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How unusual is the weather? Graded against ~45 years of local climate history.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is January, averaging a high of 26°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: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Melbourne, Victoria, Australia's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 15°C Very High · 95th pct
Low 8°C High · 80th pct
Feels-like 5°C Very High · 91st pct
Humidity 8.3 g/m³ High · 79th pct
Wind 15 km/h Low · 22nd pct
Precip 0 mm Dry

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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 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is January (3 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 26°C 15°C 3 mm
February 26°C 15°C 3 mm
March 24°C 14°C 3 mm
April 20°C 12°C 3 mm
May 16°C 10°C 3 mm
June 13°C 7°C 3 mm
July 12°C 6°C 3 mm
August 13°C 7°C 3 mm
September 15°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: 42°C on 2026-01-27
  • Coldest day on record: 0°C on 1984-07-15

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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 →