Climate averages 1991–2020
Wollongong weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Wollongong: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sydney (68 km away). In July its highs average 15.9°C, about as warm as Wollongong, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Wollongong ranks 21st of 32 for the warmest July highs and 27th of 32 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 32 cities is 16.5°C; Wollongong is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 63 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Sydney in JulyAustralia · 68 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 56 mm rain
- Blue Mountains in JulyAustralia · 95 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 1.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Central Coast in JulyAustralia · 119 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in JulyAustralia · 185 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 10.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Canberra in JulyAustralia · 187 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Maitland in JulyAustralia · 198 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 7.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in JulyAustralia · 200 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 44 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in JulyAustralia · 504 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 11.5°C · 36 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.