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Best time to visit Geelong

March is the best time to visit Geelong for general sightseeing, with average highs of 22 °C and about 4 wet days. The comfortable season runs roughly November to April.

It depends what you are going for

One month rarely wins on everything. These are the best months on each measure taken on its own.

If you want Best month On that measure
Sightseeing and walking March comfort 94/100
A beach holiday February sea 19 °C
The least cloud January 53 % average cloud cover
The least rain March 25 mm
Warmth January 24 °C
Cooler weather July 13 °C

Ranked by comfort

# Month Comfort / 100 Avg high Wet days Beach
1 March 94 22 °C 4 68
2 February 93 24 °C 5 75
3 January 92 24 °C 5 72
4 December 92 22 °C 7 56
5 April 90 19 °C 5 50
6 November 87 20 °C 8 41
7 October 79 18 °C 9 26
8 May 76 16 °C 7 31
9 September 67 16 °C 10 16
10 June 64 14 °C 8 16
11 August 61 14 °C 10 11
12 July 60 13 °C 9 13

For a beach holiday

February scores highest, with a sea temperature of 19 °C and air temperatures around 24 °C. The sea never reaches 20 °C here.

Month Sea Air Sunshine Beach score
January 18 °C 24 °C 53 % 72
February 19 °C 24 °C 53 % 75
March 19 °C 22 °C 56 % 68
April 17 °C 19 °C 61 % 50
May 16 °C 16 °C 63 % 31
June 14 °C 14 °C 64 % 16
July 13 °C 13 °C 60 % 13
August 13 °C 14 °C 59 % 11
September 13 °C 16 °C 61 % 16
October 14 °C 18 °C 61 % 26
November 15 °C 20 °C 62 % 41
December 17 °C 22 °C 59 % 56

When to think twice

July scores lowest with about 9 wet days and highs near 13 °C. That does not make it a bad month — it depends entirely on what you are travelling for. The numbers are all here; the judgement is yours.

The full year

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 %

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: comfort score, beach score, season boundaries. 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.