1,009
Higher than 82% of capital city areas.
Average annual rainfall (mm), estimated from SILO gridded climate records, 2019–2023.
Greater Brisbane · Capital City
Environment & Climate in Greater Brisbane
The local climate — how much rain the area gets and how warm or cool it tends to be.
More than 1,000mm of rain falls annually across Greater Brisbane, which is far above the Queensland average. This high rainfall defines the local environment across the region's 15,842 square kilometres. The climate is generally milder than in other parts of the state.
1,009
- 0–54: 0 areas
- 54–107: 0 areas
- 107–161: 1 area
- 161–214: 1 area
- 214–268: 0 areas
- 268–321: 0 areas
- 321–375: 1 area
- 375–429: 1 area
- 429–482: 0 areas
- 482–536: 1 area
- 536–589: 1 area
- 589–643: 0 areas
- 643–696: 0 areas
- 696–750: 0 areas
- 750–804: 1 area
- 804–857: 1 area
- 857–911: 2 areas
- 911–964: 1 area
- 964–1,018: 1 area
- 1,018–1,071: 1 area
- 1,071–1,125: 1 area
- 1,125–1,179: 0 areas
- 1,179–1,232: 0 areas
- 1,232–1,286: 0 areas
- 1,286–1,339: 0 areas
- 1,339–1,393: 0 areas
- 1,393–1,446: 0 areas
- 1,446–1,500: 1 area
All capital city areas, 2021. The marker is Greater Brisbane — higher than 82% of areas.
| Greater Brisbane | 1,009 |
|---|---|
| Queensland | 379 |
Climate
Average rainfall and temperature.
Rainfall is much higher here than in most similar areas, reaching 1,009mm. While temperatures are higher than in many similar regions, the average maximum of 25.6°C and minimum of 13.0°C remain well below the figures for Queensland.
25.6
Higher than 58% of capital city areas.
Mean daily maximum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
13.0
Higher than 59% of capital city areas.
Mean daily minimum temperature (°C), SILO grid estimate, 2019–2023.
Sources
- SILO gridded climate data — Queensland Government (Long Paddock), 2019–2023 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Environment & Climate in Greater Brisbane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/3GBRI/greater-brisbane/topic/environment-climate