Elwood weather in July

In July, Elwood sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 57 mm of rain across 12 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 21% 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 Elwood's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Elwood's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
1st coldest
Rainfall
57 mm
12 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:37 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
62%
10th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
2.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Elwood is suburb of Melbourne, 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 Elwood 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)
1139
2139
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4139
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10139
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Elwood weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 16°516.414.37.4
Feb23° / 17°496.413.57.4
Mar21° / 15°457.812.37.0
Apr18° / 13°629116.0
May16° / 11°6410.8104.7
Jun13° / 10°6711.59.43.6
Jul13° / 57129.63.3
Aug13° / 6712.110.53.5
Sep15° / 10°6912.411.74.2
Oct17° / 11°6811135.2
Nov19° / 13°669.5146.1
Dec21° / 15°659.114.66.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34753
44753
54753
64753
74654
84654
94654
104654
114654
124753
134654
144654
154753
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244753
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274654
284654
294753
304654
314654

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Elwood gets around 57 mm of rain over 12 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 39% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
235
336
436
537
637
738
839
939
1040
1140
1240
1340
1440
1540
1640
1739
1839
1939
2038
2138
2238
2338
2438
2539
2639
2739
2839
2940
3040
3141

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 (%)
1100
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3100
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Wind in July

Winds average 20 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120light breeze
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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 8:41 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:416:06
29.48:416:06
39.48:416:06
49.48:416:07
59.48:416:07
69.58:416:08
79.58:406:08
89.58:406:09
99.58:406:10
109.58:406:10
119.58:396:11
129.58:396:11
139.68:396:12
149.68:386:13
159.68:386:13
169.68:376:14
179.68:376:15
189.78:366:16
199.78:366:16
209.78:356:17
219.78:346:18
229.78:346:19
239.88:336:19
249.88:326:20
259.88:326:21
269.88:316:22
279.98:306:23
289.98:296:23
299.98:286:24
3010.08:276:25
3110.08:266:26

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.82 kWh/m² to a high of 7.22 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.03 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.9Dim
21.9Dim
31.9Dim
41.9Dim
51.9Dim
61.9Dim
71.9Dim
81.9Dim
91.9Dim
101.9Dim
111.9Dim
122.0Dim
132.0Dim
142.0Dim
152.0Moderate
162.0Moderate
172.0Moderate
182.1Moderate
192.1Moderate
202.1Moderate
212.1Moderate
222.1Moderate
232.2Moderate
242.2Moderate
252.2Moderate
262.2Moderate
272.3Moderate
282.3Moderate
292.3Moderate
302.3Moderate
312.3Moderate
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Elwood

In seasonPeak

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

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

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Elwood?

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

3.3
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 Elwood.

What to pack for Elwood in July

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

In July, Elwood sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 9°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Elwood 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 Elwood 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 Elwood 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateLowModerateVery highExtremeDec 19UV 12Jun 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar8Very high
Apr5Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun2Low
Jul2Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct7Very high
Nov10Very high
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Elwood?

Elwood sits at 37.9°S, 145.0°E, 9 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Saint Kilda, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Elwood

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Elwood has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 9 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,302 m.

The land around Elwood is covered by water (43%) and artificial surfaces (42%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (42%) and water (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), trees (31%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
144 m
80 km
1,302 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Saint Kilda 2.0 km · Brighton 3.0 km · Brighton East 4.0 km · Caulfield North 4.0 km · South Yarra 5.0 km · Malvern East 5.0 km · Port Melbourne 6.0 km · Bentleigh 6.0 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 Elwood (-37.8821°, 144.9821°, 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).