Bundaberg climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bundaberg?

Bundaberg has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 823 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bundaberg?

The hottest day measured in Bundaberg between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1958, reaching 35.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bundaberg?

The coldest day measured in Bundaberg between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, at 6.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bundaberg?

Almost never: Bundaberg sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bundaberg warmed?

Yes: Bundaberg warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bundaberg?

The wettest day measured in Bundaberg between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1980, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bundaberg?

The windiest day measured in Bundaberg between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1980, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bundaberg?

The warmest month in Bundaberg is January (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bundaberg?

Bundaberg receives on average 823 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bundaberg?

Bundaberg gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bundaberg (Australia) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 823 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is January (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Bundaberg averages 0 frost days, 18 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 104 rainy days per year.

Bundaberg has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.4 °C (on 31 October 1958) and the coldest 6.5 °C (on 20 July 2007).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BundabergQueensland

coords: -24.87°, 152.35°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJanuaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

21.5°C

Average daily high

25.0°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

823mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

19.4km/h

Seasonal range

8.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

18 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

104 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.0 °C

Average feels-like low

18.6 °C

Average peak gust

35.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

159 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.37 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

35.4 °C

31 October 1958

Coldest day

6.5 °C

20 July 2007

Wettest day

191 mm

7 January 1980

Windiest day

56.0 km/h

27 February 1980

Strongest gust

101.2 km/h

29 January 1967

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

9 January 2002

Coldest feels-like

1.7 °C

22 July 1951

Sunniest day

13.5 h

30 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.1 °C16 January 2025	7.9 °C12 June 2025	22.2 °C	1,047 mm	31
2024	32.6 °C24 December 2024	7.6 °C30 July 2024	22.3 °C	1,044 mm	44
2023	32.1 °C12 February 2023	9.0 °C9 July 2023	22.0 °C	757 mm	29
2022	31.8 °C8 December 2022	7.2 °C10 June 2022	21.5 °C	1,123 mm	20
2021	33.7 °C22 February 2021	7.2 °C22 July 2021	21.8 °C	1,010 mm	17
2020	32.3 °C20 February 2020	8.7 °C5 July 2020	22.1 °C	785 mm	31
2019	32.9 °C16 December 2019	8.4 °C15 July 2019	22.1 °C	369 mm	33
2018	33.6 °C14 January 2018	7.9 °C22 August 2018	21.9 °C	584 mm	32
2017	33.6 °C21 January 2017	9.2 °C21 July 2017	22.3 °C	915 mm	47
2016	32.9 °C2 February 2016	8.8 °C26 June 2016	22.2 °C	942 mm	26
2015	32.5 °C19 January 2015	7.5 °C18 July 2015	21.7 °C	763 mm	18
2014	32.5 °C4 January 2014	7.7 °C12 July 2014	21.6 °C	679 mm	18
2013	32.6 °C29 January 2013	8.4 °C22 August 2013	21.8 °C	1,045 mm	20
2012	31.8 °C5 December 2012	7.2 °C3 August 2012	21.1 °C	945 mm	14
2011	32.2 °C18 January 2011	7.1 °C10 July 2011	20.9 °C	1,005 mm	11
2010	32.1 °C19 January 2010	8.5 °C14 August 2010	21.6 °C	1,460 mm	6
2009	31.6 °C1 January 2009	6.7 °C12 June 2009	21.7 °C	885 mm	7
2008	33.7 °C31 December 2008	6.5 °C12 August 2008	21.2 °C	999 mm	14
2007	33.7 °C12 March 2007	6.5 °C20 July 2007	21.4 °C	718 mm	11
2006	31.7 °C4 February 2006	9.7 °C25 May 2006	21.6 °C	615 mm	26
