Pakenham weather in July

In July, Pakenham sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 6°C, with 70 mm of rain across 13.1 wet days and about 9.6 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 17% 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 Pakenham's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pakenham's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 12°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 6°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 70 mm; 13.1 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 36 min; 8:36 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 10th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 1.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Pakenham is suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, 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 Pakenham reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 6°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 10°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)	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	12	12	13	13
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	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	6
11	12	6
12	12	6
13	12	6
14	12	6
15	12	6
16	12	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	12	6
23	12	6
24	12	6
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	12	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

Pakenham weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	60	7.6	14.3	7.3
Feb	25° / 14°	53	7	13.5	7.3
Mar	23° / 12°	47	7.6	12.3	7.3
Apr	19° / 10°	63	8.8	11	6.2
May	16° / 8°	67	11.2	10	4.6
Jun	13° / 6°	70	12	9.4	3.4
Jul	12° / 6°	70	13.1	9.6	3.0
Aug	13° / 6°	87	14.6	10.5	3.4
Sep	16° / 7°	92	14.2	11.7	4.3
Oct	18° / 8°	86	13.2	13	5.4
Nov	21° / 10°	81	10.9	14.1	6.2
Dec	23° / 12°	76	9.9	14.6	6.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	39	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38
Cloudier (%)	59	59	59	60	60	60	60	61	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62
31	38	62

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Pakenham gets around 70 mm of rain over 13.1 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 43% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	43	43	43	44	45	45	46	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	41
7	41
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	44
14	44
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	43
19	43
20	43
21	43
22	42
23	42
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	44
28	45
29	45
30	46
31	47

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 12 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	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	12	12	12	12
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	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	12	calm
8	12	calm
9	12	calm
10	12	calm
11	12	calm
12	12	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	calm
18	12	calm
19	12	calm
20	12	calm
21	12	calm
22	12	calm
23	12	calm
24	12	calm
25	12	light breeze
26	12	light breeze
27	12	light breeze
28	12	light breeze
29	12	light breeze
30	12	light breeze
31	12	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 8:40 AM to 8:25 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:24 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	9.4	9.4	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
Sunrise (AM)	8:40	8:40	8:40	8:40	8:39	8:39	8:39	8:39	8:39	8:38	8:38	8:38	8:37	8:37	8:36	8:36	8:35	8:35	8:34	8:34	8:33	8:32	8:32	8:31	8:30	8:29	8:28	8:28	8:27	8:26	8:25
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.4	8:40	6:03
2	9.4	8:40	6:03
3	9.4	8:40	6:04
4	9.4	8:40	6:04
5	9.4	8:39	6:05
6	9.4	8:39	6:05
7	9.4	8:39	6:06
8	9.5	8:39	6:07
9	9.5	8:39	6:07
10	9.5	8:38	6:08
11	9.5	8:38	6:08
12	9.5	8:38	6:09
13	9.5	8:37	6:10
14	9.6	8:37	6:10
15	9.6	8:36	6:11
16	9.6	8:36	6:12
17	9.6	8:35	6:12
18	9.6	8:35	6:13
19	9.7	8:34	6:14
20	9.7	8:34	6:15
21	9.7	8:33	6:15
22	9.7	8:32	6:16
23	9.8	8:32	6:17
24	9.8	8:31	6:18
25	9.8	8:30	6:19
26	9.8	8:29	6:19
27	9.9	8:28	6:20
28	9.9	8:28	6:21
29	9.9	8:27	6:22
30	9.9	8:26	6:23
31	10.0	8:25	6:24

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.77 kWh/m² to a high of 7.21 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.93 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	1.8	1.8	1.8	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	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
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	1.8	Dim
10	1.8	Dim
11	1.8	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	2.1	Moderate
28	2.2	Moderate
29	2.2	Moderate
30	2.2	Moderate
31	2.2	Moderate

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Pakenham?

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

3.0

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 Pakenham.

What to pack for Pakenham in July

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

In July, Pakenham sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 6°C. Worth packing: a warm layer and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Pakenham 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 at the nearest coast (about 31 km away) is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 18 to Mar 11 — about 1.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	20	21	20	18	15	13	12	11	12	14	17	18
Comfort	Refreshing	Refreshing	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	20	Refreshing
Feb	21	Refreshing
Mar	20	Cool
Apr	18	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	13	Bracing
Jul	12	Bracing
Aug	11	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	14	Bracing
Nov	17	Cool
Dec	18	Cool

UV index in Pakenham 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 Pakenham 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	4	8	10	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	4	Moderate
Oct	8	Very high
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Pakenham?

Pakenham sits at 38.1°S, 145.5°E, 44 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Officer, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Pakenham

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pakenham has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 43 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 380 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,619 m.

The land around Pakenham is covered by artificial surfaces (43%), grassland (28%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (37%), trees (32%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), grassland (30%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

146 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

380 m

grassland 37%

80 km

1,619 m

trees 37%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

July weather nearby: Officer 6.0 km · Berwick 12 km · Cranbourne North 15 km · Narre Warren 16 km · Narre Warren South 16 km · Cranbourne East 16 km · Cranbourne 17 km · Cranbourne West 18 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 Pakenham (-38.0702°, 145.4741°, elevation 44 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. 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	12	6
2	12	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	6
11	12	6
12	12	6
13	12	6
14	12	6
15	12	6
16	12	6
17	12	6
18	12	6
19	12	6
20	12	6
21	12	6
22	12	6
23	12	6
24	12	6
25	12	6
26	12	6
27	12	6
28	12	6
29	12	6
30	13	6
31	13	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	41
7	41
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	44
14	44
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	43
19	43
20	43
21	43
22	42
23	42
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	44
28	45
29	45
30	46
31	47

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	41
7	41
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	44
14	44
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	43
19	43
20	43
21	43
22	42
23	42
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	44
28	45
29	45
30	46
31	47

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	41	59
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	39	61
28	39	61
29	39	61
30	38	62
31	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	39
2	39
3	39
4	39
5	40
6	41
7	41
8	42
9	42
10	43
11	43
12	43
13	44
14	44
15	43
16	43
17	43
18	43
19	43
20	43
21	43
22	42
23	42
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	44
28	45
29	45
30	46
31	47

	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