Upington weather in July

In July, Upington sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 10.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 84% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 12 min at the start of July to 10 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Upington's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Upington's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 4 mm; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 24 min; 7:30 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 14%; 1st clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 3.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.7; out of 10

Upington is town in South Africa.

Density: 123/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1873

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 21°C through the month.

A typical July day in Upington reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°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 25°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 2°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	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

How July really feels in Upington

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

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Upington weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-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	35° / 22°	35	5.4	13.6	2.9
Feb	35° / 22°	31	6.4	13	3.2
Mar	33° / 20°	36	5.5	12.2	4.5
Apr	28° / 15°	25	3.6	11.3	7.4
May	24° / 10°	12	1.8	10.6	8.9
Jun	21° / 6°	5	0.8	10.2	8.6
Jul	21° / 5°	4	0.9	10.4	8.7
Aug	23° / 7°	3	0.6	11	9.2
Sep	27° / 11°	5	0.9	11.8	8.6
Oct	30° / 15°	14	2.3	12.7	6.4
Nov	32° / 18°	13	2.4	13.4	4.9
Dec	35° / 20°	27	3.9	13.8	3.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 84% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

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

	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	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91
Cloudier (%)	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Upington gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 3% 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	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

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

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 14 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 12 min at the start of July to 10 h 36 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 7:32 AM to 7:23 AM, and sunset from 5:45 PM to 5:59 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)	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	10.6	10.6	10.6	10.6
Sunrise (AM)	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:29	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26	7:26	7:25	7:25	7:24	7:23	7:23
Sunset (PM)	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.2	7:32	5:45
2	10.2	7:32	5:45
3	10.2	7:32	5:45
4	10.2	7:32	5:46
5	10.2	7:32	5:46
6	10.2	7:32	5:47
7	10.3	7:32	5:47
8	10.3	7:32	5:47
9	10.3	7:32	5:48
10	10.3	7:31	5:48
11	10.3	7:31	5:49
12	10.3	7:31	5:49
13	10.3	7:31	5:50
14	10.3	7:31	5:50
15	10.3	7:30	5:51
16	10.4	7:30	5:51
17	10.4	7:30	5:52
18	10.4	7:29	5:52
19	10.4	7:29	5:53
20	10.4	7:29	5:53
21	10.4	7:28	5:54
22	10.4	7:28	5:54
23	10.5	7:27	5:55
24	10.5	7:27	5:55
25	10.5	7:26	5:56
26	10.5	7:26	5:57
27	10.5	7:25	5:57
28	10.6	7:25	5:58
29	10.6	7:24	5:58
30	10.6	7:23	5:59
31	10.6	7:23	5:59

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 3.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.65 kWh/m² to a high of 8.6 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 3.95 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)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.8	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Bright
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.1	Bright
23	4.1	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.2	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Upington?

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

8.7

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Upington in July

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

In July, Upington sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Upington 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 Upington peaks around January 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	15	13	11	8	6	4	5	6	9	11	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	5	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Upington?

Upington sits at 28.4°S, 21.3°E, 808 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Postmasburg, 177 km away.

Topography around Upington

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Upington has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 804 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 584 m.

The land around Upington is covered by artificial surfaces (27%), shrubs (26%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and shrubs (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and shrubs (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

artificial surfaces 27%

16 km

232 m

grassland 53%

80 km

584 m

grassland 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

July weather nearby: Postmasburg 177 km · Tsabong 292 km · Kimberley 344 km · Pampierstad 345 km · Warrenton 354 km · De Aar 362 km · Keetmanshoop 372 km · Vryburg 380 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 Upington (-28.4478°, 21.2561°, elevation 808 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. 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	5
2	20	5
3	20	5
4	20	5
5	20	5
6	20	5
7	20	5
8	20	5
9	20	5
10	20	5
11	20	5
12	20	5
13	20	5
14	20	5
15	20	5
16	20	5
17	20	5
18	21	5
19	21	5
20	21	5
21	21	5
22	21	5
23	21	5
24	21	5
25	21	5
26	21	6
27	21	6
28	21	6
29	21	6
30	21	6
31	21	6

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	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