Muswellbrook weather in July

In July, Muswellbrook sees average daytime highs of 16°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 36 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 10.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 16°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 54 min at the start of July to 10 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Muswellbrook's 3rd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Muswellbrook's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 16°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 36 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 10 h 06 min; 8:00 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 43%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 2.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Muswellbrook is town in New South Wales, Australia.

Air quality: Moderate; PM2.5 12.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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 16°C through the month.

A typical July day in Muswellbrook reaches about 16°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 13°C and 19°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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

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

Muswellbrook weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 18°	59	7.6	13.9	5.3
Feb	29° / 18°	70	7.2	13.2	5.9
Mar	27° / 16°	52	7.4	12.2	7.1
Apr	23° / 12°	38	4.9	11.2	7.9
May	20° / 9°	34	5.1	10.4	7.2
Jun	17° / 7°	46	6.3	9.9	5.9
Jul	16° / 6°	36	5	10.1	5.9
Aug	18° / 6°	31	4.7	10.8	7.0
Sep	22° / 9°	37	5.3	11.8	7.7
Oct	24° / 12°	51	7	12.8	7.7
Nov	27° / 14°	70	8.4	13.7	6.9
Dec	29° / 16°	67	8	14.1	6.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 50% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. 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 (%)	65	64	64	64	64	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	67	69	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	72	74
Cloudier (%)	35	36	36	36	36	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	33	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	28	26

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

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Muswellbrook gets around 36 mm of rain over 5 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 17% and peaks near 18% 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 (%)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16

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

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	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in July

Winds average 10 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
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26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 54 min at the start of July to 10 h 24 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 8:03 AM to 7:51 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:14 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)	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	9.9	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.1	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.3	10.4	10.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:03	8:03	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:02	8:01	8:01	8:01	8:00	8:00	8:00	7:59	7:59	7:59	7:58	7:58	7:57	7:57	7:56	7:55	7:55	7:54	7:53	7:53	7:52	7:51
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.9	8:03	5:57
2	9.9	8:03	5:57
3	9.9	8:02	5:58
4	9.9	8:02	5:58
5	9.9	8:02	5:59
6	9.9	8:02	5:59
7	10.0	8:02	6:00
8	10.0	8:02	6:00
9	10.0	8:02	6:01
10	10.0	8:02	6:01
11	10.0	8:01	6:02
12	10.0	8:01	6:02
13	10.0	8:01	6:03
14	10.0	8:00	6:03
15	10.1	8:00	6:04
16	10.1	8:00	6:04
17	10.1	7:59	6:05
18	10.1	7:59	6:05
19	10.1	7:59	6:06
20	10.1	7:58	6:07
21	10.2	7:58	6:07
22	10.2	7:57	6:08
23	10.2	7:57	6:09
24	10.2	7:56	6:09
25	10.2	7:55	6:10
26	10.3	7:55	6:11
27	10.3	7:54	6:11
28	10.3	7:53	6:12
29	10.3	7:53	6:12
30	10.4	7:52	6:13
31	10.4	7:51	6:14

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 2.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.46 kWh/m² to a high of 6.82 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 2.83 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)	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.7	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	3.3	3.3
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	2.6	Moderate
2	2.6	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.7	Moderate
9	2.7	Moderate
10	2.7	Moderate
11	2.7	Moderate
12	2.7	Moderate
13	2.7	Moderate
14	2.8	Moderate
15	2.8	Moderate
16	2.8	Moderate
17	2.8	Moderate
18	2.9	Moderate
19	2.9	Moderate
20	2.9	Moderate
21	2.9	Moderate
22	3.0	Moderate
23	3.0	Moderate
24	3.0	Moderate
25	3.1	Moderate
26	3.1	Moderate
27	3.1	Moderate
28	3.2	Moderate
29	3.2	Moderate
30	3.3	Moderate
31	3.3	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Muswellbrook?

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

5.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

0.9

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Muswellbrook for sightseeing.

What to pack for Muswellbrook in July

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

In July, Muswellbrook sees daytime highs around 16°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

a warm layer

UV index in Muswellbrook 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 Muswellbrook peaks around January 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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	3	3	5	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	3	Moderate
Jul	3	Moderate
Aug	5	Moderate
Sep	6	High
Oct	9	Very high
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Muswellbrook 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 Muswellbrook is worst in December — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.1× the cleanest month (June, 6 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Muswellbrook's WHO annual average of 12.2 µg/m³.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	10	8	8	7	6	7	8	8	10	14	45
Level	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	10	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	6	Good
Jul	7	Good
Aug	8	Good
Sep	8	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Muswellbrook?

Muswellbrook sits at 32.3°S, 150.9°E, 164 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Cessnock, 77 km away.

Topography around Muswellbrook

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Muswellbrook has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m around an average of 165 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 635 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,689 m.

The land around Muswellbrook is covered by grassland (37%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

170 m

grassland 37%

16 km

635 m

grassland 57%

80 km

1,689 m

trees 59%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

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

July weather nearby: Cessnock 77 km · Maitland 82 km · Newcastle 112 km · Tamworth 130 km · Central Coast 138 km · Umina Beach 146 km · Taree 152 km · Pittwater 161 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 Muswellbrook (-32.2612°, 150.8901°, elevation 164 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	16	6
2	16	6
3	16	6
4	16	6
5	16	6
6	16	6
7	16	6
8	16	6
9	16	6
10	16	6
11	16	6
12	16	6
13	16	6
14	16	6
15	16	6
16	16	6
17	16	6
18	16	6
19	16	6
20	16	6
21	16	6
22	16	6
23	16	6
24	16	6
25	17	6
26	17	6
27	17	6
28	17	6
29	17	6
30	17	6
31	17	6

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

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

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	99	1
19	99	1
20	99	1
21	99	1
22	99	1
23	99	1
24	99	1
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0