Climate averages 1991–2020
Maitland weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Maitland: daytime highs average 16.4°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 13 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Newcastle, Australia (30 km away). In July its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Maitland, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Maitland ranks joint 15th of 32 for the warmest July highs and joint 13th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Maitland is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 31 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
Maitland climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 66 | 9.9 | 14.014 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 81 | 9.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 74 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 47 | 8.0 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 59 | 8.5 | 10.010 h |
| July, selected | 16.4°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 37 | 6.0 | 10.210 h |
| August | 18.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 37 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 52 | 7.6 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 72 | 9.3 | 13.814 h |
| December | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 71 | 10.0 | 14.314 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
- Newcastle, Australia in JulyAustralia · 30 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Central Coast in JulyAustralia · 79 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Sydney in JulyAustralia · 130 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in JulyAustralia · 158 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Wollongong in JulyAustralia · 198 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in JulyAustralia · 309 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 361 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JulyAustralia · 376 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 44 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 Maitland) is explained once on the Maitland year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.