Newcastle weather in July

In July, Newcastle sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 2.1 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 84% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of July to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Newcastle's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Newcastle's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 13 mm; 2.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 6:54 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 1st clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 3.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Newcastle is city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Density: 5,342/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1864

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 Newcastle reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°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 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°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	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	4	4	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	6	6	6

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

Newcastle weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-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	27° / 16°	141	17.6	13.6	5.4
Feb	27° / 16°	101	13.2	13	5.9
Mar	26° / 15°	99	11.8	12.2	6.6
Apr	24° / 12°	45	7.4	11.4	7.8
May	22° / 8°	18	3	10.6	8.5
Jun	20° / 5°	10	2.2	10.3	8.3
Jul	20° / 5°	13	2.1	10.4	8.3
Aug	23° / 7°	22	3.9	11	8.5
Sep	26° / 11°	40	7	11.8	7.7
Oct	26° / 13°	94	13.8	12.7	6.3
Nov	27° / 14°	120	16.5	13.4	5.5
Dec	27° / 15°	155	18.9	13.7	5.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 10%.

	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 (%)	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	91	91	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Newcastle gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 2.1 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 7% 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	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 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 18 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:26 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	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	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47
Sunset (PM)	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26

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

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.56 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 3.9 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)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	3.9	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.1	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Newcastle

In seasonPeak

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

Newcastle'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 Newcastle?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Newcastle in July

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

In July, Newcastle sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Newcastle in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Newcastle peaks around January 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 5 (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)	15	13	11	8	6	5	5	7	9	10	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	Moderate
Jul	5	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Newcastle 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 Newcastle is worst in September — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.0× the cleanest month (January, 11 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)	11	13	16	22	27	30	35	44	54	26	15	12
Level	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	44	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Newcastle?

Newcastle sits at 27.8°S, 29.9°E, 1,195 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Volksrust, 44 km away.

Topography around Newcastle

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Newcastle has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 1,205 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 833 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,427 m.

The land around Newcastle is covered by grassland (53%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and grassland (80%) within 80 km.

3 km

76 m

grassland 53%

16 km

833 m

grassland 77%

80 km

1,427 m

grassland 80%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

July weather nearby: Volksrust 44 km · Glencoe 51 km · Dundee 54 km · Daggakraal 70 km · Mondlo 81 km · Vrede 84 km · Vryheid 85 km · Ladysmith 90 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 Newcastle (-27.758°, 29.9318°, elevation 1,195 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	4
2	20	4
3	20	4
4	20	4
5	20	4
6	20	4
7	20	4
8	20	4
9	20	4
10	20	4
11	20	4
12	20	4
13	20	4
14	20	4
15	20	4
16	20	4
17	20	5
18	20	5
19	20	5
20	20	5
21	20	5
22	21	5
23	21	5
24	21	5
25	21	5
26	21	5
27	21	5
28	21	5
29	21	6
30	21	6
31	21	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	88	12
2	88	12
3	88	12
4	88	12
5	88	12
6	88	12
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	90	10
13	91	9
14	91	9
15	91	9
16	91	9
17	91	9
18	92	8
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	92	8
22	92	8
23	92	8
24	92	8
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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