Zastron weather in July

In July, Zastron sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 13 mm of precipitation across 2.5 wet days and about 10.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-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 77% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 10 h 06 min at the start of July to 10 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Zastron's 1st-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zastron's year-round climate.

Daytime high
16°
11th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Precipitation
13 mm
2.5 wet days
Daylight
10 h 12 min
7:11 AM – 5:24 PM
Cloud cover
20%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
3.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.7
out of 10

Zastron is small agricultural town in the Free State province of South Africa.

Founded
1875

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 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Zastron reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 20°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 Zastron

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

Zastron 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 15°14714.513.75.4
Feb28° / 15°13213.813.15.8
Mar26° / 12°1151312.26.7
Apr22° / 728.611.37.2
May19° / 284.410.57.4
Jun16° / 173.110.16.5
Jul16° / 132.510.26.7
Aug19° / 233.610.97.7
Sep23° / 233.811.88.3
Oct25° / 10°728.812.77.4
Nov27° / 12°979.813.56.8
Dec28° / 14°1271213.96.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 77% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 12%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18614
28713
38713
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78911
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitationSnow

Zastron gets around 13 mm of rain and snow over 2.5 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 9% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
181
281
371
470
570
670
770
870
970
1070
1170
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1791
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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 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.

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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 10 h 06 min at the start of July to 10 h 30 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 7:13 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
110.17:135:17
210.17:135:17
310.17:135:18
410.17:135:18
510.17:135:19
610.17:135:19
710.17:135:19
810.17:135:20
910.17:125:20
1010.17:125:21
1110.27:125:21
1210.27:125:22
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1410.27:115:23
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1610.27:115:24
1710.27:105:24
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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 3.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.41 kWh/m² to a high of 7.76 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 3.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.5Moderate
23.5Moderate
33.5Moderate
43.5Moderate
53.5Moderate
63.5Moderate
73.6Moderate
83.6Moderate
93.6Moderate
103.6Moderate
113.6Moderate
123.6Moderate
133.7Moderate
143.7Moderate
153.7Moderate
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173.7Moderate
183.7Moderate
193.8Moderate
203.8Moderate
213.8Moderate
223.8Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.9Moderate
274.0Moderate
284.0Moderate
294.0Bright
304.0Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Zastron

In seasonPeak

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

Zastron's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Zastron?

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

6.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
1.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Zastron for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zastron in July

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

In July, Zastron sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 0°C. Worth packing: a warm layer.

a warm layer

UV index in Zastron in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 4 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zastron peaks around January 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 13UV 15Jun 23UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr7Very high
May6High
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug6High
Sep8Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Zastron 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 Zastron is worst in June — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 2218 µg/m³Dec 216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar10Good
Apr13Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Zastron?

Zastron sits at 30.3°S, 27.1°E, 1,668 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Mohale's Hoek, 41 km away.

Topography around Zastron

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zastron has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 579 m around an average of 1,723 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 718 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,658 m.

The land around Zastron is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (87%) within 16 km, and grassland (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
579 m
16 km
718 m
80 km
1,658 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Mohale's Hoek 41 km · Mafeteng 55 km · Aliwal North 56 km · Quthing 60 km · Burgersdorp 106 km · Maseru 116 km · Botshabelo 120 km · Mabote 121 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 Zastron (-30.3023°, 27.084°, elevation 1,668 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).