Climate and average weather in Redbank Plains

In Redbank Plains, the summers are humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: early April to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Redbank Plains typically varies from 7°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 3°C or above 35°C. January is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Redbank Plains for warm-weather activities is from early April to late October.

Hottest
Jan
31°
Coldest
Jul
Wettest
Jan
92 mm
Driest
Jul
21 mm
Rain / yr
609 mm
70 wet days
Daylight
10.2–13.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
57 m
27.6°S
Clearest
Aug
28% cloud

Redbank Plains is suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

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

Redbank Plains weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early April to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Redbank Plains, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.6 months, from November 9 to March 27, with daily high temperatures above 28°C. The hottest month of the year in Redbank Plains is January, with an average high of 31°C and low of 21°C.

The cool season lasts 2.9 months, from May 26 to August 20, with daily high temperatures below 23°C. The coldest month of the year in Redbank Plains is July, with an average low of 7°C and high of 21°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in August.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3121
Feb3020
Mar2919
Apr2715
May2412
Jun219
Jul217
Aug238
Sep2611
Oct2714
Nov2917
Dec3019

How hot and cold Redbank Plains really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Redbank Plains feels like about 32°C (around January 24). About 18 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in January.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan32312021
Feb31302020
Mar30291819
Apr27271515
May24241212
Jun212189
Jul212167
Aug232368
Sep26261111
Oct27271414
Nov29291717
Dec31301919

Average hourly temperature in Redbank Plains

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on January afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Redbank Plains weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 21°929.513.64.6
Feb30° / 20°898.4135.0
Mar29° / 19°606.712.26.1
Apr27° / 15°223.911.47.7
May24° / 12°404.310.78.1
Jun21° / 354.210.37.8
Jul21° / 21310.48.1
Aug23° / 263.2118.5
Sep26° / 11°263.711.88.2
Oct27° / 14°556.812.77.2
Nov29° / 17°597.413.45.9
Dec30° / 19°849.313.75.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Redbank Plains gets about 609 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 5.6 months, from around Oct 9 to Mar 27, peaking in January at about 34% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Aug 5.

January is the wettest month by volume, with 92 mm over about 10 wet days; July is the driest, with 21 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJan 30 · 34%Aug 5 · 6%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3010
Feb308
Mar217
Apr144
May144
Jun134
Jul103
Aug113
Sep134
Oct217
Nov267
Dec309

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Redbank Plains collects about 609 mm of rain across 70 wet days — roughly 51 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. January is the wettest month with 92 mm, while July is the driest at just 21 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 44% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec928960224035212626555984
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan9210
Feb898
Mar607
Apr224
May404
Jun354
Jul213
Aug263
Sep264
Oct557
Nov597
Dec849

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Redbank Plains, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 12 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around October 18. The clearest month is August, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 83% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 19 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around March 18. The cloudiest month is January, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 46% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 9 · 87%Feb 3 · 53%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan5446
Feb5446
Mar6535
Apr7228
May6931
Jun7129
Jul7921
Aug8317
Sep7921
Oct7030
Nov6139
Dec5743

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around December 22, brings about 13 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around June 22, only 10 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 3 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan13.65:116:45
Feb13.05:346:32
Mar12.25:526:04
Apr11.46:095:29
May10.76:265:04
Jun10.36:414:57
Jul10.46:425:06
Aug11.06:225:23
Sep11.85:485:38
Oct12.75:135:54
Nov13.44:526:16
Dec13.74:536:37

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Redbank Plains averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 9 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 6.3 months, from around Apr 12 to Oct 19. The sunniest month is August, with roughly 21 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is February, down near 9 sunny days — about 57% fewer than the August peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantAug 923 daysFeb 269 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan10Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar11Mixed
Apr14Mixed
May16Bright
Jun17Bright
Jul20Bright
Aug21Bright
Sep19Bright
Oct16Bright
Nov12Mixed
Dec11Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

