Climate averages 1991–2020
Launceston weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Launceston: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 3.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 29 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hobart (161 km away). In July its highs average 11.6°C, about as warm as Launceston, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Launceston ranks 28th of 32 for the warmest July highs and 29th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Launceston is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 12.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 81 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
Launceston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| March | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 49 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 60 | 8.3 | 9.810 h |
| June | 11.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
| July, selected | 11.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.59 h |
| August | 12.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 14.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| December | 21.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 15.115 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
- Hobart in JulyAustralia · 161 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Geelong in JulyAustralia · 436 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Melbourne in JulyAustralia · 444 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 6.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Ballarat in JulyAustralia · 515 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Bendigo in JulyAustralia · 576 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JulyAustralia · 690 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 706 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Sydney in JulyAustralia · 915 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 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 Launceston) is explained once on the Launceston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.