Climate averages 1991–2020
Newcastle, Australia weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Newcastle, Australia: daytime highs average 16.1°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 12 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maitland (30 km away). In July its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Newcastle, Australia, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Newcastle, Australia ranks 17th of 32 for the warmest July highs and 28th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Newcastle, Australia is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 17.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 56 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Maitland in JulyAustralia · 30 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Central Coast in JulyAustralia · 67 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Sydney in JulyAustralia · 117 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in JulyAustralia · 160 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Wollongong in JulyAustralia · 185 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 10.5°C · 66 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in JulyAustralia · 319 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 358 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JulyAustralia · 372 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 Newcastle) is explained once on the Newcastle, Australia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.