Average Yearly Precipitation in Australian Cities

The tables below give yearly averages for rainfall at large cities across Australia.

Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets a year and for the normal amount of precipitation. The calculation of days only includes the days when rain totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches).

These annual precipitation measurements are long-term historical averages of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.

Average yearly precipitation
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
81	Adelaide, South Australia	21.1	537
72	Albury, New South Wales	24.3	618
102	Ballarat, Victoria	24.4	621
69	Bendigo, Victoria	19.9	505
77	Brisbane, Queensland	36.0	916
84	Bunbury, Western Australia	28.7	729
73	Bundaberg, Queensland	36.8	936
116	Cairns, Queensland	77.1	1959
67	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	24.4	621
108	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	65.7	1668
97	Darwin, Northern Territory	72.1	1832
73	Geelong, Victoria	17.3	439
92	Gold Coast, Queensland	49.4	1255
95	Gosford, New South Wales	51.8	1315

Average amount of rain a year
Days	City	Inches	Millimetres
91	Hobart, Tasmania	22.3	565
87	Launceston, Tasmania	26.9	684
96	Mackay, Queensland	60.2	1529
85	Maitland, New South Wales	32.3	821
80	Mandurah, Western Australia	25.6	649
84	Melbourne, Victoria	20.3	516
92	Newcastle, New South Wales	40.7	1035
79	Perth, Western Australia	27.5	699
56	Rockhampton, Queensland	28.2	716
95	Sydney, New South Wales	45.3	1150
69	Toowoomba, Queensland	27.9	709
61	Townsville, Queensland	43.1	1095
92	Wollongong, New South Wales	44.4	1128

Annual Precipitation Averages for Cities in Australia

Reference

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