Soweto weather in July

In July, Soweto sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Soweto's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Soweto's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 3 mm; 0.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:59 AM – 5:29 PM
Cloud cover: 13%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Soweto is township of South Africa.

Density: 8,475/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1963

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 18°C through the month.

A typical July day in Soweto reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 21°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)	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	19
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5

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

Soweto weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-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	26° / 16°	132	16.9	13.5	5.8
Feb	26° / 16°	117	14.2	12.9	6.1
Mar	24° / 14°	90	12.8	12.2	6.7
Apr	22° / 11°	45	7.4	11.4	7.4
May	20° / 7°	18	3.1	10.7	8.1
Jun	18° / 4°	8	1.4	10.4	7.9
Jul	18° / 4°	3	0.8	10.5	8.0
Aug	21° / 7°	10	1.9	11.1	8.5
Sep	24° / 10°	21	3.4	11.8	8.6
Oct	25° / 13°	73	10.4	12.6	7.1
Nov	26° / 14°	99	13.9	13.3	6.2
Dec	26° / 15°	141	18.5	13.6	5.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 7%.

	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	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	92	92	92
Cloudier (%)	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Soweto gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 4% 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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4

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

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 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 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 7:01 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 5:23 PM to 5:37 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)	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53
Sunset (PM)	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	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.4	7:01	5:23
2	10.4	7:01	5:23
3	10.4	7:01	5:24
4	10.4	7:01	5:24
5	10.4	7:01	5:25
6	10.4	7:01	5:25
7	10.4	7:01	5:25
8	10.4	7:01	5:26
9	10.4	7:00	5:26
10	10.4	7:00	5:27
11	10.4	7:00	5:27
12	10.5	7:00	5:27
13	10.5	7:00	5:28
14	10.5	7:00	5:28
15	10.5	6:59	5:29
16	10.5	6:59	5:29
17	10.5	6:59	5:30
18	10.5	6:59	5:30
19	10.5	6:58	5:31
20	10.6	6:58	5:31
21	10.6	6:58	5:32
22	10.6	6:57	5:32
23	10.6	6:57	5:33
24	10.6	6:56	5:33
25	10.6	6:56	5:34
26	10.6	6:55	5:34
27	10.7	6:55	5:35
28	10.7	6:54	5:35
29	10.7	6:54	5:36
30	10.7	6:53	5:36
31	10.7	6:53	5:37

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.88 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 4.2 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)	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	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	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Bright
8	4.0	Bright
9	4.0	Bright
10	4.1	Bright
11	4.1	Bright
12	4.1	Bright
13	4.1	Bright
14	4.2	Bright
15	4.2	Bright
16	4.2	Bright
17	4.2	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Soweto

In seasonPeak

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

Soweto'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 Soweto?

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

8.0

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Soweto in July

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

In July, Soweto sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 4°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Soweto 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 Soweto peaks around January 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 5 (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)	15	13	12	8	6	5	6	7	9	10	12	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Soweto 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 Soweto is worst in June — around 283 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 5.7× the cleanest month (January, 50 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)	50	72	119	177	261	283	275	213	156	99	70	55
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	72	Unhealthy
Mar	119	Unhealthy
Apr	177	Very unhealthy
May	261	Very unhealthy
Jun	283	Very unhealthy
Jul	275	Very unhealthy
Aug	213	Very unhealthy
Sep	156	Very unhealthy
Oct	99	Unhealthy
Nov	70	Unhealthy
Dec	55	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Soweto?

Soweto sits at 26.3°S, 27.9°E, 1,632 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Roodepoort, 12 km away.

Topography around Soweto

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Soweto has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m around an average of 1,604 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 284 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 865 m.

The land around Soweto is covered by artificial surfaces (70%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

110 m

artificial surfaces 70%

16 km

284 m

grassland 44%

80 km

865 m

grassland 56%

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

July weather nearby: Roodepoort 12 km · Randfontein 18 km · Johannesburg 20 km · Westonaria 22 km · Krugersdorp 22 km · Randburg 24 km · Alberton 26 km · Tokoza 29 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 Soweto (-26.2678°, 27.8585°, elevation 1,632 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	18	3
2	18	3
3	18	3
4	18	3
5	18	3
6	18	3
7	18	3
8	18	3
9	18	3
10	18	3
11	18	3
12	18	3
13	18	3
14	18	3
15	18	3
16	18	3
17	18	3
18	18	4
19	18	4
20	18	4
21	18	4
22	18	4
23	18	4
24	19	4
25	19	4
26	19	4
27	19	4
28	19	4
29	19	4
30	19	4
31	19	5

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	91	9
10	91	9
11	91	9
12	92	8
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	95	5
23	94	6
24	94	6
25	94	6
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	93	7
29	92	8
30	92	8
31	92	8

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

	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