Weather in Queensland

Calculated from weather data of Brisbane International Airport (YBBN) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	28.8	28.8	28.0	28.1	27.8	29.0
February	28.6	29.3	28.8	27.6	28.0	28.3
March	27.6	27.1	28.6	27.3	26.8	27.1
April	25.5		26.1	25.6	24.8	26.6
May	23.0		22.6	23.1	22.8	23.0
June	21.1		22.1	20.3	20.6	21.3
July	20.8		21.1	19.1	20.5	20.8
August	22.0		22.6	20.8	22.1	21.8
September	23.6		23.6	22.8	23.1	23.6
October	24.9		25.5	24.5	26.1	25.6
November	26.4		26.1	26.1	25.8	26.6
December	28.1		29.1	26.1	27.6	28.1
Average	25.4	28.4	25.3	24.2	24.7	25.1

69th highest temperature of Australia

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	22.2	23	21	22	22	23
February	21.6	22	22	20	21	23
March	20.7	21	22	20	20	20
April	16.9		16	18	16	18
May	13.7		11	17	13	14
June	11.3		11	10	11	12
July	10.4		11	10	11	11
August	11.0		13	11	12	11
September	13.9		15	14	14	15
October	17.2		17	17	17	17
November	18.8		19	17	20	19
December	21.0		22	19	20	22
Average	17.2	21.9	16.5	16.1	16.3	16.9

44th lowest temperature of Australia

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	10	16	12	8	7
25 °C or warmer	85	181	143	155	179
20 °C or warmer	91	348	294	331	338
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.3	23	2	21	8	12
February	15.0	14	7	30	7	27
March	16.6	25	10	12	19	16
April	11.6		7	13	16	8
May	11.6		6	35	6	7
June	6.3		3	2	6	8
July	8.8		5	24	7	11
August	3.3		4	8	1	3
September	4.3		4	9	3	4
October	10.3		2	15	4	7
November	7.6		14	4	12	1
December	8.4		7	10	8	12
Average	10.8	21.0	6.0	15.6	8.1	9.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.9	18	19	18	18	22
February	19.0	16	19	19	18	17
March	17.6	17	18	17	18	18
April	16.8		20	16	15	16
May	15.5		16	16	15	16
June	15.6		15	16	16	16
July	16.1		14	17	19	17
August	18.2		17	15	17	21
September	21.1		20	18	22	21
October	21.4		25	20	22	22
November	22.4		20	22	21	22
December	21.6		23	22	18	23
Average	18.7	17.0	18.8	17.9	18.2	19.3

52nd highest wind speed of Australia

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	E	E	E	E	NE
February	E	E	SE	E	E
March	SE	NE	E	E	E
April		S	SE	SE	E
May		S	SE	S	S
June		S	SW	SW	S
July		SE	SW	W	SW
August		E	NE	N	NW
September		E	NE	NE	E
October		NE	NE	NE	NE
November		NE	NE	NE	NE
December		NE	E	E	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Queensland weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Queensland?

The warmest month is January with an average temperature of 29 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Queensland?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 21 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Queensland?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in March with a probability of around 16.6 %.

Which month is the driest in Queensland?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 3.4 %.