Climate averages 1991–2020

Brisbane weather
in July.

A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 19.9°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 10.1°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 28 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Brisbane · average highYear overview

July is a mild month in Brisbane: daytime highs average 19.9°C and nights cool to about 10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (21 km away). In July its highs average 19.6°C, about as warm as Brisbane, with 26 mm of rain.

Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Brisbane ranks 7th of 32 for the warmest July highs and joint 7th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Brisbane is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 36 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Brisbane climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Brisbane, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.8°C21.3°C21.3°C12212.713.714 h
February 28.2°C21.2°C21.2°C12812.813.113 h
March 27.0°C19.9°C19.9°C9312.112.312 h
April 24.9°C17.0°C17.0°C438.411.511 h
May 22.3°C13.9°C13.9°C607.110.811 h
June 20.0°C11.4°C11.4°C526.210.410 h
July, selected 19.9°C10.1°C10.1°C284.110.611 h
August 21.5°C10.7°C10.7°C364.411.111 h
September 24.2°C13.6°C13.6°C355.411.912 h
October 25.7°C16.1°C16.1°C728.212.713 h
November 27.2°C18.3°C18.3°C849.713.513 h
December 28.3°C20.0°C20.0°C11011.413.814 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

Distance from Brisbane

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brisbane) is explained once on the Brisbane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.