Climate averages 1991–2020
Melbourne weather
in July.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a cool month in Melbourne: daytime highs average 12.9°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (65 km away). In July its highs average 13.0°C, about as warm as Melbourne, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Melbourne ranks 24th of 32 for the warmest July highs and joint 17th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Melbourne is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 13.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 51 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
Melbourne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 49 | 5.9 | 14.514 h |
| February | 25.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 44 | 5.7 | 13.514 h |
| March | 23.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| April | 19.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 46 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| May | 16.1°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 43 | 8.7 | 10.110 h |
| June | 13.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| July, selected | 12.9°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 44 | 11.0 | 9.810 h |
| August | 13.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 60 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| October | 18.8°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 10.3 | 13.013 h |
| November | 21.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 61 | 9.3 | 14.114 h |
| December | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 7.7 | 14.715 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
- Geelong in JulyAustralia · 65 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 7.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Ballarat in JulyAustralia · 102 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 4.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Bendigo in JulyAustralia · 132 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Launceston in JulyAustralia · 444 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JulyAustralia · 453 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 466 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Hobart in JulyAustralia · 598 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in JulyAustralia · 646 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 5.7°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 Melbourne) is explained once on the Melbourne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.