21 km · Siyabuswa 26 km · Moloto South 33 km · Ekangala 43 km · Cullinan 57 km · Bronkhorstspruit 57 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 Kwaggafontein (-25.3273°, 28.9422°, elevation 1,328 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).