Climate averages 1991–2020
Canberra weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Canberra: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuggeranong (16 km away). In February its highs average 25.2°C, about as warm as Canberra, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Canberra ranks joint 23rd of 32 for the warmest February highs and 12th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Canberra is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Canberra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 48 | 6.5 | 14.214 h |
| February, selected | 25.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 52 | 6.0 | 13.413 h |
| March | 22.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 38 | 5.3 | 12.312 h |
| April | 18.5°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 27 | 3.9 | 11.211 h |
| May | 14.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 28 | 4.3 | 10.310 h |
| June | 10.9°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 52 | 6.9 | 9.810 h |
| July | 10.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 37 | 6.7 | 10.010 h |
| August | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 49 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| September | 14.9°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 51 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 56 | 7.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 58 | 8.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 24.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 55 | 6.9 | 14.514 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
February in nearby cities
- Tuggeranong in FebruaryAustralia · 16 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Wollongong in FebruaryAustralia · 187 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in FebruaryAustralia · 206 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Sydney in FebruaryAustralia · 247 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Central Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 291 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in FebruaryAustralia · 358 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Maitland in FebruaryAustralia · 361 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Bendigo in FebruaryAustralia · 466 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 33 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 Canberra) is explained once on the Canberra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.