Canberra Long-term Averages

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Mean Max (°C)
29.9 28.0 25.2 20.8 16.4 13.2 12.8 14.4 17.9 21.3 24.9 27.3 21.0
Mean Min (°C)
14.2 13.4 11.2 6.8 2.4 1.1 0.1 1.1 3.1 6.2 9.9 12.0 6.8
Mean Rain (mm)
56.8 64.1 62.6 42.8 33.4 47.8 30.5 47.2 51.5 53.9 75.6 77.4 643.1
Median Rain (mm)
46.8 55.3 32.1 27.7 37.9 30.3 36.3 45.6 52.3 53.7 60.4 44.5 614.6
Mean Rain Days
8.1 8.3 8.9 7.5 7.5 11.8 11.4 11.1 8.0 9.2 9.1 9.2 110.4

Canberra Daily Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max (°C)
44.0 42.7 37.4 31.8 24.5 19.4 18.8 21.4 30.2 32.1 39.9 41.1 44.0
Low Max (°C)
17.1 16.9 15.9 9.7 7.8 4.1 6.3 6.8 9.2 8.6 11.6 14.1 4.1
High Min (°C)
24.4 26.7 19.2 17.2 15.2 11.8 11.1 11.5 15.6 16.1 19.5 22.8 26.7
Low Min (°C)
1.6 2.8 0.6 -2.7 -6.9 -7.2 -8.7 -7.6 -6.9 -3.4 -1.5 0.3 -8.7
High Rain (mm)
43.0 64.4 62.4 53.2 31.2 65.2 39.0 43.8 57.8 38.6 44.8 87.6 87.6

Canberra Monthly Records

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Mn. Max (°C)
34.5 30.1 27.7 25.0 17.6 14.1 14.5 16.7 20.9 24.8 29.4 31.7 22.6
Low Mn. Max (°C)
26.9 25.0 22.1 18.9 15.0 12.0 11.5 12.3 15.8 18.3 20.2 23.6 19.2
High Mn. Min (°C)
17.7 15.3 12.8 8.7 4.8 3.0 2.2 2.6 4.8 8.8 12.2 13.9 7.6
Low Mn. Min (°C)
12.1 12.3 9.1 3.7 -0.2 -1.4 -2.3 -0.8 1.5 3.4 6.7 8.6 5.5
High Rain (mm)
106.4 133.2 197.2 96.2 91.0 144.2 71.0 116.4 149.2 166.2 152.6 198.4 959.6
Low Rain (mm)
4.8 7.2 7.2 1.4 2.6 2.4 5.0 12.6 13.4 13.4 12.6 1.2 358.6

Canberra Annual Temperatures & Rainfall

Canberra annual climate

Canberra Average Number of Days With Temperatures

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
≥ 40°C
0.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.2
≥ 35°C
5.5 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.5 9.9
≥ 30°C
14.9 8.9 3.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 4.9 9.5 43.5
≤ 2°C
0.1 0.0 0.1 3.7 16.1 17.1 20.8 18.1 12.9 5.6 0.5 0.2 95.2
≤ 0°C
0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 9.4 12.9 16.1 12.5 7.1 1.9 0.2 0.0 61.2

Canberra 'per Week' Values (14th/86th Percentiles)

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
High Max
33.7 32.2 28.9 23.7 18.9 14.7 13.6 15.9 20.2 24.1 28.2 31.5 27.8
Low Max
22.4 22.2 20.1 16.2 12.3 9.8 9.0 10.2 12.6 15.3 17.5 20.9 12.0
High Min
16.7 16.6 14.6 11.1 8.0 5.7 4.4 5.3 7.2 10.2 12.8 15.0 13.4
Low Min
9.4 9.6 6.9 2.2 -1.6 -3.7 -4.4 -3.3 -0.9 1.8 4.5 7.4 -0.6

Canberra Data Availability

  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
Years of Minima
17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 16.0
Earliest Entry
2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008
Latest Entry
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Years of Maxima
17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 16.0
Earliest Entry
2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008
Latest Entry
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025
Years of Rainfall
17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 16.0
Earliest Entry
2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008
Latest Entry
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2024 2025

Station Details

CANBERRA AIRPORT
ACT, New South Wales/ACT
35.3106°S 149.1970°E 578m AMSL
Commenced 2008

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