Moorreesburg weather in July

In July, Moorreesburg sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 76 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 52% 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 Moorreesburg's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moorreesburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
8.1 wet days
Daylight
10 hours
7:51 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover
41%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
2.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.5
out of 10

Moorreesburg is town in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Density
555/km²
people per km²
Founded
1882

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 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Moorreesburg reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1186
2186
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How July really feels in Moorreesburg

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Moorreesburg weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°122.613.95.4
Feb32° / 18°112.313.25.3
Mar30° / 16°142.612.36.4
Apr26° / 13°364.711.27.8
May22° / 10°546.710.37.5
Jun19° / 879.49.96.4
Jul18° / 768.1106.5
Aug18° / 669.110.86.4
Sep21° / 437.111.87.1
Oct25° / 11°284.612.88.0
Nov27° / 14°254.613.77.5
Dec30° / 16°153.414.26.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16436
26436
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Moorreesburg gets around 76 mm of rain over 8.1 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
129
228
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428
528
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727
827
927
1027
1127
1227
1327
1427
1527
1627
1727
1827
1927
2027
2127
2226
2326
2426
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2627
2727
2827
2928
3028
3128

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 (%)
1991
2991
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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49calm
59calm
69calm
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109calm
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129calm
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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 7:54 AM to 7:42 AM, and sunset from 5:44 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.87:545:44
29.87:545:44
39.87:545:44
49.97:545:45
59.97:535:45
69.97:535:46
79.97:535:46
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2810.27:445:59
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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 2.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.58 kWh/m² to a high of 8.46 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.85 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
12.6Moderate
22.6Moderate
32.6Moderate
42.7Moderate
52.7Moderate
62.7Moderate
72.7Moderate
82.7Moderate
92.7Moderate
102.7Moderate
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263.0Moderate
273.0Moderate
283.1Moderate
293.1Moderate
303.1Moderate
313.2Moderate
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Moorreesburg?

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

6.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
2.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Moorreesburg for sightseeing.

What to pack for Moorreesburg in July

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

In July, Moorreesburg sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Moorreesburg 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 56 km away) is warmest in February at about 17°C and coldest in August near 15°C.

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

14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan17Cool
Feb17Cool
Mar16Cool
Apr15Cool
May15Cool
Jun15Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug15Bracing
Sep15Bracing
Oct15Cool
Nov16Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Moorreesburg 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 Moorreesburg peaks around January 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 14UV 13Jun 19UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr6High
May4Moderate
Jun3Moderate
Jul3Moderate
Aug5Moderate
Sep5High
Oct10Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Moorreesburg 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 Moorreesburg is worst in May — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMay 2128 µg/m³Dec 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Moorreesburg?

Moorreesburg sits at 33.2°S, 18.7°E, 164 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Malmesbury, 35 km away.

Topography around Moorreesburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moorreesburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 157 m around an average of 169 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 441 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,075 m.

The land around Moorreesburg is covered by cropland (81%) within 3 km, cropland (91%) within 16 km, and cropland (34%), shrubs (24%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
157 m
16 km
441 m
80 km
2,075 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Malmesbury 35 km · Atlantis 49 km · Wellington 63 km · Ceres 65 km · Vredenburg 68 km · Saldanha 69 km · Paarl 71 km · Durbanville 75 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 Moorreesburg (-33.1539°, 18.6603°, elevation 164 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).