Worcester weather in July

In July, Worcester sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 59 mm of rain across 8.1 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Worcester's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Worcester's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 59 mm; 8.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 7:49 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.4; out of 10

Worcester is town in the Western Cape, South Africa.

Density: 1,743/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1819

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 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Worcester reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	16	5
23	16	5
24	16	5
25	16	5
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

Worcester weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 15°	24	5.2	14	6.8
Feb	29° / 16°	21	5	13.3	6.7
Mar	27° / 14°	28	6.2	12.3	7.5
Apr	23° / 12°	33	5.6	11.2	7.8
May	20° / 9°	39	6.2	10.3	7.0
Jun	17° / 6°	60	8.2	9.8	5.6
Jul	16° / 5°	59	8.1	10	5.4
Aug	17° / 6°	51	8.5	10.8	5.7
Sep	19° / 8°	35	6.5	11.8	6.7
Oct	22° / 10°	36	6	12.8	7.6
Nov	25° / 12°	35	6.1	13.7	7.8
Dec	27° / 14°	24	5	14.2	7.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 38%.

	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 (%)	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	63	63	63	63	64	63	63	64
Cloudier (%)	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	37	37	37	37	37	36	37	37	36

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Worcester gets around 59 mm of rain over 8.1 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 27% and peaks near 28% 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 (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27

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

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 7 km/h in July.

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 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 7:52 AM to 7:40 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:57 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)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	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	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:52	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:51	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:50	7:49	7:49	7:48	7:48	7:47	7:47	7:46	7:46	7:45	7:45	7:44	7:43	7:43	7:42	7:41	7:40	7:40
Sunset (PM)	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	7:52	5:39
2	9.8	7:52	5:40
3	9.8	7:52	5:40
4	9.8	7:52	5:41
5	9.8	7:52	5:41
6	9.8	7:51	5:41
7	9.8	7:51	5:42
8	9.9	7:51	5:42
9	9.9	7:51	5:43
10	9.9	7:51	5:43
11	9.9	7:50	5:44
12	9.9	7:50	5:45
13	9.9	7:50	5:45
14	9.9	7:50	5:46
15	10.0	7:49	5:46
16	10.0	7:49	5:47
17	10.0	7:48	5:47
18	10.0	7:48	5:48
19	10.0	7:47	5:49
20	10.0	7:47	5:49
21	10.1	7:46	5:50
22	10.1	7:46	5:51
23	10.1	7:45	5:51
24	10.1	7:45	5:52
25	10.1	7:44	5:53
26	10.2	7:43	5:53
27	10.2	7:43	5:54
28	10.2	7:42	5:55
29	10.2	7:41	5:55
30	10.3	7:40	5:56
31	10.3	7:40	5:57

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.54 kWh/m² to a high of 8.03 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.77 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)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1
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	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.7	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.8	Moderate
20	2.8	Moderate
21	2.8	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	2.9	Moderate
24	2.9	Moderate
25	2.9	Moderate
26	2.9	Moderate
27	3.0	Moderate
28	3.0	Moderate
29	3.0	Moderate
30	3.0	Moderate
31	3.1	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Worcester?

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

5.4

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Worcester for sightseeing.

What to pack for Worcester in July

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

In July, Worcester sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 5°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Worcester 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 Worcester peaks around January 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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	10	10	6	4	3	3	5	6	11	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	10	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Worcester 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 Worcester is worst in June — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.8× the cleanest month (December, 11 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)	14	15	19	29	38	41	40	36	28	18	12	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	38	Poor
Jun	41	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	12	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Worcester?

Worcester sits at 33.6°S, 19.4°E, 234 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Ceres, 33 km away.

Topography around Worcester

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Worcester has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m around an average of 238 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,796 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,250 m.

The land around Worcester is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (41%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%), shrubs (27%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

172 m

artificial surfaces 45%

16 km

1,796 m

shrubs 41%

80 km

2,250 m

grassland 42%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

July weather nearby: Ceres 33 km · Wellington 40 km · Le Roux 42 km · Franschhoek 42 km · Robertson 44 km · Paarl 45 km · Ashton 60 km · Stellenbosch 63 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 Worcester (-33.6465°, 19.4485°, elevation 234 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	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	5
9	16	5
10	16	5
11	16	5
12	16	5
13	16	5
14	16	5
15	16	5
16	16	5
17	16	5
18	16	5
19	16	5
20	16	5
21	16	5
22	16	5
23	16	5
24	16	5
25	16	5
26	16	6
27	16	6
28	16	6
29	16	6
30	16	6
31	16	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	63	37
7	63	37
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	61	39
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	63	37
27	63	37
28	64	36
29	63	37
30	63	37
31	64	36

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

	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