Climate averages 1991–2020
Darwin weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 9th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Darwin: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dili (721 km away). In July its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Darwin, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Darwin ranks 1st of 32 for the warmest July highs and 1st of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Darwin is 13.9°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.7 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
Darwin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 438 | 27.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 379 | 25.8 | 12.513 h |
| March | 30.9°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 300 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 100 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 14 | 2.4 | 11.512 h |
| June | 30.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.411 h |
| July, selected | 30.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| August | 31.3°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| September | 33.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 16 | 3.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 33.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 76 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| November | 33.1°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 180 | 20.7 | 12.713 h |
| December | 31.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 323 | 24.9 | 12.813 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
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 Darwin) is explained once on the Darwin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.