Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Australia.

ClimaNote covers 32 cities in Australia, starting with Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 16.4°C in Hobart to 31.5°C in Darwin, and yearly rainfall from 452 mm in Adelaide Hills to 1,830 mm in Darwin. The hottest city-month is October in Darwin, with an average high of 33.8°C, and the coolest is July in Blue Mountains, at 9.9°C. By single month, the most rain falls in January in Darwin, with 438 mm, and the least in July in Darwin, with under 1 mm.

January is the warmest month in 25 cities, February in 2, December in 2 and October in 1 (in 2 other cities two or more months tie); July is the coolest in 31 cities and February in 1. February is the wettest month in 14 cities, November in 5, June in 3, July in 3, September in 2, January in 1, August in 1 and December in 1 (in 2 other cities two or more months tie); September is the driest in 9 cities, July in 7, March in 5, February in 1, April in 1, August in 1 and December in 1 (in 7 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, 1 has a month with under 1 mm of rain and 1 has a month with more than 300 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C.