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July 2026 was dry across the whole south-western Cape, not only at the airport
27.6mm Paarl · Highest
The airport’s record-low 14.4 mm was not a one-off. Malmesbury had only 3.2 mm, and even Paarl, the wettest of the five, had just 27.6 mm.
From our storiesCape Town's Driest July Since 1958: The Rain, the Dams and Two FiresRead the full story →
Method and sources
Each bar is the total rainfall a station recorded in July 2026, in millimetres, as reported in the article.
Malmesbury 3.2 millimetres, Hermanus 12 millimetres, Cape Town International Airport 14.4 millimetres, South African Observatory 15.6 millimetres, Paarl 27.6 millimetres.
The article gives the airport total as the lowest July figure since that station's records began in 1958, about 16 percent of its long-term July average of roughly 90 millimetres, and the Observatory total as its driest July in 91 years. Those comparison figures are approximate in the article and are not plotted here.
The period is the July 2026 calendar month, which is the month the article measures.
Sources: South African Weather Service (https://www.weathersa.co.za/)
Figures as published in our article on Cape Town's driest July since 1958 (chart last checked 14 September 2026): South African Weather Service station totals for July 2026. The link is to the publisher, not the exact table.
Chart updated · 14 Sep 2026. The observation dates above describe the data, not today’s conditions.
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