Climate and average weather in Cranbourne
In Cranbourne, the summers are warm, fairly dry, and partly cloudy and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Cranbourne typically varies from 7°C to 26°C, and is rarely below 2°C or above 35°C. January is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Cranbourne for warm-weather activities are from early January to late April and early November to late December.
- Hottest
- Jan
- 26°
- Coldest
- Jul
- 7°
- Wettest
- Sep
- 71 mm
- Driest
- Mar
- 38 mm
- Rain / yr
- 676 mm
- 115 wet days
- Daylight
- 9.3–14.7 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 67 m
- 38.1°S
- Clearest
- Feb
- 51% cloud
Cranbourne is suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Cranbourne weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to late April.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Cranbourne, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from December 5 to March 21, with daily high temperatures above 23°C. The hottest month of the year in Cranbourne is January, with an average high of 26°C and low of 14°C.
The cool season lasts 3.4 months, from May 24 to September 2, with daily high temperatures below 16°C. The coldest month of the year in Cranbourne is July, with an average low of 7°C and high of 13°C.
Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in January.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 26 | 26 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 24 |
| Avg low (°C) | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 14 |
| Feb | 26 | 15 |
| Mar | 24 | 13 |
| Apr | 20 | 11 |
| May | 16 | 9 |
| Jun | 14 | 7 |
| Jul | 13 | 7 |
| Aug | 14 | 7 |
| Sep | 17 | 8 |
| Oct | 19 | 9 |
| Nov | 22 | 11 |
| Dec | 24 | 13 |
Average hourly temperature in Cranbourne
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on January afternoons, near 26°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 7°C.
Cranbourne weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26° / 14° | 49 | 6.2 | 14.3 | 7.4 |
| Feb | 26° / 15° | 44 | 5.8 | 13.5 | 7.4 |
| Mar | 24° / 13° | 38 | 6.4 | 12.3 | 7.5 |
| Apr | 20° / 11° | 51 | 7.9 | 11 | 6.5 |
| May | 16° / 9° | 53 | 10.2 | 10 | 5.1 |
| Jun | 14° / 7° | 57 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 3.8 |
| Jul | 13° / 7° | 54 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 3.5 |
| Aug | 14° / 7° | 65 | 13 | 10.5 | 3.9 |
| Sep | 17° / 8° | 71 | 13 | 11.7 | 4.8 |
| Oct | 19° / 9° | 68 | 11.5 | 13 | 5.8 |
| Nov | 22° / 11° | 64 | 9.8 | 14.1 | 6.5 |
| Dec | 24° / 13° | 62 | 8.4 | 14.6 | 7.1 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Cranbourne gets about 676 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 6.1 months, from around May 13 to Nov 14, peaking in August at about 45% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 4.
September is the wettest month by volume, with 71 mm over about 13 wet days; March is the driest, with 38 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 20 | 20 | 21 | 27 | 32 | 37 | 39 | 42 | 42 | 38 | 32 | 27 |
| Rain days | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | 6 |
| Feb | 20 | 6 |
| Mar | 21 | 6 |
| Apr | 27 | 8 |
| May | 32 | 10 |
| Jun | 37 | 11 |
| Jul | 39 | 12 |
| Aug | 42 | 13 |
| Sep | 42 | 13 |
| Oct | 38 | 12 |
| Nov | 32 | 10 |
| Dec | 27 | 8 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Cranbourne collects about 676 mm of rain across 115 wet days — roughly 56 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 71 mm, while March is the driest at just 38 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 49 | 44 | 38 | 51 | 53 | 57 | 54 | 65 | 71 | 68 | 64 | 62 |
| Rain days | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 49 | 6 |
| Feb | 44 | 6 |
| Mar | 38 | 6 |
| Apr | 51 | 8 |
| May | 53 | 10 |
| Jun | 57 | 11 |
| Jul | 54 | 12 |
| Aug | 65 | 13 |
| Sep | 71 | 13 |
| Oct | 68 | 12 |
| Nov | 64 | 10 |
| Dec | 62 | 8 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Cranbourne, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around December 21 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around April 7. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 56% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around April 8 and lasts for 8.4 months, ending around December 20. The cloudiest month is May, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 65% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 55 | 56 | 51 | 41 | 35 | 39 | 42 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 44 |
| Cloudier (%) | 45 | 44 | 49 | 59 | 65 | 61 | 58 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 62 | 56 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 55 | 45 |
| Feb | 56 | 44 |
| Mar | 51 | 49 |
| Apr | 41 | 59 |
| May | 35 | 65 |
| Jun | 39 | 61 |
| Jul | 42 | 58 |
| Aug | 40 | 60 |
| Sep | 39 | 61 |
| Oct | 40 | 60 |
| Nov | 38 | 62 |
| Dec | 44 | 56 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 21, brings about 14 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around June 21, only 9 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 24 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 14.3 | 13.5 | 12.3 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 11.7 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.6 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 6:17 | 6:49 | 7:19 | 7:49 | 8:17 | 8:38 | 8:37 | 8:08 | 7:20 | 6:34 | 6:01 | 5:56 |
| Sunset (PM) | 8:39 | 8:18 | 7:38 | 6:50 | 6:13 | 6:00 | 6:12 | 6:38 | 7:06 | 7:34 | 8:07 | 8:34 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.3 | 6:17 | 8:39 |
| Feb | 13.5 | 6:49 | 8:18 |
| Mar | 12.3 | 7:19 | 7:38 |
| Apr | 11.0 | 7:49 | 6:50 |
| May | 10.0 | 8:17 | 6:13 |
| Jun | 9.4 | 8:38 | 6:00 |
| Jul | 9.6 | 8:37 | 6:12 |
| Aug | 10.5 | 8:08 | 6:38 |
| Sep | 11.7 | 7:20 | 7:06 |
| Oct | 13.0 | 6:34 | 7:34 |
| Nov | 14.1 | 6:01 | 8:07 |
| Dec | 14.6 | 5:56 | 8:34 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Cranbourne averages about 8 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 5 and 13 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.1 months, from around Dec 5 to Apr 9. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is August, down near 5 sunny days — about 54% fewer than the January peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 9 |
| Sky | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | Mixed |
| Feb | 11 | Mixed |
| Mar | 10 | Mixed |
| Apr | 7 | Gloomy |
| May | 5 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 6 | Gloomy |
| Jul | 6 | Gloomy |
| Aug | 6 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 5 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 7 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 7 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 9 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Cranbourne, how humid it feels changes noticeably over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 4.1 months, from around November 17 to March 22. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 17% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around March 23 to November 16, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 60 | 55 | 74 | 91 | 98 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 96 | 86 | 78 |
| Comfortable (%) | 27 | 28 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| Humid (%) | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Muggy (%) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 60 | 27 | 10 | 2 |
| Feb | 55 | 28 | 14 | 3 |
| Mar | 74 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| Apr | 91 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 96 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 86 | 10 | 3 | 0 |
| Dec | 78 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Cranbourne is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 4.6 months, from around Jun 15 to Nov 2. The windiest month is August, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Jan 10 to Jun 14, with April the calmest month at about 11 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Feels | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12 | light breeze |
| Feb | 12 | calm |
| Mar | 11 | calm |
| Apr | 11 | calm |
| May | 11 | calm |
| Jun | 12 | light breeze |
| Jul | 13 | light breeze |
| Aug | 14 | light breeze |
| Sep | 14 | light breeze |
| Oct | 13 | light breeze |
| Nov | 12 | light breeze |
| Dec | 12 | light breeze |
Best time to visit Cranbourne
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Cranbourne throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid January, Cranbourne is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Cranbourne for general outdoor tourist activities is from early November to late April, with a peak score in the second week of March.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 5.1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.8 | 6.5 | 7.1 |
| Rating | good | good | good | good | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | good | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.4 | good |
| Feb | 7.4 | good |
| Mar | 7.4 | good |
| Apr | 6.5 | good |
| May | 5.1 | fair |
| Jun | 3.9 | fair |
| Jul | 3.5 | fair |
| Aug | 3.9 | fair |
| Sep | 4.9 | fair |
| Oct | 5.8 | good |
| Nov | 6.5 | good |
| Dec | 7.1 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Cranbourne for hot-weather activities is from mid December to late March, with a peak score in the third week of January.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Cranbourne, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around January (highs near 26°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 13°C), pack a warm layer and rain gear.
