Richmond weather in July

In July, Richmond sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 31 mm of precipitation across 4.3 wet days and about 10.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-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 74% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of July to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Richmond's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Richmond's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 31 mm; 4.3 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 18 min; 6:57 AM – 5:12 PM
Cloud cover: 24%; 1st clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.54 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

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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 Richmond reaches about 21°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 15°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°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	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	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	6	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	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
24	21	7
25	21	7
26	21	7
27	21	7
28	21	7
29	21	7
30	21	7
31	21	7

Richmond weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-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	26° / 16°	147	19.6	13.7	5.2
Feb	26° / 16°	122	16.6	13.1	5.4
Mar	25° / 15°	110	15.3	12.2	6.0
Apr	23° / 13°	66	10.4	11.3	6.9
May	22° / 9°	31	5.6	10.5	7.8
Jun	20° / 6°	24	4	10.1	7.9
Jul	21° / 6°	31	4.3	10.3	7.9
Aug	22° / 8°	38	6.6	10.9	7.6
Sep	23° / 11°	58	10	11.8	7.0
Oct	23° / 12°	103	16.8	12.7	5.7
Nov	24° / 14°	123	18.6	13.5	5.3
Dec	25° / 15°	143	20.7	13.9	5.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

	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 (%)	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	82	81	81	81	80	79
Cloudier (%)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	79	21

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Richmond gets around 31 mm of rain and snow over 4.3 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 14% and peaks near 16% 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 (%)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	13
13	14
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	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

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 8 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of July to 10 h 30 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 6:59 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 5:05 PM to 5:21 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)	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:49
Sunset (PM)	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.1	6:59	5:05
2	10.1	6:59	5:06
3	10.1	6:59	5:06
4	10.1	6:59	5:06
5	10.1	6:59	5:07
6	10.1	6:59	5:07
7	10.1	6:59	5:08
8	10.2	6:59	5:08
9	10.2	6:59	5:09
10	10.2	6:59	5:09
11	10.2	6:58	5:10
12	10.2	6:58	5:10
13	10.2	6:58	5:11
14	10.2	6:58	5:11
15	10.2	6:57	5:12
16	10.3	6:57	5:12
17	10.3	6:57	5:13
18	10.3	6:56	5:13
19	10.3	6:56	5:14
20	10.3	6:55	5:14
21	10.3	6:55	5:15
22	10.3	6:55	5:15
23	10.4	6:54	5:16
24	10.4	6:54	5:17
25	10.4	6:53	5:17
26	10.4	6:52	5:18
27	10.4	6:52	5:18
28	10.5	6:51	5:19
29	10.5	6:51	5:20
30	10.5	6:50	5:20
31	10.5	6:49	5:21

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 3.54 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)	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8
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	3.3	Moderate
2	3.4	Moderate
3	3.4	Moderate
4	3.4	Moderate
5	3.4	Moderate
6	3.4	Moderate
7	3.4	Moderate
8	3.4	Moderate
9	3.4	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.5	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.6	Moderate
24	3.6	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.7	Moderate
27	3.7	Moderate
28	3.7	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.8	Moderate
31	3.8	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Richmond

In seasonPeak

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

Richmond'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 Richmond?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Richmond in July

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

In July, Richmond sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Richmond in July

The nearest coast averages about 22°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 64 km away) is warmest in February at about 26°C and coldest in August near 21°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	25	26	26	25	24	23	22	21	21	22	23	24
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Refreshing	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	25	Warm
Feb	26	Warm
Mar	26	Warm
Apr	25	Warm
May	24	Refreshing
Jun	23	Refreshing
Jul	22	Refreshing
Aug	21	Refreshing
Sep	21	Refreshing
Oct	22	Refreshing
Nov	23	Refreshing
Dec	24	Warm

UV index in Richmond in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Richmond peaks around January 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (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)	14	12	10	6	5	4	4	6	6	11	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Extreme
Apr	6	High
May	5	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Richmond 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 Richmond is worst in July — around 92 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (December, 23 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)	24	31	37	52	74	77	92	75	57	39	37	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	24	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	52	Poor
May	74	Unhealthy
Jun	77	Unhealthy
Jul	92	Unhealthy
Aug	75	Unhealthy
Sep	57	Unhealthy
Oct	39	Poor
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Richmond?

Richmond sits at 29.9°S, 30.3°E, 883 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Pietermaritzburg, 31 km away.

Topography around Richmond

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Richmond has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 m around an average of 891 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,258 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,315 m.

The land around Richmond is covered by trees (43%), grassland (26%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, trees (57%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

289 m

trees 43%

16 km

1,258 m

trees 57%

80 km

2,315 m

grassland 44%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

July weather nearby: Pietermaritzburg 31 km · Mpophomeni 35 km · Mpumalanga 36 km · Howick 44 km · Folweni 53 km · Clydesdale 57 km · Pinetown 60 km · eMuziwezinto 62 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 Richmond (-29.872°, 30.2723°, elevation 883 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).

	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	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
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	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	13
13	14
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	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	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	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
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	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	13
13	14
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	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	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	21	6
16	21	6
17	21	6
18	21	6
19	21	6
20	21	6
21	21	6
22	21	6
23	21	6
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	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	85	15
7	85	15
8	85	15
9	85	15
10	86	14
11	86	14
12	86	14
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	85	15
16	85	15
17	85	15
18	84	16
19	84	16
20	84	16
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	82	18
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	80	20
31	79	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	14
2	13
3	13
4	13
5	13
6	13
7	13
8	13
9	13
10	13
11	13
12	13
13	14
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	16
29	16
30	16
31	16

	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