ACT, Australia · 124 weather stations within 200 km · records 1788 to 2025
Canberra has an average annual daytime high of 19.4°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline. Its warmest month is January, when highs typically reach 27.2°C, and its coldest is July, with overnight lows near -0.1°C.
These figures reflect annual averages, not single-day records. Daily observations are outside this dataset's precision.
Since 1900, Canberra's average temperature has risen by +1.3°C. Compared to the earliest station records that begin in 1788, warming totals +1.8°C.
20-year smoothed annual temperature reconstructed from station anomalies. Dashed line: 1951–1980 baseline.
Daytime highs sit within a comfortable 15°C to 26°C range.
Canberra's average annual daytime high is 19.4°C, based on the 1951 to 1980 baseline period. The warmest month is January, with highs averaging 27.2°C, and the coldest is July, with lows averaging -0.1°C.
January is the warmest month in Canberra, with typical daytime highs of 27.2°C.
2024 is the hottest year on record for Canberra, running +1.8°C above the 1951 to 1980 baseline.
Yes. Since 1900, Canberra has warmed by roughly +1.3°C.
March to December typically offers the most comfortable daytime highs, in the 15°C to 26°C range.
Baseline period 1951 to 1980. Monthly averages are the mean of station observations weighted by proximity. Warming trend is the 20-year smoothed anomaly against that baseline.