Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia and the largest population centre in the Australian Capital Territory. With an estimated population of 484,630 as of 2025, Canberra is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest Australian city by population. The city occupies most of the northern quadrant of the Australian Capital Territory, and its urban sprawl borders the state of New South Wales to the northwest, northeast and southeast. The Brindabellas are located south and west of the city, and form the northern part of the Australian Alps, the country's highest mountain range.
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Elevation
- 572 m
- Population
- 367,752
- Time zone
- Australia/Sydney
- Coordinates
- -35.28, 149.13
Weather in Canberra month by month
The best months to go: Feb · Mar · Dec
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 28° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 22° | 25° |
| low | 15° | 14° | 12° | 8° | 4° | 3° | 2° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 10° | 12° |
| rain | 79 mm | 60 mm | 90 mm | 59 mm | 47 mm | 45 mm | 36 mm | 70 mm | 59 mm | 87 mm | 99 mm | 70 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Canberra is from other cities in Australia
- Wollongong187 km✈ 59 min · 🚗 3 h 7 min
- Sydney247 km✈ 1 h 3 min · 🚗 4 h 7 min
- Central Coast291 km✈ 1 h 6 min · 🚗 4 h 51 min
- Newcastle358 km✈ 1 h 11 min · 🚗 5 h 58 min
- Melbourne466 km✈ 1 h 19 min · 🚗 7 h 46 min
- Geelong531 km✈ 1 h 24 min · 🚗 8 h 51 min
- Hobart859 km✈ 1 h 48 min · 🚗 14 h 19 min
- Gold Coast906 km✈ 1 h 51 min · 🚗 15 h 6 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.