Climate and average weather in Hobart

Hobart gets about 605 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 5.4 months, from around Jun 30 to Dec 11, peaking in November at about 39% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 14.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 60 mm over about 11 wet days; May is the driest, with 44 mm.

Over a full year, Hobart collects about 605 mm of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 50 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 60 mm, while May is the driest at just 44 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total.

In Hobart, 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 April 14 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around September 15. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 43% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 16 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around January 7. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 71% of the time.

Hobart averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 6 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.1 months, from around Dec 29 to Apr 2. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 6 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is November, down near 3 sunny days — about 53% fewer than the January peak.

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 Hobart, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in February, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 2% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

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.

Wind in Hobart is steady company: average speeds sit near 12 km/h — light breeze — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.