Geelong climate

Name: Geelong
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Geelong is warmest in January, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 7.3 °C. November is the wettest month (55 mm) and March the driest (25 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Geelong averages 484 mm of rain, 46 days above 25 °C and 0 days below freezing.

Australia · population 282,809 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month July 7.3 °C
Driest month March 25 mm
Wettest month November 55 mm
Least cloud January 53 % cloud
Hottest on record February 44 °C
Coldest on record July -0.2 °C
Warmest sea February 19 °C

What to expectGeelong through the year

Geelong has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 13 °C in July to 24 °C in January, a swing of 9.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 46 days a year reach 25 °C, 17 of them reach 30 °C, 0 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in February.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 25 mm in March to 55 mm in November. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Geelong is warmest in February at 19 °C and coldest in August at 13 °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	24.2 °C	38 mm	53 %
February	24.0 °C	35 mm	53 %
March	22.3 °C	25 mm	56 %
April	19.2 °C	35 mm	61 %
May	16.1 °C	32 mm	63 %
June	13.7 °C	41 mm	64 %
July	13.1 °C	37 mm	60 %
August	13.8 °C	42 mm	59 %
September	15.7 °C	50 mm	61 %
October	18.1 °C	51 mm	61 %
November	20.2 °C	55 mm	62 %
December	22.2 °C	43 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.2 °C	15.2 °C	19.2 °C	42.1 °C	8.8 °C	11	5
February	24.0 °C	15.4 °C	19.2 °C	44.0 °C	9.2 °C	10	4
March	22.3 °C	14.0 °C	17.8 °C	38.3 °C	7.6 °C	8	2
April	19.2 °C	11.6 °C	15.1 °C	31.8 °C	3.4 °C	2	0
May	16.1 °C	9.7 °C	12.6 °C	25.4 °C	2.6 °C	0	0
June	13.7 °C	8.0 °C	10.5 °C	21.5 °C	0.2 °C	0	0
July	13.1 °C	7.3 °C	9.8 °C	19.1 °C	-0.2 °C	0	0
August	13.8 °C	7.5 °C	10.3 °C	22.8 °C	0.4 °C	0	0
September	15.7 °C	8.6 °C	11.9 °C	26.7 °C	2.5 °C	0	0
October	18.1 °C	10.1 °C	13.8 °C	33.1 °C	3.5 °C	3	0
November	20.2 °C	11.8 °C	15.6 °C	36.8 °C	5.5 °C	5	2
December	22.2 °C	13.3 °C	17.4 °C	42.8 °C	7.2 °C	7	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	38 mm	5	15 h/day	53 %	67 %	22 km/h	18.4 °C
February	35 mm	5	14 h/day	53 %	69 %	21 km/h	19.1 °C
March	25 mm	4	12 h/day	56 %	69 %	21 km/h	18.6 °C
April	35 mm	5	11 h/day	61 %	72 %	20 km/h	17.2 °C
May	32 mm	7	10 h/day	63 %	76 %	20 km/h	15.7 °C
June	41 mm	8	9.5 h/day	64 %	79 %	20 km/h	14.3 °C
July	37 mm	9	9.8 h/day	60 %	78 %	22 km/h	13.2 °C
August	42 mm	10	11 h/day	59 %	75 %	23 km/h	12.8 °C
September	50 mm	10	12 h/day	61 %	73 %	23 km/h	13.0 °C
October	51 mm	9	13 h/day	61 %	70 %	23 km/h	14.0 °C
November	55 mm	8	14 h/day	62 %	70 %	22 km/h	15.3 °C
December	43 mm	7	15 h/day	59 %	68 %	22 km/h	16.8 °C

How Geelong 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
Geelong	24 °C	7.3 °C	484 mm	46
Melbourne · Australia	26 °C	6.8 °C	616 mm	64
Canberra · Australia	27 °C	1.6 °C	562 mm	65
Adelaide · Australia	28 °C	8.4 °C	473 mm	87

Where Geelong ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in the world in March	18thof 50	94/100
The coolest places in the world in August	20thof 50	14 °C
The coolest places in the world in July	24thof 50	13 °C
The coolest places in the world in June	25thof 50	14 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Geelong’s climate

When is the best time to visit Geelong?

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

How hot does Geelong get?

In January, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 17 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 7.3 °C in July, the coldest month. A normal year has 0 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Geelong?

November, averaging 55 mm over 8 days with rain. The driest month is March with 25 mm. The year as a whole averages 484 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 Geelong 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.