Climate averages 1991–2020
Townsville weather
in June.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Townsville: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 59 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cairns (283 km away). In June its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Townsville, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Townsville ranks 2nd of 32 for the warmest June highs and 2nd of 32 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 32 cities is 17.0°C; Townsville is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 16 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
Townsville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 208 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 30.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 219 | 17.7 | 12.713 h |
| March | 29.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 127 | 12.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 49 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 29 | 4.9 | 11.211 h |
| June, selected | 24.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 16 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 15 | 2.2 | 11.511 h |
| September | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 9.8 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 22 | 5.1 | 12.513 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 47 | 8.0 | 13.013 h |
| December | 30.9°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 88 | 12.5 | 13.313 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
- Cairns in JuneAustralia · 283 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Mackay in JuneAustralia · 324 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 17.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Rockhampton in JuneAustralia · 597 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in JuneAustralia · 1043 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Toowoomba in JuneAustralia · 1061 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Brisbane in JuneAustralia · 1111 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Logan City in JuneAustralia · 1131 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Gold Coast in JuneAustralia · 1182 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 94 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 Townsville) is explained once on the Townsville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.