Climate averages 1991–2020
Adelaide weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Adelaide: daytime highs average 13.7°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the wettest month 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 Hills (10 km away). In July its highs average 11.7°C, 2.0°C cooler than Adelaide, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Adelaide ranks 22nd of 32 for the warmest July highs and 26th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Adelaide is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 14.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 58 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 19 | 3.3 | 14.214 h |
| February | 27.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 19 | 2.7 | 13.413 h |
| March | 24.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 19 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 36 | 5.6 | 11.211 h |
| May | 17.4°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 52 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 14.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 61 | 9.6 | 9.810 h |
| July, selected | 13.7°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 64 | 10.4 | 10.010 h |
| August | 14.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 10.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 17.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 9.8 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 35 | 6.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 30 | 5.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 25.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 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 Hills in JulyAustralia · 10 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Bendigo in JulyAustralia · 551 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Ballarat in JulyAustralia · 555 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Geelong in JulyAustralia · 627 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Melbourne in JulyAustralia · 654 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 958 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Sydney in JulyAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JulyAustralia · 1235 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) is explained once on the Adelaide year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.