Warrnambool weather in July

In July, Warrnambool sees average daytime highs of 13°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 99 mm of rain across 14.4 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 13% 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 Warrnambool's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Warrnambool's year-round climate.

Daytime high
13°
12th warmest
Overnight low
2nd coldest
Rainfall
99 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
9 h 36 min
8:49 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
67%
10th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
1.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Warrnambool is city in Victoria, Australia.

Founded
1855

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

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 Warrnambool reaches about 13°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 4°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 on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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4139
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Warrnambool 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 14°465.914.47.2
Feb21° / 15°314.813.57.2
Mar20° / 14°406.812.36.7
Apr18° / 13°548.9115.7
May15° / 11°7411.69.94.5
Jun14° / 10°8612.89.43.5
Jul13° / 9914.49.63.2
Aug13° / 11315.410.53.3
Sep15° / 10°8814.311.73.9
Oct16° / 10°6510.9134.8
Nov18° / 12°619.114.15.7
Dec19° / 13°528.214.66.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33862
43862
53862
63763
73763
83763
93664
103664
113763
123763
133763
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153664
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203763
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243664
253763
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273763
283763
293763
303763
313763

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Warrnambool gets around 99 mm of rain over 14.4 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 47% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
144
245
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445
546
647
747
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2246
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2748
2848
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3150

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.

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Dry (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 21 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
721breezy
821breezy
921breezy
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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 8:53 AM to 8:38 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:35 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.48:536:14
29.48:536:14
39.48:536:15
49.48:526:15
59.48:526:16
69.48:526:16
79.48:526:17
89.48:526:18
99.48:516:18
109.58:516:19
119.58:516:19
129.58:506:20
139.58:506:21
149.58:506:21
159.58:496:22
169.68:496:23
179.68:486:23
189.68:476:24
199.68:476:25
209.78:466:26
219.78:466:26
229.78:456:27
239.78:446:28
249.88:446:29
259.88:436:30
269.88:426:31
279.88:416:31
289.98:406:32
299.98:396:33
309.98:386:34
3110.08:386:35

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 1.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.96 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 1.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.7Dim
21.7Dim
31.7Dim
41.7Dim
51.8Dim
61.8Dim
71.8Dim
81.8Dim
91.8Dim
101.8Dim
111.8Dim
121.8Dim
131.8Dim
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222.0Dim
232.0Dim
242.0Moderate
252.0Moderate
262.0Moderate
272.1Moderate
282.1Moderate
292.1Moderate
302.1Moderate
312.2Moderate
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Warrnambool?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Warrnambool.

What to pack for Warrnambool in July

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

In July, Warrnambool sees daytime highs around 13°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: a warm layer and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

rain geara warm layera windbreaker

Sea temperature near Warrnambool in July

The nearest coast averages about 14°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore 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.

12°14°16°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan18Cool
Feb18Cool
Mar17Cool
Apr16Cool
May16Cool
Jun15Cool
Jul14Bracing
Aug14Bracing
Sep14Bracing
Oct14Bracing
Nov15Cool
Dec16Cool

UV index in Warrnambool 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 Warrnambool peaks around December 19 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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateLowModerateVery highExtremeDec 19UV 12Jun 18UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar8Very high
Apr5Moderate
May2Moderate
Jun2Low
Jul2Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct7High
Nov9Very high
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Warrnambool?

Warrnambool sits at 38.4°S, 142.5°E, 24 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Ballarat, 150 km away.

Topography around Warrnambool

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Warrnambool has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 103 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m.

The land around Warrnambool is covered by grassland (37%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, water (44%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and grassland (50%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
103 m
80 km
426 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Ballarat 150 km · Torquay 160 km · Highton 161 km · Mount Gambier 162 km · Geelong 166 km · Corio 169 km · Lara 172 km · Horsham 187 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 Warrnambool (-38.3818°, 142.488°, elevation 24 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).