Climate averages 1991–2020
Mackay weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Mackay: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockhampton (283 km away). In July its highs average 22.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Mackay, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Mackay ranks 5th of 32 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Mackay is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 25 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
Mackay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 212 | 15.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 225 | 17.4 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 171 | 15.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 89 | 13.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| July, selected | 21.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 32 | 4.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 16 | 3.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 34 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 64 | 8.3 | 13.113 h |
| December | 28.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 117 | 11.6 | 13.413 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
- Rockhampton in JulyAustralia · 283 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 11.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Townsville in JulyAustralia · 324 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Bundaberg in JulyAustralia · 526 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 12.5°C · 28 mm rain
- Cairns in JulyAustralia · 591 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 27 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in JulyAustralia · 730 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Caloundra in JulyAustralia · 746 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Toowoomba in JulyAustralia · 766 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 5.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Sydney in JulyAustralia · 1428 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 Mackay) is explained once on the Mackay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.