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When to go to Canberra
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When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Canberra has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in October to April.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in April.
- The warmest month is January (29°C) and the coolest July (10°C). The wettest is February (92 mm) and the driest May (31 mm); about 706 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, mixed
- FebMild–warm, mixed
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprMild–warm, dry
- MayCool
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugCool
- SeptCool
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Canberra
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29°C | 13°C | 58 mm | 60% | 57% | 6.9 | 23°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| February | 26°C | 12°C | 92 mm | 68% | 60% | 5.9 | 24°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| March | 23°C | 10°C | 68 mm | 70% | 56% | 5 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 19°C | 7°C | 41 mm | 73% | 51% | 3.9 | 31°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| May | 14°C | 4°C | 31 mm | 77% | 44% | 3 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 11°C | 2°C | 65 mm | 84% | 51% | 2.3 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 10°C | 1°C | 46 mm | 83% | 44% | 2.7 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 11°C | 1°C | 53 mm | 78% | 44% | 3.6 | 39°C | Cool |
| September | 15°C | 3°C | 47 mm | 72% | 46% | 4.8 | 37°C | Cool |
| October | 19°C | 6°C | 59 mm | 67% | 54% | 5.9 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 23°C | 9°C | 75 mm | 64% | 59% | 6.6 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 25°C | 11°C | 71 mm | 61% | 58% | 7 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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