Stutterheim weather in July

In July, Stutterheim sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 23 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of July to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Stutterheim's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Stutterheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 23 mm; 3.8 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 7:14 AM – 5:17 PM
Cloud cover: 28%; 1st clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 3.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Stutterheim is town.

Density: 292/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1876

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 19°C through the month.

A typical July day in Stutterheim reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 25°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
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	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Stutterheim 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	25° / 15°	128	17	13.9	5.7
Feb	25° / 15°	119	15.7	13.2	5.6
Mar	25° / 14°	114	14.8	12.2	6.3
Apr	23° / 11°	76	9.8	11.2	6.9
May	21° / 9°	25	4.9	10.4	7.6
Jun	19° / 6°	21	3.2	9.9	7.6
Jul	19° / 6°	23	3.8	10.1	7.6
Aug	20° / 7°	36	5.9	10.8	7.4
Sep	22° / 9°	56	8.2	11.8	7.0
Oct	22° / 10°	96	13.6	12.8	6.2
Nov	23° / 12°	113	14	13.7	6.0
Dec	24° / 14°	131	16.5	14.1	5.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%.

	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 (%)	80	81	81	81	82	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	79	80	79	79	79	78	78
Cloudier (%)	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Stutterheim gets around 23 mm of rain over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 16% 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 (%)	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16

	Rain chance (%)
1	9
2	9
3	8
4	8
5	8
6	8
7	9
8	9
9	9
10	9
11	10
12	10
13	11
14	11
15	12
16	12
17	13
18	14
19	14
20	14
21	15
22	15
23	15
24	15
25	15
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 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
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16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of July to 10 h 24 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 7:17 AM to 7:06 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)	9.9	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	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:07	7:06	7:06
Sunset (PM)	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	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	7:17	5:10
2	9.9	7:17	5:10
3	9.9	7:17	5:11
4	9.9	7:17	5:11
5	9.9	7:17	5:12
6	9.9	7:17	5:12
7	9.9	7:17	5:13
8	9.9	7:17	5:13
9	10.0	7:16	5:14
10	10.0	7:16	5:14
11	10.0	7:16	5:15
12	10.0	7:16	5:15
13	10.0	7:15	5:16
14	10.0	7:15	5:16
15	10.0	7:15	5:17
16	10.1	7:14	5:17
17	10.1	7:14	5:18
18	10.1	7:14	5:19
19	10.1	7:13	5:19
20	10.1	7:13	5:20
21	10.1	7:12	5:21
22	10.2	7:12	5:21
23	10.2	7:11	5:22
24	10.2	7:10	5:22
25	10.2	7:10	5:23
26	10.2	7:09	5:24
27	10.3	7:09	5:24
28	10.3	7:08	5:25
29	10.3	7:07	5:26
30	10.3	7:06	5:26
31	10.4	7:06	5:27

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 3.23 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)	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5
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	3.0	Moderate
2	3.0	Moderate
3	3.1	Moderate
4	3.1	Moderate
5	3.1	Moderate
6	3.1	Moderate
7	3.1	Moderate
8	3.1	Moderate
9	3.1	Moderate
10	3.1	Moderate
11	3.1	Moderate
12	3.2	Moderate
13	3.2	Moderate
14	3.2	Moderate
15	3.2	Moderate
16	3.2	Moderate
17	3.2	Moderate
18	3.2	Moderate
19	3.3	Moderate
20	3.3	Moderate
21	3.3	Moderate
22	3.3	Moderate
23	3.3	Moderate
24	3.3	Moderate
25	3.4	Moderate
26	3.4	Moderate
27	3.4	Moderate
28	3.4	Moderate
29	3.5	Moderate
30	3.5	Moderate
31	3.5	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Stutterheim

In seasonPeak

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

Stutterheim's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Stutterheim?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Stutterheim in July

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

In July, Stutterheim sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Stutterheim 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 Stutterheim peaks around January 15 at about 14 (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 — 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	3	3	5	6	11	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	5	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Stutterheim 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 Stutterheim is worst in August — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.4× the cleanest month (January, 7 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)	7	7	10	12	16	17	19	23	18	12	8	7
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	12	Good
May	16	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	18	Moderate
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	8	Good
Dec	7	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Stutterheim?

Stutterheim sits at 32.6°S, 27.4°E, 849 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Bhisho, 31 km away.

Topography around Stutterheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Stutterheim has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m around an average of 829 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,090 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,008 m.

The land around Stutterheim is covered by grassland (62%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

250 m

grassland 62%

16 km

1,090 m

grassland 60%

80 km

2,008 m

grassland 51%

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

July weather nearby: Bhisho 31 km · Qonce 35 km · Dimbaza 35 km · Ndevana 38 km · Mdantsane 52 km · Alice 60 km · East London 67 km · Gonubie 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

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 Stutterheim (-32.5708°, 27.424°, elevation 849 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	19	6
2	19	6
3	19	6
4	19	6
5	19	6
6	19	6
7	19	6
8	19	6
9	19	6
10	19	6
11	19	6
12	19	6
13	19	6
14	19	6
15	19	6
16	19	6
17	19	6
18	19	6
19	19	6
20	19	6
21	19	6
22	19	6
23	19	6
24	20	6
25	20	6
26	20	6
27	20	6
28	20	6
29	20	6
30	20	6
31	20	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	80	20
2	81	19
3	81	19
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	83	17
7	83	17
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	80	20
21	80	20
22	79	21
23	79	21
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	80	20
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	78	22
31	78	22

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