Climate averages 1991–2020
Adelaide Hills weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Adelaide Hills: daytime highs average 11.7°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 03 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adelaide (10 km away). In July its highs average 13.7°C, 2.0°C warmer than Adelaide Hills, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Adelaide Hills ranks joint 25th of 32 for the warmest July highs and joint 24th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Adelaide Hills is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 12.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 56 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Adelaide Hills climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 21 | 3.5 | 14.214 h |
| February | 26.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 19 | 2.9 | 13.413 h |
| March | 23.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 18 | 3.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 19.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 33 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| May | 15.3°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 44 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 12.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 51 | 9.2 | 9.810 h |
| July, selected | 11.7°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 56 | 10.3 | 10.010 h |
| August | 12.6°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 56 | 10.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 15.1°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 55 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.4°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 36 | 6.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 34 | 5.9 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 28 | 5.4 | 14.414 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Adelaide in JulyAustralia · 10 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Bendigo in JulyAustralia · 543 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Ballarat in JulyAustralia · 547 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Geelong in JulyAustralia · 620 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Melbourne in JulyAustralia · 646 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 949 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Sydney in JulyAustralia · 1152 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JulyAustralia · 1225 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 73 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Adelaide Hills) is explained once on the Adelaide Hills year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.