Standerton weather in July

In July, Standerton sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 7 mm of precipitation across 0.9 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 86% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 18 min at the start of July to 10 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Standerton's 1st-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Standerton's year-round climate.

Daytime high
18°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
7 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
10 h 30 min
6:55 AM – 5:22 PM
Cloud cover
14%
1st clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.0
out of 10

Standerton is town in South Africa.

Founded
1878

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Standerton reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 3°C cooler than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Standerton

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 20 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
20
wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Standerton 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 15°12416.213.55.9
Feb26° / 15°9112.4136.3
Mar25° / 14°8110.812.27.0
Apr23° / 10°406.711.47.6
May21° / 152.510.78.2
Jun18° / 81.210.38.0
Jul18° / 70.910.58.0
Aug21° / 132.2118.4
Sep24° / 10°233.911.88.5
Oct25° / 12°9110.512.67.1
Nov25° / 13°11414.813.36.1
Dec26° / 15°1501813.75.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 86% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 8%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1919
2919
3919
4919
5919
6919
79010
89010
9919
10919
11928
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15937
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Standerton gets around 7 mm of rain and snow over 0.9 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 precipitation averages around 3% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
13
23
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43
53
63
73
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316

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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 11 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 18 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 24 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.36:575:16
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310.36:575:17
410.36:575:17
510.36:575:18
610.46:575:18
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 4.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
23.9Moderate
33.9Moderate
43.9Moderate
53.9Moderate
63.9Moderate
73.9Moderate
83.9Moderate
94.0Moderate
104.0Moderate
114.0Moderate
124.0Bright
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Standerton

In seasonPeak

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

Standerton'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 Standerton?

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
2.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Standerton in July

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

In July, Standerton sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Standerton in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Standerton peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 14UV 14Jun 21UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr8Very high
May6High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug7Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Standerton 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 Standerton is worst in July — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.5× the cleanest month (January, 16 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1541 µg/m³Jan 1316 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May35Moderate
Jun39Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug38Poor
Sep32Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Standerton?

Standerton sits at 26.9°S, 29.2°E, 1,569 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Secunda, 43 km away.

Topography around Standerton

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Standerton has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 1,549 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 761 m.

The land around Standerton is covered by grassland (52%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) and cropland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
139 m
80 km
761 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Secunda 43 km · eMbalenhle 48 km · Trichardt 49 km · Vrede 55 km · Bethal 57 km · Kinross 60 km · Villiers 64 km · Lebohang 69 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
Christian 86%or other traditional African religions 5%nothing in particular 5%Muslim 2%

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 Standerton (-26.9337°, 29.2415°, elevation 1,569 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).