Canberra climate: monthly averages

One page for Canberra climate: monthly averages, sourced from public APIs and refreshed automatically. Expect 5.2 C at the coldest (Jul) and 20.8 C at the warmest (Jan) — a 15.6 C spread. Expect a wet month and a dry month but no real season: 3.27 mm/day in Feb against 1.01 mm/day in May. Taken together that is roughly 709 mm of rain a year for the grid cell. Because each page is rebuilt independently, one unavailable upstream never takes the rest of the site down. Exact monthly values are in the table; links below cover adjacent locations and years.

Annual mean temperature
12.6 C
Warmest month
Jan (20.8 C)
Coldest month
Jul (5.2 C)
Wettest month
Feb (3.27 mm/day)
All-time record high
40.5 C
All-time record low
-4.5 C
Annual precipitation
704 mm / year
Coordinates
-35.28346, 149.12807
Population
367,752
Average monthly temperature and rainfall in Canberra
MonthMean temp (C)Rain (mm/day)Record high (C)Record low (C)
Jan20.81.8840.54.2
Feb19.13.2739.14.8
Mar16.52.1834.22.6
Apr12.91.3730.5-1.1
May8.81.0122.9-1.4
Jun6.22.1718.9-3.4
Jul5.21.4717.3-3.5
Aug6.01.7219.2-4.5
Sep9.21.5828.7-2.7
Oct12.51.8930.1-1.1
Nov16.02.4936.40.3
Dec18.22.2837.92.0

What the Canberra climate table shows

Values are multi-decadal climatological averages for the -35.28346, 149.12807 grid cell, not a single year. Rain is the daily mean, so a value of 2.00 mm/day is about 60 mm across a 30-day month. Averages smooth over extremes, so use them for planning rather than for what to pack for next Tuesday.

Frequently asked questions

How much rain is 3.27 mm/day in a month?

Rain is recorded as a daily mean, so 3.27 mm/day is roughly 99 mm across a 30-day month.

Does Canberra get the same every year?

Close to it. Averaging decades smooths variation, so treat these as typical rather than guaranteed.