Katoomba weather in July

In July, Katoomba sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 6.1 wet days and about 10 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Katoomba's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Katoomba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 3°; 1st coldest
Precipitation: 35 mm; 6.1 wet days
Daylight: 10 hours; 8:06 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 44%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 2.79 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Katoomba is town in New South Wales, Australia.

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month.

A typical July day in Katoomba reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 9°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 2°C cooler than August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	12	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	12	3
10	12	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	12	3
21	12	3
22	12	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	12	3
28	13	3
29	13	3
30	13	3
31	13	3

How July really feels in Katoomba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Katoomba weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 14°	125	15.3	14	6.0
Feb	24° / 14°	144	15.4	13.3	5.9
Mar	22° / 12°	118	15.5	12.3	5.9
Apr	19° / 8°	59	9.2	11.2	6.3
May	15° / 6°	49	6.4	10.3	5.3
Jun	12° / 4°	59	7.6	9.8	3.7
Jul	12° / 3°	35	6.1	10	3.6
Aug	14° / 3°	47	6.4	10.7	4.4
Sep	17° / 5°	52	8.3	11.8	5.9
Oct	20° / 8°	76	10.6	12.8	6.3
Nov	22° / 10°	111	13.9	13.7	6.1
Dec	24° / 12°	117	13.3	14.2	6.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	70	70	71	71	72	73	73	73	73	73	74
Cloudier (%)	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	27	26

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Katoomba gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 6.1 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 20% and peaks near 21% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	20
24	19
25	19
26	19
27	19
28	19
29	19
30	18
31	18

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in July

Winds average 11 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 48 min at the start of July to 10 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 30 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 8:09 AM to 7:56 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 6:13 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3
Sunrise (AM)	8:09	8:09	8:09	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:08	8:07	8:07	8:07	8:07	8:06	8:06	8:06	8:05	8:05	8:04	8:04	8:03	8:03	8:02	8:01	8:01	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:57	7:56
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.8	8:09	5:56
2	9.8	8:09	5:56
3	9.8	8:09	5:56
4	9.8	8:08	5:57
5	9.8	8:08	5:57
6	9.8	8:08	5:58
7	9.8	8:08	5:58
8	9.8	8:08	5:59
9	9.9	8:08	5:59
10	9.9	8:07	6:00
11	9.9	8:07	6:00
12	9.9	8:07	6:01
13	9.9	8:07	6:01
14	9.9	8:06	6:02
15	9.9	8:06	6:03
16	10.0	8:06	6:03
17	10.0	8:05	6:04
18	10.0	8:05	6:05
19	10.0	8:04	6:05
20	10.0	8:04	6:06
21	10.1	8:03	6:06
22	10.1	8:03	6:07
23	10.1	8:02	6:08
24	10.1	8:01	6:08
25	10.1	8:01	6:09
26	10.2	8:00	6:10
27	10.2	7:59	6:10
28	10.2	7:59	6:11
29	10.2	7:58	6:12
30	10.3	7:57	6:13
31	10.3	7:56	6:13

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.41 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in December across the year — July's 2.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.9	2.9	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.1	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.5	Moderate
2	2.5	Moderate
3	2.5	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.7	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.8	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	2.9	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.0	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.1	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.2	Moderate
31	3.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Katoomba

In seasonPeak

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

Katoomba's rainy season runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Katoomba?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Katoomba.

What to pack for Katoomba in July

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

In July, Katoomba sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 3°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 6 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Katoomba in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 3 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Katoomba peaks around January 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	12	9	6	4	2	3	4	6	9	10	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	9	Very high
Apr	6	High
May	4	Moderate
Jun	2	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	4	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Katoomba in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Katoomba is worst in December — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 12.5× the cleanest month (July, 4 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	5	6	9	14	8	4	5	6	7	21	49
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	5	Good
Mar	6	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	14	Moderate
Jun	8	Good
Jul	4	Good
Aug	5	Good
Sep	6	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	49	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Katoomba?

Katoomba sits at 33.7°S, 150.3°E, 0 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Blue Mountains, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Katoomba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Katoomba has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 724 m around an average of 850 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,002 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,382 m.

The land around Katoomba is covered by trees (91%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

724 m

trees 91%

16 km

1,002 m

trees 90%

80 km

1,382 m

trees 72%

treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater

← June Katoomba year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Blue Mountains 2.0 km · Glenmore Park 34 km · Cranebrook 37 km · St Clair 45 km · Mount Druitt 47 km · Quakers Hill 53 km · Blacktown 57 km · Prestons 58 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 Katoomba (-33.7198°, 150.3074°, elevation 0 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	12	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	12	3
10	12	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	12	3
21	12	3
22	12	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	12	3
28	13	3
29	13	3
30	13	3
31	13	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	20
24	19
25	19
26	19
27	19
28	19
29	19
30	18
31	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	12	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	12	3
10	12	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	12	3
21	12	3
22	12	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	12	3
28	13	3
29	13	3
30	13	3
31	13	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	20
24	19
25	19
26	19
27	19
28	19
29	19
30	18
31	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	12	3
2	12	3
3	12	3
4	12	3
5	12	3
6	12	3
7	12	3
8	12	3
9	12	3
10	12	3
11	12	3
12	12	3
13	12	3
14	12	3
15	12	3
16	12	3
17	12	3
18	12	3
19	12	3
20	12	3
21	12	3
22	12	3
23	12	3
24	12	3
25	12	3
26	12	3
27	12	3
28	13	3
29	13	3
30	13	3
31	13	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	65	35
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	65	35
9	64	36
10	65	35
11	65	35
12	65	35
13	65	35
14	66	34
15	66	34
16	67	33
17	67	33
18	68	32
19	68	32
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	73	27
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	74	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	21
2	21
3	21
4	21
5	21
6	21
7	21
8	21
9	21
10	21
11	21
12	21
13	21
14	21
15	21
16	21
17	21
18	21
19	21
20	21
21	20
22	20
23	20
24	19
25	19
26	19
27	19
28	19
29	19
30	18
31	18

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100