2005	33.6 °C18 December 2005	7.3 °C13 August 2005	22.0 °C	717 mm	34
2004	32.6 °C21 February 2004	7.6 °C8 July 2004	21.7 °C	694 mm	33
2003	32.1 °C9 January 2003	6.9 °C1 August 2003	21.6 °C	784 mm	6
2002	34.0 °C12 January 2002	8.0 °C2 July 2002	21.8 °C	577 mm	33
2001	32.8 °C26 December 2001	8.0 °C16 June 2001	21.6 °C	600 mm	23
2000	32.1 °C23 January 2000	7.6 °C2 June 2000	21.0 °C	661 mm	4
1999	32.4 °C30 January 1999	7.8 °C18 June 1999	21.1 °C	1,110 mm	10
1998	33.9 °C23 February 1998	7.2 °C31 July 1998	22.1 °C	820 mm	31
1997	31.7 °C3 December 1997	7.5 °C26 August 1997	21.5 °C	571 mm	19
1996	32.6 °C31 January 1996	7.2 °C17 July 1996	21.5 °C	867 mm	25
1995	34.6 °C19 December 1995	7.4 °C10 August 1995	21.6 °C	687 mm	17
1994	33.2 °C6 January 1994	7.2 °C1 August 1994	21.1 °C	617 mm	19
1993	32.4 °C1 March 1993	8.7 °C5 August 1993	21.6 °C	652 mm	11
1992	34.3 °C14 January 1992	7.7 °C26 June 1992	21.3 °C	889 mm	32
1991	32.6 °C5 December 1991	8.0 °C27 July 1991	21.7 °C	581 mm	22
1990	34.4 °C3 February 1990	7.1 °C29 June 1990	21.4 °C	1,129 mm	24
1989	32.3 °C31 January 1989	7.1 °C15 July 1989	21.1 °C	912 mm	10
1988	33.1 °C24 November 1988	9.1 °C10 August 1988	21.8 °C	1,025 mm	15
1987	34.2 °C22 January 1987	8.4 °C30 June 1987	21.7 °C	553 mm	27
1986	31.5 °C12 January 1986	7.8 °C11 July 1986	21.6 °C	819 mm	18
1985	33.1 °C20 December 1985	6.8 °C25 June 1985	21.4 °C	782 mm	33
1984	33.0 °C13 December 1984	8.3 °C6 July 1984	21.2 °C	691 mm	12
1983	32.7 °C12 January 1983	8.8 °C9 July 1983	21.5 °C	1,098 mm	5
1982	33.8 °C18 February 1982	8.3 °C23 June 1982	21.3 °C	448 mm	24
1981	34.4 °C8 December 1981	8.8 °C12 July 1981	21.5 °C	803 mm	34
1980	33.8 °C16 January 1980	8.3 °C8 July 1980	21.8 °C	974 mm	28
1979	34.7 °C11 December 1979	9.7 °C1 July 1979	21.7 °C	556 mm	24
1978	33.5 °C7 February 1978	7.6 °C13 July 1978	21.2 °C	986 mm	14
1977	33.0 °C18 January 1977	7.8 °C30 July 1977	21.2 °C	802 mm	7
1976	33.0 °C28 December 1976	9.2 °C18 June 1976	21.2 °C	1,158 mm	17
1975	30.6 °C26 November 1975	10.1 °C13 June 1975	21.4 °C	719 mm	8
1974	32.5 °C6 February 1974	8.5 °C13 July 1974	20.7 °C	1,032 mm	7
1973	32.3 °C14 March 1973	9.2 °C19 July 1973	21.9 °C	1,156 mm	20
1972	32.4 °C25 December 1972	7.5 °C9 July 1972	21.0 °C	766 mm	14
1971	32.6 °C4 January 1971	8.5 °C27 June 1971	21.3 °C	1,089 mm	18
1970	32.0 °C6 January 1970	9.3 °C13 July 1970	21.4 °C	919 mm	19
1969	33.4 °C10 February 1969	10.2 °C8 June 1969	21.4 °C	724 mm	15
1968	32.0 °C19 November 1968	8.1 °C23 July 1968	21.2 °C	886 mm	10
1967	34.2 °C30 January 1967	9.0 °C3 August 1967	21.1 °C	1,024 mm	10
1966	32.5 °C15 February 1966	8.0 °C18 July 1966	21.0 °C	714 mm	13
1965	32.2 °C11 February 1965	6.9 °C19 July 1965	21.2 °C	642 mm	20
1964	33.3 °C17 December 1964	9.2 °C22 July 1964	21.8 °C	479 mm	28
1963	32.1 °C5 January 1963	8.6 °C18 July 1963	21.1 °C	711 mm	8
1962	32.4 °C2 March 1962	8.2 °C23 August 1962	21.3 °C	1,003 mm	18
1961	31.6 °C27 December 1961	8.3 °C23 June 1961	20.9 °C	815 mm	6
1960	33.4 °C3 February 1960	8.0 °C13 July 1960	20.9 °C	677 mm	9
1959	31.6 °C19 February 1959	9.2 °C25 July 1959	21.1 °C	985 mm	12
1958	35.4 °C31 October 1958	8.7 °C24 July 1958	21.6 °C	1,097 mm	13
1957	31.8 °C27 December 1957	8.5 °C13 July 1957	21.5 °C	491 mm	11
1956	33.0 °C11 December 1956	7.3 °C2 July 1956	21.0 °C	1,425 mm	14
1955	32.0 °C17 February 1955	8.4 °C18 July 1955	21.5 °C	996 mm	12
1954	30.6 °C21 February 1954	9.2 °C18 June 1954	21.1 °C	963 mm	6
1953	31.7 °C10 December 1953	8.2 °C18 August 1953	21.2 °C	819 mm	12
1952	32.4 °C8 January 1952	7.8 °C1 July 1952	21.5 °C	589 mm	16
1951	31.3 °C24 November 1951	6.7 °C22 July 1951	21.0 °C	375 mm	13
1950	32.2 °C20 January 1950	10.0 °C9 August 1950	21.2 °C	1,287 mm	12
1949	32.4 °C2 January 1949	7.4 °C23 June 1949	21.1 °C	662 mm	15
1948	31.8 °C27 February 1948	9.5 °C29 June 1948	21.2 °C	509 mm	7
1947	31.9 °C25 January 1947	8.8 °C19 July 1947	20.9 °C	720 mm	7
1946	33.0 °C4 February 1946	7.0 °C6 July 1946	21.2 °C	519 mm	15
1945	31.3 °C2 January 1945	8.4 °C22 July 1945	21.5 °C	484 mm	13
1944	33.3 °C10 March 1944	9.5 °C22 July 1944	21.3 °C	352 mm	19
1943	33.4 °C15 January 1943	9.0 °C22 June 1943	21.1 °C	555 mm	16
1942	34.5 °C5 January 1942	9.6 °C24 July 1942	21.2 °C	1,467 mm	16
1941	31.7 °C26 January 1941	8.1 °C9 July 1941	20.8 °C	1,207 mm	13
1940	34.2 °C27 January 1940	10.3 °C24 June 1940	21.4 °C	658 mm	17

