Climate averages 1991–2020
Melbourne weather
in June.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a cool month in Melbourne: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 7.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 35 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geelong (65 km away). In June its highs average 13.7°C, about as warm as Melbourne, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Melbourne ranks 24th of 32 for the warmest June highs and 12th of 32 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 32 cities is 17.0°C; Melbourne is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 12.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 44 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
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, selected | 13.5°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 49 | 10.2 | 9.610 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Geelong in JuneAustralia · 65 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 7.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Ballarat in JuneAustralia · 102 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Bendigo in JuneAustralia · 132 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 6.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Launceston in JuneAustralia · 444 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JuneAustralia · 453 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Canberra in JuneAustralia · 466 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Hobart in JuneAustralia · 598 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 46 mm rain
- Adelaide Hills in JuneAustralia · 646 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.5°C · 51 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.