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 Redbank Plains, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.3 months, from around November 1 to April 10. The muggiest month is February, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 93% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around April 11 to October 31, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecAug 9 · 99%Feb 12 · 6%oppressivemuggydrycomfortablehumidhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan211294315
Feb16354117
Mar31845295
Apr23412970
May61281010
Jun8314300
Jul927100
Aug918100
Sep7322500
Oct44331930
Nov192936160
Dec51936336

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

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 Redbank Plains is steady company: average speeds sit near 8 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeMar 4 · 9 km/hMay 25 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan9calm
Feb9calm
Mar9calm
Apr8calm
May8calm
Jun8calm
Jul8calm
Aug8calm
Sep8calm
Oct8calm
Nov8calm
Dec9calm

Hazard calendar for Redbank Plains

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Redbank Plains sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

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

Cyclone
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Redbank Plains

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Redbank Plains throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid April, Redbank Plains is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Redbank Plains for general outdoor tourist activities is from early April to late October, with a peak score in the second week of August.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 9 · 8.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.7fair
Feb5.0fair
Mar6.1good
Apr7.6ideal
May8.1ideal
Jun7.8ideal
Jul8.1ideal
Aug8.5ideal
Sep8.2ideal
Oct7.2good
Nov5.9good
Dec5.1fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Redbank Plains for hot-weather activities is from early August to late May, with a peak score in the last week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 26 · 7.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Redbank Plains, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around January (highs near 31°C), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around July (highs near 21°C), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In January, Redbank Plains sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

Sea temperature near Redbank Plains

Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 40 km away) is warmest in February at about 27°C and coldest in August near 20°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Sep 1 to Jul 23 — about 10.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swimcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb27Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr24Warm
May23Refreshing
Jun21Refreshing
Jul20Refreshing
Aug20Cool
Sep20Refreshing
Oct22Refreshing
Nov24Refreshing
Dec25Warm

UV index (midday) in Redbank Plains by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Redbank Plains peaks around February 8 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeFeb 8UV 13Jun 19UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr8Very high
May5High
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug6High
Sep8Very high
Oct10Very high
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Redbank Plains

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan97
Feb8.56.5
Mar7.55.5
Apr6.54
May50
Jun3.50
Jul40
Aug5.50.5
Sep6.53.5
Oct7.55
Nov8.56
Dec97
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Redbank Plains is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun990
Jul980
Aug990
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Redbank Plains banks about 3,783 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around January.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan486
Feb425
Mar425
Apr326
May238
Jun154
Jul134
Aug164
Sep249
Oct337
Nov391
Dec453

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Redbank Plains receives about 4.9 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.1 and 6.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.4 months, from around Sep 7 to Mar 19. The brightest month is December, averaging about 6.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 3.1 kWh/m² — roughly 51% less than the December peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerbrighterdimmoderatebrightintenseDec 296.6 kWhJun 113.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.2Intense
Feb5.4Bright
Mar4.9Bright
Apr4.3Bright
May3.5Moderate
Jun3.1Moderate
Jul3.4Moderate
Aug4.3Bright
Sep5.3Bright
Oct5.8Bright
Nov6.3Intense
Dec6.4Intense

Where is Redbank Plains?

Redbank Plains sits at 27.6°S, 152.9°E, 57 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Springfield Lakes, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Redbank Plains

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Redbank Plains has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 62 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 439 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,399 m.

The land around Redbank Plains is covered by trees (43%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, trees (63%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
166 m
16 km
439 m
80 km
1,399 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
Nearby: Springfield Lakes 7.0 km · Forest Lake 11 km · Calamvale 19 km · Sunnybank Hills 20 km · The Gap 24 km · Logan City 25 km · Eight Mile Plains 25 km · Brisbane 26 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
none 38%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 18%other Christian 4%

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 Redbank Plains (-27.6461°, 152.8596°, elevation 57 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).