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When to go to Melbourne
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What the averages say
On these averages, Melbourne 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 January to March.
- The warmest month is January (26°C) and the coolest July (13°C). The wettest is November (74 mm) and the driest January (45 mm); about 716 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, dry
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, dry
- AprMild–warm, mixed
- MayCool
- JunCool
- JulCool
- AugCool
- SeptCool
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Melbourne
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°C | 15°C | 45 mm | 65% | 52% | 7.2 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 25°C | 15°C | 49 mm | 68% | 53% | 6.3 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 23°C | 14°C | 46 mm | 68% | 52% | 5 | 27°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| April | 20°C | 11°C | 61 mm | 73% | 55% | 3.5 | 31°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| May | 16°C | 9°C | 60 mm | 80% | 58% | 2.4 | 35°C | Cool |
| June | 13°C | 7°C | 65 mm | 84% | 61% | 1.9 | 37°C | Cool |
| July | 13°C | 6°C | 64 mm | 84% | 60% | 2 | 39°C | Cool |
| August | 13°C | 7°C | 70 mm | 81% | 60% | 2.9 | 39°C | Cool |
| September | 16°C | 8°C | 61 mm | 77% | 60% | 4.1 | 37°C | Cool |
| October | 19°C | 9°C | 61 mm | 73% | 59% | 5.4 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 21°C | 11°C | 74 mm | 70% | 61% | 6.4 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 23°C | 13°C | 60 mm | 66% | 55% | 7.1 | 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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