Your holiday weather, at a glance

Australia in July: where is it warmest?

In July, Darwin is the warmest place with 30 °C by day, Canberra the coolest with 10 °C. 14 of 24 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in July, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Darwin	100	30°	26°	10 h	0
Broome	98	29°	24°	9 h	1
Townsville	98	24°	22°	9 h	3
Airlie Beach (Whitsundays)	79	23°	22°	9 h	4
Cairns	76	23°	24°	8 h	6
Mackay	57	21°	21°	6 h	5
Alice Springs	100	20°	–	9 h	1
Brisbane	94	19°	–	8 h	5
Sunshine Coast	91	19°	21°	7 h	6
Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)	51	19°	21°	8 h	5
Byron Bay	46	19°	21°	8 h	7
Coober Pedy	89	18°	–	6 h	2
Toowoomba	87	17°	–	7 h	4
Perth	65	17°	20°	6 h	13
Sydney	78	16°	19°	7 h	6
Newcastle	76	16°	19°	6 h	7
Wollongong	71	15°	19°	7 h	8
Port Lincoln	18	15°	15°	5 h	10
Adelaide	52	14°	13°	5 h	10
Geelong	46	13°	13°	4 h	10
Melbourne	42	13°	12°	4 h	11
Hobart	43	12°	13°	5 h	10
Launceston	39	11°	–	5 h	12
Canberra	37	10°	–	5 h	8

Australia in July: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in July are Darwin (30 °C), Broome (29 °C) and Townsville (24 °C).

Australia in July: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Darwin (26 °C), Broome (24 °C) and Cairns (24 °C).

Australia in July: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in July – warm, sunny and dry – is in Darwin, Alice Springs and Broome.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences