Altona Meadows weather in July

In July, Altona Meadows sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 43 mm of rain across 10 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Altona Meadows's 7th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Altona Meadows's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:38 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
61%
7th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
2.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Altona Meadows is locality in Victoria, Australia.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 13°C through the month.

A typical July day in Altona Meadows reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Altona Meadows weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 16°456.114.37.3
Feb22° / 17°43613.57.2
Mar20° / 16°356.812.36.9
Apr18° / 14°507.8116.1
May16° / 12°469.3104.9
Jun14° / 10°5310.49.43.8
Jul13° / 43109.63.5
Aug13° / 4710.410.53.7
Sep15° / 10°5410.411.74.3
Oct16° / 11°579.6135.2
Nov18° / 13°599146.0
Dec20° / 15°52814.66.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24951
34951
44852
54852
64852
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Altona Meadows gets around 43 mm of rain over 10 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 32% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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733
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3135

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 21 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 24 min at the start of July to 10 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 36 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:42 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:426:06
29.48:426:07
39.48:426:07
49.48:426:08
59.48:426:08
69.58:426:09
79.58:416:09
89.58:416:10
99.58:416:10
109.58:406:11
119.58:406:12
129.58:406:12
139.68:396:13
149.68:396:14
159.68:396:14
169.68:386:15
179.68:386:16
189.78:376:16
199.78:366:17
209.78:366:18
219.78:356:19
229.78:356:19
239.88:346:20
249.88:336:21
259.88:326:22
269.88:326:23
279.98:316:23
289.98:306:24
299.98:296:25
3010.08:286:26
3110.08:276:27

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.02 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
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31.9Dim
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51.9Dim
61.9Dim
71.9Dim
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91.9Dim
101.9Dim
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121.9Dim
132.0Dim
142.0Dim
152.0Dim
162.0Moderate
172.0Moderate
182.0Moderate
192.1Moderate
202.1Moderate
212.1Moderate
222.1Moderate
232.1Moderate
242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.2Moderate
272.2Moderate
282.3Moderate
292.3Moderate
302.3Moderate
312.3Moderate
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Altona Meadows

In seasonPeak

None of Altona Meadows's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Altona Meadows sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Altona Meadows?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Altona Meadows.

What to pack for Altona Meadows in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Altona Meadows sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Altona Meadows in July

The nearest coast averages about 12°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 15 to Mar 11 — about 1.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar20Cool
Apr18Cool
May15Cool
Jun13Bracing
Jul12Bracing
Aug11Bracing
Sep12Bracing
Oct14Bracing
Nov17Cool
Dec19Cool

UV index in Altona Meadows in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Altona Meadows peaks around December 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar8Very high
Apr5Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun2Low
Jul2Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct7Very high
Nov10Very high
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Altona Meadows?

Altona Meadows sits at 37.9°S, 144.8°E, 9 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Point Cook, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Altona Meadows

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Altona Meadows.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Altona Meadows has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 4 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,236 m.

The land around Altona Meadows is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, water (39%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%), trees (27%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
120 m
80 km
1,236 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Point Cook 4.0 km · Hoppers Crossing 7.0 km · Truganina 8.0 km · Werribee 10 km · Sunshine West 11 km · Tarneit 12 km · Yarraville 13 km · Deer Park 13 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type I
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 90% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$65,130
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
none 38%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 18%other Christian 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Altona Meadows (-37.8841°, 144.7837°, elevation 9 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).