Climate and average weather in Echuca

In Echuca, the summers are hot, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are cool and partly cloudy.

Best: late September to mid December

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Echuca typically varies from 5°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 1°C or above 38°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 Echuca for warm-weather activities are from late February to mid May and late September to mid December.

Hottest
Jan
31°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Dec
45 mm
Driest
Mar
28 mm
Rain / yr
443 mm
68 wet days
Daylight
9.5–14.5 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
100 m
36.1°S
Clearest
Feb
36% cloud

Echuca is town in Victoria, Australia.

Density
107/km²
people per km²

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

Echuca 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 late September to mid December.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Echuca, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.8 months, from November 23 to March 17, with daily high temperatures above 27°C. The hottest month of the year in Echuca is January, with an average high of 31°C and low of 16°C.

The cool season lasts 3.5 months, from May 22 to September 5, with daily high temperatures below 17°C. The coldest month of the year in Echuca is July, with an average low of 5°C and high of 13°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in January.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3116
Feb3016
Mar2714
Apr2210
May177
Jun146
Jul135
Aug155
Sep187
Oct229
Nov2611
Dec2914

Average hourly temperature in Echuca

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 31°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Echuca weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 16°344.114.25.4
Feb30° / 16°303.913.46.0
Mar27° / 14°283.512.37.7
Apr22° / 10°294.211.17.8
May17° / 325.210.16.3
Jun14° / 407.39.64.4
Jul13° / 388.29.83.9
Aug15° / 407.510.64.8
Sep18° / 43711.86.2
Oct22° / 415.712.97.4
Nov26° / 11°435.813.97.5
Dec29° / 14°455.114.46.6

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Echuca gets about 443 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.6 months, from around May 25 to Oct 11, peaking in July at about 27% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Mar 10.

December is the wettest month by volume, with 45 mm over about 5 wet days; March is the driest, with 28 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetJul 9 · 27%Mar 10 · 11%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan134
Feb144
Mar124
Apr144
May175
Jun247
Jul268
Aug258
Sep237
Oct196
Nov196
Dec165

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Echuca collects about 443 mm of rain across 68 wet days — roughly 37 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. December is the wettest month with 45 mm, while March is the driest at just 28 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 30% of the year’s total.

0255075JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec343028293240384043414345
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan344
Feb304
Mar284
Apr294
May325
Jun407
Jul388
Aug408
Sep437
Oct416
Nov436
Dec455

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Echuca, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 22 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around April 21. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 73% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 22 and lasts for 7.0 months, ending around November 21. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 55% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 27 · 75%Jul 8 · 44%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan7129
Feb7327
Mar7030
Apr5941
May4951
Jun4753
Jul4555
Aug4852
Sep5050
Oct5446
Nov5446
Dec6337

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

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 17, brings about 14 h 30 min of light; the shortest, around June 18, only 9 h 30 min — a swing of roughly 5 hours.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan14.26:248:36
Feb13.46:558:17
Mar12.37:227:39
Apr11.17:496:54
May10.18:156:20
Jun9.68:356:08
Jul9.88:346:20
Aug10.68:076:44
Sep11.87:227:09
Oct12.96:387:34
Nov13.96:088:05
Dec14.46:048:31

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Echuca averages about 12 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 19 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.3 months, from around Nov 15 to Apr 25. The sunniest month is March, with roughly 17 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 8 sunny days — about 51% fewer than the March peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantMar 419 daysAug 37 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan18Bright
Feb17Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr13Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun8Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug8Mixed
Sep9Mixed
Oct11Mixed
Nov12Mixed
Dec15Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 Echuca, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in February, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 11% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecApr 26 · 100%Feb 4 · 86%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan7813721
Feb7415830
Mar8510410
Apr945100
May982000
Jun1000000
Jul1000000
Aug1000000
Sep991000
Oct964000
Nov907300
Dec878410

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 Echuca is typically light breeze, near 13 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.0 months, from around Sep 5 to Mar 7. The windiest month is December, averaging about 14 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Mar 8 to Aug 6, with May the calmest month at about 11 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeDec 29 · 14 km/hMay 19 · 11 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan14light breeze
Feb13light breeze
Mar12light breeze
Apr11calm
May11calm
Jun11calm
Jul12calm
Aug13light breeze
Sep13light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov14light breeze
Dec14light breeze

Best time to visit Echuca

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Echuca throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid December, Echuca is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

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 times of year to visit Echuca for general outdoor tourist activities run from late February to mid May and again from late September to mid December, with a peak score in the first week of April.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 1 · 8.1

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).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.5fair
Feb6.0good
Mar7.7ideal
Apr7.7ideal
May6.3good
Jun4.4fair
Jul4.0fair
Aug4.8fair
Sep6.2good
Oct7.3good
Nov7.5good
Dec6.6good

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 Echuca for hot-weather activities is from mid November to early April, with a peak score in the last week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 28 · 8.4

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 Echuca, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

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 31°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.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In January, Echuca sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Echuca by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Echuca peaks around December 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 2 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateVery highExtremeDec 20UV 13Jun 17UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar9Very high
Apr5Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun2Low
Jul3Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep5High
Oct8Very high
Nov10Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Echuca

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan96.5
Feb8.56
Mar7.54.5
Apr50
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug30
Sep5.50
Oct74
Nov8.55.5
Dec9.57
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Echuca is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May990
Jun960
Jul960
Aug960
Sep980
Oct990
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

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. Echuca banks about 2,177 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.

05001,0001,5002,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan415
Feb361
Mar313
Apr180
May73
Jun5
Jul0
Aug5
Sep66
Oct159
Nov254
Dec345

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.

Echuca receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 2.0 and 8.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around Sep 27 to Mar 26. The brightest month is December, averaging about 7.8 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 2.1 kWh/m² — roughly 74% less than the December peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 318.2 kWhJun 222.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan7.9Intense
Feb6.9Intense
Mar5.5Bright
Apr4.0Moderate
May2.6Moderate
Jun2.0Moderate
Jul2.2Moderate
Aug3.1Moderate
Sep4.4Bright
Oct5.9Bright
Nov7.0Intense
Dec7.8Intense

Where is Echuca?

Echuca sits at 36.1°S, 144.8°E, 100 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Shepparton, 64 km away.

Topography around Echuca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Echuca has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 m.

The land around Echuca is covered by trees (35%), grassland (31%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
36 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
341 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
Nearby: Shepparton 64 km · Bendigo 81 km · Wangaratta 143 km · Wallan 143 km · Sunbury 160 km · Wollert 162 km · Craigieburn 163 km · Mernda 165 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 Echuca (-36.1406°, 144.7518°, elevation 100 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. 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).