Mount Gambier weather in July

In July, Mount Gambier sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 74 mm of rain across 12.9 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 14% 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 Mount Gambier's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mount Gambier's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 13°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 7°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 74 mm; 12.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 8:24 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 9th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Mount Gambier is city in South Australia.

Density: 927/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1854

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 13°C through the month.

A typical July day in Mount Gambier reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 11°C and 15°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°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)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Avg low (°C)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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

Mount Gambier weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 12°	38	5	14.3	7.9
Feb	24° / 13°	24	3.8	13.5	8.0
Mar	22° / 11°	28	5.5	12.3	7.4
Apr	19° / 10°	38	6.8	11.1	6.4
May	16° / 9°	51	9.2	10	4.9
Jun	14° / 7°	66	11.6	9.4	3.7
Jul	13° / 7°	74	12.9	9.6	3.3
Aug	14° / 7°	81	13.9	10.5	3.6
Sep	16° / 7°	73	12.4	11.7	4.4
Oct	18° / 8°	51	9.7	13	5.7
Nov	20° / 9°	46	7.4	14	6.5
Dec	22° / 11°	44	6.9	14.6	7.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	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 (%)	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	38	39	38	38	37	37	38	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	37	37
Cloudier (%)	61	62	62	62	63	63	63	62	61	62	62	63	63	62	64	64	64	63	63	63	63	63	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	63	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Mount Gambier gets around 74 mm of rain over 12.9 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	41	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	42
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	44

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 15 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
12	15	light breeze
13	15	light breeze
14	15	light breeze
15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

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 8:28 AM to 8:13 AM, and sunset from 5:52 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)	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.8	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0
Sunrise (AM)	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:28	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:27	8:26	8:26	8:26	8:25	8:25	8:24	8:24	8:23	8:23	8:22	8:22	8:21	8:20	8:20	8:19	8:18	8:17	8:17	8:16	8:15	8:14	8:13
Sunset (PM)	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:04	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	8:28	5:52
2	9.4	8:28	5:53
3	9.4	8:28	5:53
4	9.4	8:28	5:54
5	9.4	8:28	5:54
6	9.5	8:27	5:55
7	9.5	8:27	5:55
8	9.5	8:27	5:56
9	9.5	8:27	5:57
10	9.5	8:26	5:57
11	9.5	8:26	5:58
12	9.5	8:26	5:58
13	9.6	8:25	5:59
14	9.6	8:25	6:00
15	9.6	8:24	6:00
16	9.6	8:24	6:01
17	9.6	8:23	6:02
18	9.7	8:23	6:02
19	9.7	8:22	6:03
20	9.7	8:22	6:04
21	9.7	8:21	6:05
22	9.8	8:20	6:06
23	9.8	8:20	6:06
24	9.8	8:19	6:07
25	9.8	8:18	6:08
26	9.9	8:17	6:09
27	9.9	8:17	6:09
28	9.9	8:16	6:10
29	9.9	8:15	6:11
30	10.0	8:14	6:12
31	10.0	8:13	6:13

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.78 kWh/m² to a high of 7.39 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.95 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)	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.3
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.8	Dim
2	1.8	Dim
3	1.8	Dim
4	1.8	Dim
5	1.8	Dim
6	1.8	Dim
7	1.8	Dim
8	1.8	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	2.0	Dim
19	2.0	Dim
20	2.0	Moderate
21	2.0	Moderate
22	2.0	Moderate
23	2.1	Moderate
24	2.1	Moderate
25	2.1	Moderate
26	2.1	Moderate
27	2.2	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Mount Gambier

In seasonPeak

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

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

Cyclone

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Mount Gambier?

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

12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mount Gambier.

What to pack for Mount Gambier in July

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

In July, Mount Gambier sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 7°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Mount Gambier in July

The nearest coast averages about 15°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 34 km away) is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in September near 14°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	17	Cool
Apr	16	Cool
May	16	Cool
Jun	16	Cool
Jul	15	Cool
Aug	14	Bracing
Sep	14	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	15	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Mount Gambier 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 Mount Gambier peaks around December 20 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	5	7	9	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	5	Moderate
Oct	7	Very high
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Mount Gambier?

Mount Gambier sits at 37.8°S, 140.8°E, 41 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Warrnambool, 162 km away.

Topography around Mount Gambier

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mount Gambier has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 325 m.

The land around Mount Gambier is covered by artificial surfaces (39%), grassland (33%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%), water (29%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

162 m

artificial surfaces 39%

16 km

166 m

grassland 62%

80 km

325 m

grassland 39%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

July weather nearby: Warrnambool 162 km · Horsham 177 km · Ballarat 272 km · Highton 312 km · Torquay 315 km · Geelong 316 km · Corio 317 km · Lara 319 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 Mount Gambier (-37.8318°, 140.7792°, elevation 41 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	42
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	44

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	42
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	44

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	37	63
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	36	64
16	36	64
17	36	64
18	37	63
19	37	63
20	37	63
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	41
2	41
3	41
4	42
5	42
6	42
7	43
8	43
9	43
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	43
14	42
15	42
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	40
21	40
22	40
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	41
27	41
28	42
29	42
30	43
31	44

	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