In January, Cranbourne sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 14°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 6 days see rain.
Sea temperature near Cranbourne
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea at the nearest coast (about 14 km away) is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 11°C.
It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 18 to Mar 11 — about 1.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 18 |
| Comfort | Refreshing | Refreshing | Cool | Cool | Cool | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Bracing | Cool | Cool |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 | Refreshing |
| Feb | 21 | Refreshing |
| Mar | 20 | Cool |
| Apr | 18 | Cool |
| May | 15 | Cool |
| Jun | 13 | Bracing |
| Jul | 12 | Bracing |
| Aug | 11 | Bracing |
| Sep | 12 | Bracing |
| Oct | 14 | Bracing |
| Nov | 17 | Cool |
| Dec | 18 | Cool |
UV index (midday) in Cranbourne by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cranbourne 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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 11 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 12 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Moderate | Moderate | Low | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Very high | Very high | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | Extreme |
| Feb | 10 | Extreme |
| Mar | 8 | Very high |
| Apr | 5 | Moderate |
| May | 3 | Moderate |
| Jun | 2 | Low |
| Jul | 2 | Moderate |
| Aug | 3 | Moderate |
| Sep | 4 | Moderate |
| Oct | 7 | Very high |
| Nov | 10 | Very high |
| Dec | 12 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Cranbourne
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in December the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 7 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 5.5 | 7 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 6.5 |
| Feb | 8 | 5.5 |
| Mar | 7 | 4 |
| Apr | 4.5 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 1.5 | 0 |
| Sep | 4.5 | 0 |
| Oct | 7 | 3.5 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 5.5 |
| Dec | 9.5 | 7 |
Growing season
Cranbourne is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 99 | 0 |
| Jul | 99 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Cranbourne banks about 1,736 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 313 | 283 | 257 | 155 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 64 | 123 | 184 | 251 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 313 |
| Feb | 283 |
| Mar | 257 |
| Apr | 155 |
| May | 77 |
| Jun | 13 |
| Jul | 0 |
| Aug | 17 |
| Sep | 64 |
| Oct | 123 |
| Nov | 184 |
| Dec | 251 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Cranbourne receives about 4.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.8 and 7.4 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Sep 26 to Mar 23. The brightest month is January, averaging about 7.1 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is June, down near 1.8 kWh/m² — roughly 74% less than the January peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 7.2 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.0 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Bright | Moderate | Moderate | Dim | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Bright | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.3 | Intense |
| Mar | 4.9 | Bright |
| Apr | 3.4 | Moderate |
| May | 2.3 | Moderate |
| Jun | 1.8 | Dim |
| Jul | 2.0 | Moderate |
| Aug | 2.8 | Moderate |
| Sep | 4.0 | Moderate |
| Oct | 5.3 | Bright |
| Nov | 6.4 | Intense |
| Dec | 7.0 | Intense |
Where is Cranbourne?
Cranbourne sits at 38.1°S, 145.3°E, 67 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Cranbourne East, 1.0 km away.
Topography around Cranbourne
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cranbourne.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Cranbourne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m around an average of 52 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,274 m.
The land around Cranbourne is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), trees (27%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (32%), trees (23%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 16 km, and water (31%), grassland (30%) and trees (28%) within 80 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
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 Cranbourne (-38.1134°, 145.2833°, elevation 67 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. 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).