Climate averages 1991–2020
Newcastle, Australia weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Newcastle, Australia: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maitland (30 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, 2.4°C warmer than Newcastle, Australia, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Newcastle, Australia ranks 21st of 32 for the warmest February highs and 17th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Newcastle, Australia is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 98 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Newcastle, Australia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 76 | 9.6 | 14.114 h |
| February, selected | 25.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 98 | 9.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 98 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 86 | 11.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 94 | 10.8 | 10.510 h |
| June | 16.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 113 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| July | 16.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 73 | 8.9 | 10.210 h |
| August | 17.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 56 | 7.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 20.0°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 53 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 63 | 8.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 81 | 9.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 70 | 9.8 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Maitland in FebruaryAustralia · 30 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Central Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 67 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Sydney in FebruaryAustralia · 117 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in FebruaryAustralia · 160 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Wollongong in FebruaryAustralia · 185 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 118 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in FebruaryAustralia · 319 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 358 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in FebruaryAustralia · 372 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 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 Newcastle) is explained once on the Newcastle, Australia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.