Canberra climate — normals and trends
Canberra has a temperate oceanic climate, averaging 12.4 °C annually with 565 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
CanberraAustralian Capital Territory
- coords
- -35.28°, 149.13°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
18.3°C
Average daily low
7.2°C
Annual rainfall
565mm
Sunshine / day
10.1h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
17.5km/h
Seasonal range
14.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
39 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
16 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
79 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.1 cm
Average feels-like high
16.3 °C
Average feels-like low
5.0 °C
Average peak gust
39.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
1 d/yr
Solar radiation
17.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.26 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
39.1 °C
1 February 2020
Coldest day
-5.7 °C
22 July 2017
Wettest day
96 mm
14 March 1989
Windiest day
50.0 km/h
6 November 1994
Strongest gust
106.2 km/h
14 November 2022
Hottest feels-like
39.4 °C
16 January 2019
Coldest feels-like
-9.7 °C
3 August 2014
Snowiest day
4.9 cm
27 August 2001
Sunniest day
14.0 h
2 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 44 mm | -6 mm |
| Feb | 27.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 51 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 25.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 31 mm | -12 mm |
| Apr | 21.6 °C | +2.9 °C | 16 mm | -21 mm |
| May | 16.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 70 mm | +34 mm |
| Jun | 10.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 42 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 10.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 85 mm | +47 mm |
| Aug | 12.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 37 mm | -12 mm |
| Sep | 16.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 49 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 20.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 25 mm | -34 mm |
| Nov | 21.6 °C | +0.2 °C | 39 mm | -19 mm |
| Dec | 26.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 38 mm | -15 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Canberra (Australia) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 565 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 (19.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (5.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.
Canberra averages 39 frost days, 16 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 79 rainy days per year.
Canberra has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.1 °C (on 1 February 2020) and the coldest -5.7 °C (on 22 July 2017).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Canberra?
Canberra has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 565 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Canberra?
The hottest day measured in Canberra between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 2020, reaching 39.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Canberra?
The coldest day measured in Canberra between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2017, at -5.7 °C.
Does it snow in Canberra?
Yes. Canberra gets on average 1.1 cm of snow per year and has around 39 frost days.
Has the climate of Canberra warmed?
Yes: Canberra warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Canberra?
The wettest day measured in Canberra between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 1989, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Canberra?
The windiest day measured in Canberra between 1940 and 2025 was 6 November 1994, with winds reaching 50.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Canberra?
The warmest month in Canberra is January (19.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (5.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Canberra?
Canberra receives on average 565 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 79 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Canberra?
Canberra gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Canberra?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Canberra between 1940 and 2025 was 27 August 2001, with 4.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Canberra?
Yes: Canberra has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Canberra?
In Canberra, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 16 January 2019, and the lowest was -9.7 °C on 3 August 2014.
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