Central Coast climate

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Central Coast is warmest in January, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 10 °C. February is the wettest month (102 mm) and July the driest (48 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Central Coast averages 868 mm of rain and 71 days above 25 °C.

Australia · population 346,596 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month July 10 °C
Driest month July 48 mm
Wettest month February 102 mm
Least cloud August 32 % cloud
Hottest on record January 41 °C
Coldest on record July 3.7 °C
Warmest sea February 23 °C

What to expectCentral Coast through the year

Central Coast has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 16 °C in July to 26 °C in January, a swing of 9.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 71 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. February averages 102 mm against 48 mm in July — 2.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Central Coast is warmest in February at 23 °C and coldest in August at 18 °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	25.9 °C	81 mm	54 %
February	25.2 °C	102 mm	55 %
March	23.8 °C	90 mm	50 %
April	21.6 °C	76 mm	46 %
May	18.8 °C	68 mm	44 %
June	16.6 °C	84 mm	45 %
July	16.1 °C	48 mm	37 %
August	17.4 °C	49 mm	32 %
September	19.8 °C	53 mm	36 %
October	21.8 °C	64 mm	48 %
November	23.2 °C	85 mm	56 %
December	24.7 °C	69 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.9 °C	20.2 °C	22.6 °C	41.4 °C	15.0 °C	16	4
February	25.2 °C	20.2 °C	22.3 °C	38.3 °C	14.9 °C	13	2
March	23.8 °C	18.8 °C	21.0 °C	36.6 °C	12.5 °C	9	1
April	21.6 °C	16.3 °C	18.7 °C	32.0 °C	9.8 °C	3	0
May	18.8 °C	13.5 °C	16.0 °C	26.6 °C	5.7 °C	0	0
June	16.6 °C	11.6 °C	13.8 °C	22.6 °C	5.6 °C	0	0
July	16.1 °C	10.4 °C	12.9 °C	23.3 °C	3.7 °C	0	0
August	17.4 °C	10.8 °C	13.7 °C	27.1 °C	5.8 °C	0	0
September	19.8 °C	12.9 °C	16.0 °C	32.8 °C	7.1 °C	3	0
October	21.8 °C	15.0 °C	17.9 °C	33.9 °C	9.5 °C	6	1
November	23.2 °C	16.8 °C	19.5 °C	40.0 °C	11.0 °C	8	2
December	24.7 °C	18.6 °C	21.2 °C	40.0 °C	12.7 °C	13	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	81 mm	10	14 h/day	54 %	76 %	22 km/h	22.7 °C
February	102 mm	11	13 h/day	55 %	78 %	21 km/h	23.2 °C
March	90 mm	11	12 h/day	50 %	77 %	20 km/h	23.1 °C
April	76 mm	10	11 h/day	46 %	75 %	18 km/h	22.3 °C
May	68 mm	9	10 h/day	44 %	74 %	18 km/h	20.9 °C
June	84 mm	9	10.0 h/day	45 %	74 %	19 km/h	19.5 °C
July	48 mm	7	10 h/day	37 %	71 %	19 km/h	18.5 °C
August	49 mm	6	11 h/day	32 %	66 %	20 km/h	18.1 °C
September	53 mm	7	12 h/day	36 %	67 %	21 km/h	18.2 °C
October	64 mm	9	13 h/day	48 %	70 %	22 km/h	19.1 °C
November	85 mm	10	14 h/day	56 %	73 %	22 km/h	20.0 °C
December	69 mm	10	14 h/day	55 %	74 %	22 km/h	21.3 °C

How Central Coast 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
Central Coast	26 °C	10 °C	868 mm	71
Sydney · Australia	26 °C	9.0 °C	681 mm	69
Newcastle · Australia	26 °C	10 °C	746 mm	80
Wollongong · Australia	25 °C	10 °C	880 mm	57
Canberra · Australia	27 °C	1.6 °C	562 mm	65

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Central Coast.

QuestionsCommon questions about Central Coast’s climate

When is the best time to visit Central Coast?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, November, December 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 Central Coast get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °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 Central Coast?

February, averaging 102 mm over 11 days with rain. The driest month is July with 48 mm. The year as a whole averages 868 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 Central Coast 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
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.