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Places with the best weather in Africa in July: ranked by comfort score

Musanze tops the list at 99 /100 in July. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in July: Musanze (99 /100) , Gitega (99 /100) , Songea (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 6.8 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Musanze Rwanda 99 /100 23 °C 15 °C 17 mm 4 334 h –
2 Gitega Burundi 99 /100 24 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 348 h –
3 Songea Tanzania 98 /100 23 °C 12 °C 4 mm 1 318 h –
4 Sumbawanga Tanzania 98 /100 23 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 355 h –
5 Mwala Kenya 97 /100 23 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 251 h –
6 Kitengela Kenya 97 /100 22 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 261 h –
7 Mbeya Tanzania 97 /100 23 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 351 h –
8 Chipata Zambia 97 /100 23 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 322 h –
9 Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo 97 /100 25 °C 16 °C 8 mm 2 351 h –
10 Nairobi Kenya 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 15 mm 3 259 h –
11 Chimoio Mozambique 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 10 mm 3 296 h –
12 Chingola Zambia 96 /100 24 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 330 h –
13 Lilongwe Malawi 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 322 h –
14 KwaDukuza South Africa 96 /100 22 °C 12 °C 41 mm 4 284 h 21 °C
15 Ndola Zambia 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 328 h –
16 Kasama Zambia 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 338 h –
17 Kigali Rwanda 96 /100 25 °C 15 °C 5 mm 1 314 h –
18 Mufulira Zambia 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 330 h –
19 Lusaka Zambia 96 /100 22 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 324 h –
20 Livingstone Zambia 96 /100 24 °C 10 °C 0 mm 0 331 h –
21 Moshi Tanzania 96 /100 23 °C 16 °C 20 mm 5 305 h –
22 Luanshya Zambia 95 /100 24 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 328 h –
23 Arusha Tanzania 95 /100 21 °C 12 °C 10 mm 2 322 h –
24 Kitwe Zambia 95 /100 25 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 329 h –
25 East London South Africa 95 /100 21 °C 13 °C 28 mm 4 284 h 21 °C
26 Kabwe Zambia 95 /100 23 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 317 h –
27 Kipushi Democratic Republic of the Congo 95 /100 25 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 336 h –
28 Blantyre Malawi 95 /100 21 °C 11 °C 15 mm 5 305 h –
29 Lichinga Mozambique 95 /100 21 °C 9.8 °C 2 mm 1 316 h –
30 Lubango Angola 95 /100 24 °C 10 °C 0 mm 0 336 h –
31 Iringa Tanzania 95 /100 22 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 346 h –
32 Tunduma Tanzania 94 /100 22 °C 10 °C 0 mm 0 348 h –
33 Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the Congo 94 /100 25 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 337 h –
34 Mansa Zambia 94 /100 25 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 341 h –
35 Maputo Mozambique 94 /100 23 °C 15 °C 11 mm 2 294 h –
36 Xai-Xai Mozambique 94 /100 24 °C 16 °C 19 mm 5 301 h 23 °C
37 Durban South Africa 94 /100 21 °C 14 °C 44 mm 5 288 h 22 °C
38 Solwezi Zambia 94 /100 25 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 334 h –
39 Matola Mozambique 94 /100 24 °C 14 °C 11 mm 2 293 h –
40 Thika Kenya 94 /100 22 °C 13 °C 26 mm 7 245 h –
41 Likasi Democratic Republic of the Congo 93 /100 26 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 339 h –
42 Karuri Kenya 93 /100 22 °C 14 °C 23 mm 7 262 h –
43 Nampula Mozambique 93 /100 25 °C 16 °C 6 mm 2 307 h –
44 Kolwezi Democratic Republic of the Congo 92 /100 26 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 336 h –
45 Harare Zimbabwe 92 /100 20 °C 7.8 °C 1 mm 0 309 h –
46 Mutare Zimbabwe 92 /100 20 °C 9.2 °C 10 mm 2 302 h –
47 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe 92 /100 20 °C 7.6 °C 1 mm 0 307 h –
48 Kariega South Africa 92 /100 21 °C 9.4 °C 24 mm 4 274 h 17 °C
49 Mbarara Uganda 92 /100 26 °C 16 °C 13 mm 3 332 h –
50 Goma Democratic Republic of the Congo 92 /100 23 °C 18 °C 36 mm 8 342 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

June: top 5

  1. Gitega 99 /100
  2. Sumbawanga 98 /100
  3. Songea 98 /100
  4. Chipata 97 /100
  5. Chingola 97 /100

Full ranking for June

August: top 5

  1. Sumbawanga 98 /100
  2. Kitengela 98 /100
  3. Blantyre 97 /100
  4. Lichinga 97 /100
  5. Nairobi 97 /100

Full ranking for August

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in July, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.