Geelong
City in Australia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Market Square Shopping Centre Geelong: Marcus Wong Wongm, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Geelong is a city in Australia, in Victoria. About 282,809 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Australia in our atlas.
It lies at 38.15° S, 144.36° E, about 23 m (75 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Australia/Melbourne time zone.
Location
Red dot: Geelong. Green dots: other major cities of Australia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Geelong has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jan, with average highs near 26°C (79°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 6°C (42°F). Around 597 mm (24 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Melbourne · 64 km
- Canberra · 524 km
- Adelaide · 617 km
- Sydney · 763 km
- Central Coast · 805 km
- Newcastle · 869 km
- Gold Coast · 1,377 km
- Logan City · 1,394 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2165798 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q231765 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Market Square Shopping Centre Geelong: Marcus Wong Wongm, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)