Brisbane climate

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Brisbane is warmest in January, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 10 °C. February is the wettest month (127 mm) and July the driest (29 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Brisbane averages 861 mm of rain and 175 days above 25 °C.

Australia · population 2,780,063 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month January 29 °C
Coldest month July 10 °C
Driest month July 29 mm
Wettest month February 127 mm
Least cloud August 26 % cloud
Hottest on record January 43 °C
Coldest on record July 2.7 °C
Warmest sea February 27 °C

What to expectBrisbane through the year

Brisbane has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in July to 29 °C in January, a swing of 10.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 175 days a year reach 25 °C, 41 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 127 mm against 29 mm in July — 4.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Brisbane is warmest in February at 27 °C and coldest in August at 20 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.8 °C	125 mm	55 %
February	28.2 °C	127 mm	54 %
March	27.1 °C	87 mm	48 %
April	25.0 °C	45 mm	41 %
May	22.4 °C	58 mm	42 %
June	20.1 °C	53 mm	40 %
July	20.0 °C	29 mm	31 %
August	21.5 °C	36 mm	26 %
September	24.3 °C	35 mm	30 %
October	25.8 °C	74 mm	41 %
November	27.3 °C	84 mm	48 %
December	28.4 °C	109 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.8 °C	21.3 °C	24.6 °C	42.6 °C	15.7 °C	29	9
February	28.2 °C	21.1 °C	24.2 °C	41.4 °C	15.5 °C	25	7
March	27.1 °C	19.7 °C	23.0 °C	36.6 °C	13.3 °C	25	3
April	25.0 °C	16.8 °C	20.5 °C	32.8 °C	10.1 °C	13	1
May	22.4 °C	13.7 °C	17.7 °C	29.0 °C	5.7 °C	3	0
June	20.1 °C	11.3 °C	15.3 °C	28.0 °C	4.1 °C	0	0
July	20.0 °C	10.1 °C	14.6 °C	26.8 °C	2.7 °C	1	0
August	21.5 °C	10.8 °C	15.8 °C	35.1 °C	4.7 °C	3	0
September	24.3 °C	13.5 °C	18.5 °C	36.8 °C	7.0 °C	11	2
October	25.8 °C	16.1 °C	20.4 °C	37.9 °C	9.6 °C	16	4
November	27.3 °C	18.3 °C	22.3 °C	39.6 °C	11.2 °C	21	6
December	28.4 °C	20.0 °C	23.7 °C	41.4 °C	14.7 °C	26	9

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	125 mm	12	14 h/day	55 %	75 %	17 km/h	26.2 °C
February	127 mm	12	13 h/day	54 %	77 %	17 km/h	26.5 °C
March	87 mm	11	12 h/day	48 %	77 %	16 km/h	25.7 °C
April	45 mm	8	11 h/day	41 %	76 %	15 km/h	24.2 °C
May	58 mm	6	11 h/day	42 %	75 %	13 km/h	22.5 °C
June	53 mm	6	10 h/day	40 %	74 %	14 km/h	21.3 °C
July	29 mm	4	11 h/day	31 %	71 %	14 km/h	20.1 °C
August	36 mm	4	11 h/day	26 %	67 %	15 km/h	19.7 °C
September	35 mm	5	12 h/day	30 %	68 %	16 km/h	20.3 °C
October	74 mm	8	13 h/day	41 %	70 %	17 km/h	22.0 °C
November	84 mm	9	13 h/day	48 %	72 %	17 km/h	23.6 °C
December	109 mm	11	14 h/day	52 %	73 %	17 km/h	25.1 °C

How Brisbane compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Brisbane	29 °C	10 °C	861 mm	175
Logan City · Australia	29 °C	10 °C	788 mm	166
Gold Coast · Australia	27 °C	13 °C	924 mm	122
Sunshine Coast · Australia	28 °C	12 °C	1,027 mm	140

Where Brisbane ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in the world in August	21st of 50	96/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Brisbane.

QuestionsCommon questions about Brisbane’s climate

When is the best time to visit Brisbane?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, September, October sit closest to 20 °C on average, January is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Brisbane get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 41 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 10 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Brisbane?

February, averaging 127 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is July with 29 mm. The year as a whole averages 861 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Brisbane rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -27.468°, 153.028° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.