Climate averages 1991–2020
Hobart weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Hobart: daytime highs average 11.6°C and nights cool to about 4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 21 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Launceston (161 km away). In July its highs average 11.3°C, about as warm as Hobart, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Hobart ranks 27th of 32 for the warmest July highs and 20th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Hobart is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 12.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 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
Hobart climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.915 h |
| February | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| March | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 45 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 47 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
| June | 12.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 46 | 8.8 | 9.19 h |
| July, selected | 11.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 10.5 | 9.39 h |
| August | 12.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 58 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| September | 14.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 53 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 | 11.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 17.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 11.5 | 14.515 h |
| December | 19.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 58 | 9.8 | 15.315 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
- Launceston in JulyAustralia · 161 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Geelong in JulyAustralia · 583 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Melbourne in JulyAustralia · 598 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Ballarat in JulyAustralia · 660 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Bendigo in JulyAustralia · 729 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Sydney in JulyAustralia · 1057 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Adelaide in JulyAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 8.2°C · 64 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JulyAustralia · 1173 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 Hobart) is explained once on the Hobart year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.