Climate averages 1991–2020
Wollongong weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Wollongong: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney (68 km away). In February its highs average 25.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Wollongong, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Wollongong ranks joint 27th of 32 for the warmest February highs and 20th of 32 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 32 cities is 26.7°C; Wollongong is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 118 mm to 109 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
Wollongong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 84 | 10.8 | 14.214 h |
| February, selected | 24.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 118 | 12.3 | 13.413 h |
| March | 23.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 109 | 13.9 | 12.312 h |
| April | 20.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 95 | 11.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 18.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 97 | 10.0 | 10.410 h |
| June | 16.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 123 | 10.3 | 9.910 h |
| July | 15.5°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 66 | 7.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 16.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 63 | 6.8 | 10.811 h |
| September | 18.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 59 | 7.5 | 11.812 h |
| October | 20.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 73 | 9.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 85 | 10.8 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 72 | 11.4 | 14.414 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
- Sydney in FebruaryAustralia · 68 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in FebruaryAustralia · 95 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 148 mm rain
- Central Coast in FebruaryAustralia · 119 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in FebruaryAustralia · 185 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Canberra in FebruaryAustralia · 187 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Maitland in FebruaryAustralia · 198 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in FebruaryAustralia · 200 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 78 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in FebruaryAustralia · 504 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 166 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 Wollongong) is explained once on the Wollongong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.