Melbourne, Victoria, Australia climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is January, averaging a high of 25°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 6°C.
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia. The city's name generally refers to a 9,993-square-kilometre (3,858 sq mi) area, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local government areas. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-09-04. Each reading placed on Melbourne, Victoria, Australia's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Notable weather in Melbourne
On 'Black Saturday' in February 2009, extreme heat and wind drove bushfires across Victoria, around Melbourne, that killed 173 people in Australia's deadliest bushfires. Read more →
Melbourne average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is January (3 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 15°C | 3 mm |
| February | 25°C | 15°C | 3 mm |
| March | 24°C | 14°C | 3 mm |
| April | 20°C | 11°C | 3 mm |
| May | 16°C | 9°C | 3 mm |
| June | 13°C | 7°C | 3 mm |
| July | 13°C | 6°C | 3 mm |
| August | 14°C | 7°C | 3 mm |
| September | 16°C | 8°C | 3 mm |
| October | 18°C | 9°C | 3 mm |
| November | 21°C | 11°C | 3 mm |
| December | 23°C | 13°C | 3 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 45°C on 2009-02-07
- Coldest day on record: -3°C on 1982-07-20
Percentiles compare each day to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →