Climate averages 1991–2020
Canberra weather
in June.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Canberra: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tuggeranong (16 km away). In June its highs average 10.8°C, about as warm as Canberra, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Canberra ranks 29th of 32 for the warmest June highs and joint 15th of 32 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 32 cities is 17.0°C; Canberra is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Tuggeranong in JuneAustralia · 16 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Wollongong in JuneAustralia · 187 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 11.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in JuneAustralia · 206 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Sydney in JuneAustralia · 247 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Central Coast in JuneAustralia · 291 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JuneAustralia · 358 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Maitland in JuneAustralia · 361 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 9.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Bendigo in JuneAustralia · 466 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 46 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.