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

31 d/yr

+13

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1047 mm

+224 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.4 °C	+0.9 °C	139 mm	+25 mm
Feb	28.8 °C	+0.5 °C	121 mm	-19 mm
Mar	28.5 °C	+1.0 °C	148 mm	+40 mm
Apr	26.7 °C	+0.9 °C	144 mm	+81 mm
May	24.1 °C	+0.7 °C	86 mm	+31 mm
Jun	21.6 °C	+0.4 °C	30 mm	-14 mm
Jul	21.5 °C	+0.8 °C	54 mm	+17 mm
Aug	21.8 °C	+0.2 °C	62 mm	+35 mm
Sep	24.2 °C	+0.7 °C	20 mm	-3 mm
Oct	27.3 °C	+2.1 °C	47 mm	-6 mm
Nov	28.7 °C	+1.9 °C	94 mm	+29 mm
Dec	28.8 °C	+0.8 °C	102 mm	+9 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

16 Jan 2025

Coldest day

7.9 °C

12 Jun 2025

Wettest day

77.9 mm

15 Feb 2025

Windiest day

34.3 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

65.2 km/h

2 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.1 °C

16 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

14 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

13.5 h

30 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bundaberg?

Bundaberg has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 823 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bundaberg?

The hottest day measured in Bundaberg between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1958, reaching 35.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bundaberg?

The coldest day measured in Bundaberg between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 2007, at 6.5 °C.

Does it snow in Bundaberg?

Almost never: Bundaberg sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bundaberg warmed?

Yes: Bundaberg warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bundaberg?

The wettest day measured in Bundaberg between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1980, with 191 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bundaberg?

The windiest day measured in Bundaberg between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1980, with winds reaching 56.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bundaberg?

The warmest month in Bundaberg is January (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Bundaberg?

Bundaberg receives on average 823 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 104 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bundaberg?

Bundaberg gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bundaberg?

Yes: Bundaberg has on average 159 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bundaberg?

In Bundaberg, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 9 January 2002, and the lowest was 1.7 °C on 22 July 1951.

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