Villiers weather in July

In July, Villiers sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 5 mm of precipitation across 0.9 wet days and about 10.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 19°C by the end. 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 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 Villiers's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Villiers's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 5 mm; 0.9 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 30 min; 6:58 AM – 5:25 PM
Cloud cover: 14%; 1st clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.11 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.0; out of 10

Villiers is place in Free State, South Africa.

Founded: 1891

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

Highs climb over the month, from about 18°C in the first days to 19°C by the end.

A typical July day in Villiers 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.

	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	19	19	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	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4

	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	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	3
22	19	3
23	19	3
24	19	3
25	19	3
26	19	4
27	19	4
28	19	4
29	19	4
30	19	4
31	19	4

How July really feels in Villiers

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 16 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

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

Villiers 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	27° / 16°	121	14.8	13.5	6.0
Feb	27° / 16°	90	12	13	6.3
Mar	25° / 14°	81	10.8	12.2	7.0
Apr	23° / 11°	39	6.5	11.4	7.7
May	21° / 7°	15	2.9	10.7	8.2
Jun	18° / 3°	7	1.6	10.3	8.0
Jul	18° / 3°	5	0.9	10.5	8.0
Aug	21° / 6°	14	2.2	11	8.5
Sep	25° / 10°	22	3.6	11.8	8.5
Oct	26° / 13°	79	9.6	12.6	7.1
Nov	26° / 14°	103	12.8	13.3	6.3
Dec	26° / 15°	139	16.4	13.7	5.8

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

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

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Villiers gets around 5 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 4% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	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 (%)	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7

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

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 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 6:59 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 5:18 PM to 5:32 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)	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	10.4	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	10.7	10.7	10.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51
Sunset (PM)	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	10.3	6:59	5:18
2	10.3	6:59	5:19
3	10.3	6:59	5:19
4	10.3	6:59	5:20
5	10.3	6:59	5:20
6	10.3	6:59	5:20
7	10.4	6:59	5:21
8	10.4	6:59	5:21
9	10.4	6:59	5:22
10	10.4	6:59	5:22
11	10.4	6:59	5:22
12	10.4	6:59	5:23
13	10.4	6:58	5:23
14	10.4	6:58	5:24
15	10.4	6:58	5:24
16	10.5	6:58	5:25
17	10.5	6:57	5:25
18	10.5	6:57	5:26
19	10.5	6:57	5:26
20	10.5	6:56	5:27
21	10.5	6:56	5:27
22	10.5	6:56	5:28
23	10.6	6:55	5:28
24	10.6	6:55	5:29
25	10.6	6:54	5:29
26	10.6	6:54	5:30
27	10.6	6:53	5:30
28	10.6	6:53	5:31
29	10.7	6:52	5:31
30	10.7	6:52	5:32
31	10.7	6:51	5:32

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.84 kWh/m² to a high of 6.99 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 4.11 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)	3.8	3.9	3.9	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	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.8	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	4.0	Bright
12	4.0	Bright
13	4.0	Bright
14	4.1	Bright
15	4.1	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.2	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Villiers

In seasonPeak

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

Villiers'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 Villiers?

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 Villiers for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Villiers in July

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

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

a warm layer

UV index in Villiers 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 Villiers peaks around January 14 at about 15 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	13	12	8	6	5	5	7	9	11	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	5	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Villiers 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 Villiers is worst in July — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (January, 18 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)	18	23	33	44	56	65	69	59	50	33	25	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	44	Poor
May	56	Unhealthy
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	69	Unhealthy
Aug	59	Unhealthy
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Villiers?

Villiers sits at 27.0°S, 28.6°E, 1,517 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Frankfort, 29 km away.

Topography around Villiers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Villiers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 1,520 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 671 m.

The land around Villiers is covered by grassland (62%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

88 m

grassland 62%

16 km

219 m

grassland 57%

80 km

671 m

grassland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

July weather nearby: Frankfort 29 km · Balfour 41 km · Deneysville 52 km · Heidelberg 63 km · Standerton 64 km · Nigel 68 km · Heilbron 68 km · Vrede 71 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 Villiers (-27.0303°, 28.6006°, elevation 1,517 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	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	3
22	19	3
23	19	3
24	19	3
25	19	3
26	19	4
27	19	4
28	19	4
29	19	4
30	19	4
31	19	4

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

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

	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	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	3
22	19	3
23	19	3
24	19	3
25	19	3
26	19	4
27	19	4
28	19	4
29	19	4
30	19	4
31	19	4

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

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

	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	3
19	18	3
20	18	3
21	18	3
22	19	3
23	19	3
24	19	3
25	19	3
26	19	4
27	19	4
28	19	4
29	19	4
30	19	4
31	19	4

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

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

	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