Geelong
Geelong is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the western end of Corio Bay and the left bank of Barwon River, about 75 km (47 mi) southwest of Melbourne. With an estimated population of 282,809 in 2023, Geelong is the second-largest city in the state of Victoria. It is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality, which is Port Phillip's only regional metropolitan area, and covers all the urban, rural, and coastal reserves around the city including the entire Bellarine Peninsula and from the plains of Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south, with Corio Bay to the east and the Barrabool Hills to the west.
- Country
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Elevation
- 16 m
- Population
- 282,809
- Time zone
- Australia/Melbourne
- Coordinates
- -38.15, 144.36
Weather in Geelong month by month
The best months to go: Jan · Feb · Mar
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high | 26° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 16° | 14° | 13° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 22° |
| low | 15° | 14° | 13° | 11° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 12° |
| rain | 51 mm | 35 mm | 36 mm | 51 mm | 51 mm | 53 mm | 36 mm | 50 mm | 56 mm | 94 mm | 67 mm | 56 mm |
2019–2023 average (ERA5, Open-Meteo). Monthly rainfall total.
How far Geelong is from other cities in Australia
- Melbourne64 km✈ 50 min · 🚗 1 h 4 min
- Canberra531 km✈ 1 h 24 min · 🚗 8 h 51 min
- Hobart583 km✈ 1 h 28 min · 🚗 9 h 43 min
- Adelaide627 km✈ 1 h 31 min · 🚗 10 h 27 min
- Wollongong717 km✈ 1 h 37 min · 🚗 11 h 57 min
- Sydney778 km✈ 1 h 42 min · 🚗 12 h 58 min
- Central Coast821 km✈ 1 h 45 min · 🚗 13 h 41 min
- Newcastle887 km✈ 1 h 50 min · 🚗 14 h 47 min
Photo from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) · Data from GeoNames, Open-Meteo.