Saldanha weather in July

In July, Saldanha sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 47 mm of rain across 6.8 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% 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 Saldanha's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saldanha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 47 mm; 6.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:53 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 8th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Saldanha is town in the Western Cape, South Africa.

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 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Saldanha reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 19°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
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	16	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	16	12
14	16	12
15	16	12
16	16	12
17	16	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

Saldanha weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 17°	7	1.5	13.9	8.5
Feb	21° / 17°	6	1.3	13.2	8.5
Mar	20° / 16°	8	1.6	12.3	8.1
Apr	19° / 15°	19	3.3	11.2	7.3
May	17° / 14°	31	5.5	10.3	6.5
Jun	16° / 12°	53	8.3	9.9	5.6
Jul	16° / 12°	47	6.8	10	5.6
Aug	16° / 12°	41	6.9	10.8	5.6
Sep	17° / 13°	23	5.4	11.8	6.2
Oct	18° / 14°	12	2.9	12.8	7.2
Nov	19° / 15°	13	2.7	13.7	7.6
Dec	20° / 16°	7	1.8	14.1	8.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%.

	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 (%)	71	71	72	72	72	71	72	72	72	72	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	76
Cloudier (%)	29	29	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Saldanha gets around 47 mm of rain over 6.8 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 23% and peaks near 24% 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 (%)	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

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 96% 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 (%)	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
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	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

Wind in July

Winds average 18 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 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)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	19	light breeze
26	19	light breeze
27	19	light breeze
28	19	light breeze
29	19	light breeze
30	19	light breeze
31	19	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 7:56 AM to 7:44 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 6:04 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	9.9	9.9	9.9	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	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:54	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:50	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:45	7:44
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:56	5:47
2	9.9	7:56	5:47
3	9.9	7:56	5:48
4	9.9	7:56	5:48
5	9.9	7:56	5:49
6	9.9	7:56	5:49
7	9.9	7:56	5:50
8	9.9	7:56	5:50
9	9.9	7:55	5:50
10	9.9	7:55	5:51
11	9.9	7:55	5:52
12	10.0	7:55	5:52
13	10.0	7:54	5:53
14	10.0	7:54	5:53
15	10.0	7:54	5:54
16	10.0	7:53	5:54
17	10.0	7:53	5:55
18	10.1	7:52	5:56
19	10.1	7:52	5:56
20	10.1	7:52	5:57
21	10.1	7:51	5:57
22	10.1	7:50	5:58
23	10.1	7:50	5:59
24	10.2	7:49	5:59
25	10.2	7:49	6:00
26	10.2	7:48	6:01
27	10.2	7:47	6:01
28	10.3	7:47	6:02
29	10.3	7:46	6:03
30	10.3	7:45	6:03
31	10.3	7:44	6:04

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.64 kWh/m² to a high of 8.39 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 2.9 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)	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	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	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	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	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.7	Moderate
4	2.7	Moderate
5	2.7	Moderate
6	2.7	Moderate
7	2.8	Moderate
8	2.8	Moderate
9	2.8	Moderate
10	2.8	Moderate
11	2.8	Moderate
12	2.8	Moderate
13	2.8	Moderate
14	2.9	Moderate
15	2.9	Moderate
16	2.9	Moderate
17	2.9	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	3.0	Moderate
21	3.0	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	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 Saldanha?

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

5.6

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.6

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Saldanha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Saldanha in July

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

In July, Saldanha sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layer

Sea temperature near Saldanha 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 14 km away) is warmest in January 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	17	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	15	Cool
Jul	15	Bracing
Aug	15	Bracing
Sep	15	Cool
Oct	15	Cool
Nov	16	Cool
Dec	17	Cool

UV index in Saldanha 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 Saldanha 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.

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

Location & terrain

Where is Saldanha?

Saldanha sits at 33.0°S, 17.9°E, 20 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Vredenburg, 12 km away.

Topography around Saldanha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saldanha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,124 m.

The land around Saldanha is covered by water (37%) within 3 km, water (50%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and water (48%), cropland (25%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

116 m

water 37%

16 km

186 m

water 50%

80 km

1,124 m

water 48%

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

July weather nearby: Vredenburg 12 km · Moorreesburg 69 km · Atlantis 80 km · Malmesbury 88 km · Cape Town 111 km · Durbanville 112 km · Rondebosch 117 km · Kraaifontein 117 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 Saldanha (-33.0117°, 17.9442°, elevation 20 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	16	12
2	16	12
3	16	12
4	16	12
5	16	12
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	16	12
14	16	12
15	16	12
16	16	12
17	16	12
18	16	12
19	16	12
20	16	12
21	16	12
22	16	12
23	16	12
24	16	12
25	16	12
26	16	12
27	16	12
28	16	12
29	16	12
30	16	12
31	16	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
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	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
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	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	72	28
4	72	28
5	72	28
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	72	28
20	73	27
21	73	27
22	73	27
23	74	26
24	74	26
25	74	26
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	75	25
29	75	25
30	76	24
31	76	24

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	94	6
2	94	6
3	94	6
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	96	4
13	96	4
14	96	4
15	96	4
16	96	4
17	96	4
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4
31	96	4