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Wonthaggi climate by month
What the weather is like
Wonthaggi has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 21° and nights 16°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 12° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 952 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. July is the wettest month (99 mm, 15 wet days) and February the driest (42 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in February to 40% in May.
The sea reaches about 19° in February. Sea temperatures lag the air by a month or two, so late summer is usually warmer for swimming than early summer.
Compared with Canberra, the capital, Wonthaggi is 4.9° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 21° · February
- Coldest nights
- 9° · July
- Wettest month
- July
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 29% cloud
- Warmest sea
- 19° · February
- Longest day
- 14 h 50 min
- Shortest day
- 9 h 29 min
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns, sea temperature lineTemperature curve
Average high, low and seaDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthClimate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 20° | 21° | 20° | 17° | 15° | 13° | 12° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 19° |
| Average low | 16° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 53 mm | 42 mm | 67 mm | 78 mm | 89 mm | 100 mm | 99 mm | 104 mm | 94 mm | 86 mm | 71 mm | 69 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 10.5 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10 | 12.5 | 15.2 | 13.7 | 11.8 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 8.8 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 29% | 32% | 36% | 40% | 39% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 36% | 35% | 36% |
| Sea temperature | 18° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 17° |
| Daylight | 14h 34 | 13h 33 | 12h 24 | 11h 07 | 10h 04 | 9h 29 | 9h 42 | 10h 36 | 11h 48 | 13h 02 | 14h 12 | 14h 50 |
| Month score | 75 | 82 | 77 | 71 | 57 | 40 | 34 | 37 | 47 | 50 | 63 | 77 |