Port Alfred weather in July

In July, Port Alfred sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 27 mm of rain across 4.1 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-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 64% 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 Port Alfred's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Port Alfred's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 27 mm; 4.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:19 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 1st clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Port Alfred is place in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Founded: 1821

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 Port Alfred reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with 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	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Port Alfred weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 20°	53	8.2	14	7.2
Feb	26° / 20°	56	8.6	13.2	6.9
Mar	25° / 19°	59	8.8	12.3	7.3
Apr	23° / 17°	54	7.9	11.2	7.4
May	22° / 15°	24	4.8	10.3	7.8
Jun	21° / 13°	27	4.3	9.8	7.8
Jul	20° / 12°	27	4.1	10	7.7
Aug	20° / 13°	41	6.2	10.8	7.3
Sep	20° / 14°	42	6	11.8	7.1
Oct	21° / 15°	51	8.4	12.8	6.8
Nov	22° / 17°	56	8.9	13.7	6.9
Dec	24° / 18°	58	9.4	14.2	7.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 64% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%.

	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 (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79
Cloudier (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	79	21
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Port Alfred gets around 27 mm of rain over 4.1 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 14% and peaks near 18% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18

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

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 94% 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 (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92
Comfortable (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

Wind in July

Winds average 15 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
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26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

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 7:22 AM to 7:10 AM, and sunset from 5:10 PM to 5:27 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10
Sunset (PM)	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:22	5:10
2	9.8	7:22	5:10
3	9.8	7:22	5:10
4	9.8	7:22	5:11
5	9.8	7:22	5:11
6	9.8	7:22	5:12
7	9.8	7:21	5:12
8	9.9	7:21	5:13
9	9.9	7:21	5:13
10	9.9	7:21	5:14
11	9.9	7:21	5:14
12	9.9	7:20	5:15
13	9.9	7:20	5:16
14	9.9	7:20	5:16
15	10.0	7:19	5:17
16	10.0	7:19	5:17
17	10.0	7:18	5:18
18	10.0	7:18	5:19
19	10.0	7:18	5:19
20	10.0	7:17	5:20
21	10.1	7:17	5:20
22	10.1	7:16	5:21
23	10.1	7:15	5:22
24	10.1	7:15	5:22
25	10.1	7:14	5:23
26	10.2	7:14	5:24
27	10.2	7:13	5:24
28	10.2	7:12	5:25
29	10.2	7:11	5:26
30	10.3	7:11	5:27
31	10.3	7:10	5:27

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 2.94 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)	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2
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	2.8	Moderate
2	2.8	Moderate
3	2.8	Moderate
4	2.8	Moderate
5	2.8	Moderate
6	2.8	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.9	Moderate
11	2.9	Moderate
12	2.9	Moderate
13	2.9	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	3.0	Moderate
19	3.0	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.1	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Port Alfred?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Port Alfred in July

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

In July, Port Alfred sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 12°C. Little to plan around — just the basics. About 4 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Port Alfred in July

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 23°C and coldest in September near 19°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Nov 4 to Jun 16 — about 7.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	22	23	22	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	21	21
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Refreshing

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	22	Refreshing
Feb	23	Refreshing
Mar	22	Refreshing
Apr	22	Refreshing
May	21	Refreshing
Jun	20	Refreshing
Jul	19	Cool
Aug	19	Cool
Sep	19	Cool
Oct	19	Cool
Nov	21	Refreshing
Dec	21	Refreshing

UV index in Port Alfred in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Port Alfred peaks around January 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	11	9	6	4	3	3	5	6	10	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Port Alfred?

Port Alfred sits at 33.6°S, 26.9°E, 35 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Grahamstown, 45 km away.

Topography around Port Alfred

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Port Alfred has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 906 m.

The land around Port Alfred is covered by trees (39%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, water (41%), trees (33%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and water (36%), grassland (31%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

128 m

trees 39%

16 km

332 m

water 41%

80 km

906 m

water 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

July weather nearby: Grahamstown 45 km · Alice 89 km · Dimbaza 89 km · Qonce 92 km · Fort Beaufort 93 km · Ndevana 95 km · Bhisho 97 km · Mdantsane 110 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 Port Alfred (-33.586°, 26.8833°, elevation 35 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. 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	12
2	20	12
3	20	12
4	20	12
5	20	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	21	12
13	21	12
14	21	12
15	21	12
16	20	12
17	20	12
18	20	12
19	20	12
20	20	12
21	20	12
22	20	12
23	20	12
24	20	12
25	20	12
26	20	12
27	20	12
28	20	12
29	20	12
30	20	12
31	20	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	82	18
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	82	18
8	81	19
9	81	19
10	80	20
11	80	20
12	80	20
13	79	21
14	78	22
15	78	22
16	78	22
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	78	22
25	78	22
26	78	22
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	79	21
31	79	21

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	95	5
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	95	5
14	95	5
15	95	5
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	93	7
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	92	8
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8