Polokwane weather in July

In July, Polokwane sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 10.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 83% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 30 min at the start of July to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Polokwane's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Polokwane's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.7 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 42 min; 6:48 AM – 5:27 PM
Cloud cover: 16%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; out of 10

Polokwane is South African city.

Density: 2,550/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1886

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 Polokwane reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°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	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Polokwane 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 17°	116	13.7	13.3	6.0
Feb	27° / 17°	88	10.1	12.8	6.4
Mar	26° / 16°	74	9.5	12.2	7.0
Apr	24° / 13°	39	5.4	11.5	8.0
May	23° / 10°	11	2.5	10.9	8.7
Jun	20° / 7°	4	0.9	10.6	8.6
Jul	20° / 6°	3	0.7	10.7	8.5
Aug	23° / 9°	4	0.9	11.2	9.1
Sep	26° / 12°	13	2.7	11.9	8.5
Oct	27° / 14°	46	8	12.6	7.2
Nov	27° / 16°	98	13.5	13.2	6.0
Dec	27° / 17°	131	15.9	13.4	5.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 83% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%.

	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 (%)	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92
Cloudier (%)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Polokwane gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.7 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.

	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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 30 min at the start of July to 10 h 54 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 6:49 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 5:22 PM to 5:34 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)	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.8	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42
Sunset (PM)	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.5	6:49	5:22
2	10.5	6:49	5:22
3	10.5	6:49	5:22
4	10.6	6:49	5:23
5	10.6	6:49	5:23
6	10.6	6:49	5:23
7	10.6	6:49	5:24
8	10.6	6:49	5:24
9	10.6	6:49	5:25
10	10.6	6:49	5:25
11	10.6	6:49	5:25
12	10.6	6:49	5:26
13	10.6	6:49	5:26
14	10.6	6:48	5:27
15	10.6	6:48	5:27
16	10.7	6:48	5:27
17	10.7	6:48	5:28
18	10.7	6:48	5:28
19	10.7	6:47	5:29
20	10.7	6:47	5:29
21	10.7	6:47	5:30
22	10.7	6:46	5:30
23	10.7	6:46	5:31
24	10.8	6:46	5:31
25	10.8	6:45	5:31
26	10.8	6:45	5:32
27	10.8	6:44	5:32
28	10.8	6:44	5:33
29	10.8	6:43	5:33
30	10.8	6:43	5:34
31	10.9	6:42	5:34

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 4.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 4.23 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)	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	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Bright
2	4.0	Bright
3	4.0	Bright
4	4.0	Bright
5	4.0	Bright
6	4.0	Bright
7	4.1	Bright
8	4.1	Bright
9	4.1	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.2	Bright
13	4.2	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Polokwane

In seasonPeak

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

Polokwane's rainy season runs November–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 Polokwane?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Polokwane in July

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

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

a warm layer

UV index in Polokwane 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 Polokwane peaks around January 17 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 6 (high).

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	14	13	9	7	6	6	8	10	10	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Polokwane 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 Polokwane is worst in August — around 26 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (December, 7 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)	8	9	11	16	22	23	25	26	25	16	9	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	16	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Polokwane?

Polokwane sits at 23.9°S, 29.5°E, 1,315 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Mankweng, 24 km away.

Topography around Polokwane

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Polokwane has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 1,293 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 393 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,561 m.

The land around Polokwane is covered by artificial surfaces (61%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

149 m

artificial surfaces 61%

16 km

393 m

grassland 51%

80 km

1,561 m

shrubs 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

July weather nearby: Mankweng 24 km · Lebowakgomo 46 km · Mokopane 57 km · Tzaneen 71 km · Duiwelskloof 72 km · Nkowakowa 83 km · Mookgophong 102 km · Louis Trichardt 105 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 Polokwane (-23.9045°, 29.4688°, elevation 1,315 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	6
2	20	6
3	20	6
4	20	6
5	20	6
6	20	6
7	20	6
8	20	6
9	20	6
10	20	6
11	20	6
12	20	6
13	20	6
14	20	6
15	20	6
16	20	6
17	20	6
18	20	6
19	20	6
20	20	6
21	20	6
22	20	6
23	20	7
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	93	7
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	94	6
20	94	6
21	93	7
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	92	8
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	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