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Heat pump vs gas running cost — Australia

The 34 cities in Australia where a weather station close enough to the city can supply a design temperature. Coldest first.

City Design temperature Heating degree days Coldest month
Goulburn −6.9 °C 1,560 Jul
Tuggeranong −5.8 °C 1,377 Jul
Canberra −5.5 °C 1,362 Jul
Orange −5.0 °C 1,747 Jul
Bathurst −4.8 °C 1,430 Jul
Armidale −3.9 °C 1,371 Jul
Wangaratta −3.7 °C 1,188 Jul
Bendigo −2.6 °C 1,150 Jul
Ballarat −2.4 °C 1,597 Jul
Shepparton −2.4 °C 1,038 Jul
Cessnock −2.3 °C 572 Jul
Launceston −2.1 °C 1,350 Jul
Dubbo −2.0 °C 951 Jul
Griffith −1.9 °C 812 Jul
Burnie −1.9 °C 1,397 Jul
Wodonga −1.8 °C 1,044 Jul
Traralgon −1.7 °C 1,105 Jul
Devonport −0.5 °C 1,230 Jul
Gawler −0.5 °C 854 Jul
Whyalla −0.3 °C 526 Jul
Warrnambool −0.1 °C 1,177 Jul
Bacchus Marsh 0.0 °C 908 Jul
Balwyn North 0.0 °C 884 Jul
Mount Gambier 0.1 °C 1,125 Jul
Melbourne 0.5 °C 903 Jul
Geelong 0.6 °C 975 Jul
Saint Albans 1.0 °C 966 Jul
Hobart 1.2 °C 1,250 Jul
Busselton 1.4 °C 538 Jul
Adelaide 1.8 °C 545 Jul
Adelaide Hills 2.0 °C 1,256 Jul
Albany 2.3 °C 648 Jul
Mount Barker 3.1 °C 1,087 Jul
Frankston East 3.7 °C 777 Jul

A city appears here only if a station within 50 km, and within 200 m of its elevation, has at least fifteen complete years of record. Where two cities share the nearest station they would carry identical numbers, so only the larger is published.