Climate averages 1991–2020
Mackay weather
in June.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Mackay: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 52 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rockhampton (283 km away). In June its highs average 22.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mackay, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Mackay ranks 5th of 32 for the warmest June highs and 7th of 32 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 32 cities is 17.0°C; Mackay is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 32 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
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, selected | 21.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Rockhampton in JuneAustralia · 283 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Townsville in JuneAustralia · 324 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Bundaberg in JuneAustralia · 526 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Cairns in JuneAustralia · 591 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in JuneAustralia · 730 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Caloundra in JuneAustralia · 746 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Toowoomba in JuneAustralia · 766 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Sydney in JuneAustralia · 1428 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 10.4°C · 97 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.