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Macquarie Island Climate & Temperature

⛺ Macquarie Island has a polar tundra climate with no true summer (Köppen-Geiger classification: ET).tundra climate (ET)

🌡️ The mean annual temperature is 4.9 degrees Celsius (40.8 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly breakdown and the fixed scale graph.

🐬 Average monthly temperatures vary by 3.7 °C (6.7°F). This indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype truly hyperoceanic.

☔ Total annual precipitation averages 905.9 mm (35.7 inches) which is equivalent to 905.9 Litres/m² (22.22 Gallons/ft²).

Macquarie Island Climate Graph

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✨ The longest day of the year is 16:59 long on the 21 of December and the shortest day is 7:00 long on the 22 of June.

🐇Were you to burrow down through the centre of the Earth from Macquarie Island you would pop up nearest to the climate station at Belmullet, Ireland where you would find a Marine west coast climate.

🌍Macquarie Island, Australia is at 54°29'S, 158°56'E, 8 m (27 ft). Check the location on the map.

Macquarie Island Climate Table

Average Max Temperature °C ( °F)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
5 (41) 5 (41) 5 (42) 6 (42) 7 (44) 8 (46) 9 (48) 9 (48) 8 (47) 7 (44) 6 (43) 5 (41) 7 (44)
Average Temperature °C ( °F)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
3 (38) 3 (38) 3 (38) 4 (39) 5 (40) 6 (43) 7 (45) 7 (45) 6 (44) 5 (41) 4 (40) 3 (38) 5 (41)
Average Min Temperature °C ( °F)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
2 (35) 2 (35) 2 (35) 2 (35) 3 (37) 4 (40) 5 (42) 6 (42) 5 (41) 4 (38) 3 (37) 2 (35) 3 (38)
Average Precipitation mm (in)
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
69 (3) 63 (2) 71 (3) 72 (3) 70 (3) 74 (3) 79 (3) 82 (3) 91 (4) 91 (4) 75 (3) 71 (3) 906 (36)
Average Daylight Hours/ Day
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
7h 52' 9h 38' 11h 51' 14h 06' 16h 06' 17h 08' 16h 34' 14h 52' 12h 43' 10h 27' 8h 27' 7h 22' 12h 00'
Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day (°).
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Annual
15 23.3 34.7 46 55.3 58.9 55.4 46.1 35.4 23.8 15.4 12.1 35.2


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