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When is the best time to visit Australia?

Nature enthusiast? Party animal? Wildlife spotter? The right time to travel to Australia depends on your preferences.

January
February
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April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Harvest time in Australia
Harvest time in Australia
Harvest time in Australia
Winter begins
Winter begins in Australia
Activity
Kitesurf Season
Kitesurf Season
Kitesurf Season
Australia Surf Season
Australia Surf Season
Australia Surf Season
Football season
Australia Surf Season
Australia Surf Season
Australia Surf Season
Australia Surf Season
Kitesurf Season
Kitesurf Season
Kitesurf Season
Wildlife
Grey Nurse Sharks in Australia
Grey Nurse Sharks in Australia
Whale Season
Whale Season
Whale Season
Grey Nurse Sharks in Australia
Whale Season
Dugongs
Grey Nurse Sharks in Australia
Whale Season
Dugongs
Grey Nurse Sharks in Australia
Whale Season
Dugongs
Grey Nurse Sharks in Australia
Grey Nurse Sharks in Australia
Events
Australia Day
Sydney Festival
Australian Open
Brisbane Street Art Festival
WOMADelaid
Byron Bay Bluefest
Melbourne International Film Festival
Cairns Festival
AFL Grand Final
Melbourne Festival
Sydney Harbour Fireworks
High Season

Between December and February, the high season starts with summer vacations, full beaches and rainy season. Prices can increase 25% per reservation, however, it is an excellent time for outdoor concerts, film fairs and food.

Shoulder Season

Between March, May, September and November the intermediate seasons occurs, with warm climates and clear skies. At Easter, it is full of families and the autumn leaves peek out in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.

Low Season

From June to August occurs the low season, with cold rains in the south, cozy days and sunny skies in the north, with just some tourists in the country. The desert, tropical north and snow are recommended natural attractions.

Your trip to Australia

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Your travel to Australia has about 558% the climate impact as your entire yearly budget of CO₂ emissions. This "yearly climate-compatible budget" sets the limit of emissions any person should produce in order to keep global warming to below 2C at about 2 tons of CO2. It includes anything from heating to stay warm and cosy in winter, your daily hot showers, the annoying commute to work, any traveling you do, the production of your yummy food and products you buy – and much more you emit by living your life.

emissions
Of your yearly CO₂ Budget
558%
Your flight
Climate compatible yearly CO₂ budget
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Just like slow food – ever thought about slow travel? Discovering the hidden treasures nearby is a great new adventure. Go by train to get a better feeling of small changes in your surroundings or have a fun road trip with your friends. If you still feel the need to fly, compensate your emissions.

How is the weather & Climate in Australia?

Temperatures as cold as your ex's heart or hot like you? See the full range for different cities based on average temperatures per month.

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

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Day
temperature

29°

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27°

23°

19°

16°

16°

17°

19°

23°

26°

28°

Night
temperature

16°

17°

15°

12°

11°

11°

13°

15°

Days of
rain

2

2

3

5

9

10

10

11

8

6

4

3

Hours
sun

11h

10h

9h

7h

6h

5h

5h

6h

7h

8h

10h

9h

Water
temperature

22°

22°

22°

20°

18°

18°

18°

18°

18°

18°

18°

20°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

35°

35°

32°

27°

23°

19°

19°

23°

27°

31°

33°

35°

Night
temperature

21°

20°

17°

12°

10°

15°

18°

20°

Days of
rain

4

3

3

2

2

2

1

2

1

3

4

4

Hours
sun

10h

10h

9h

9h

8h

8h

9h

10h

10h

10h

10h

10h

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

29°

29°

28°

26°

23°

21°

20°

22°

24°

27°

28°

29°

Night
temperature

21°

20°

19°

16°

13°

11°

10°

13°

16°

18°

19°

Days of
rain

10

11

10

7

8

5

5

5

4

7

8

9

Hours
sun

8h

7h

7h

7h

7h

6h

7h

8h

8h

8h

8h

8h

Water
temperature

25°

25°

24°

24°

23°

22°

21°

21°

21°

22°

24°

25°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

33°

32°

33°

34°

31°

28°

28°

30°

31°

32°

33°

33°

Night
temperature

26°

26°

25°

22°

18°

15°

13°

15°

18°

22°

25°

26°

Days of
rain

11

11

7

3

3

2

1

0

0

0

1

5

Hours
sun

9h

7h

8h

9h

9h

9h

10h

10h

10h

11h

11h

9h

Water
temperature

22°

23°

23°

23°

22°

21°

20°

19°

19°

19°

20°

21°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

32°

31°

30°

29°

28°

26°

26°

27°

28°

29°

31°

31°

Night
temperature

24°

24°

23°

22°

20°

18°

17°

18°

19°

21°

22°

23°

Days of
rain

14

15

17

15

11

6

5

5

4

5

8

10

Hours
sun

7h

6h

6h

6h

6h

8h

7h

8h

8h

9h

8h

8h

Water
temperature

27°

28°

28°

27°

26°

25°

24°

23°

24°

25°

26°

26°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

28°

27°

25°

20°

15°

12°

11°

13°

16°

19°

23°

26°

Night
temperature

13°

13°

11°

-0°

11°

Days of
rain

6

5

5

6

6

5

6

7

7

7

8

6

Hours
sun

10h

9h

8h

7h

5h

5h

6h

7h

7h

9h

9h

10h

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

32°

32°

33°

33°

33°

31°

31°

32°

33°

34°

34°

33°

Night
temperature

25°

25°

25°

24°

23°

21°

19°

21°

23°

25°

26°

26°

Days of
rain

20

18

17

6

1

1

0

0

2

5

10

15

Hours
sun

6h

6h

7h

10h

9h

10h

10h

10h

10h

9h

10h

7h

Water
temperature

27°

27°

28°

28°

28°

26°

25°

25°

25°

26°

27°

27°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

29°

28°

28°

26°

23°

21°

21°

21°

23°

25°

27°

28°

Night
temperature

20°

21°

19°

17°

13°

11°

10°

12°

15°

17°

19°

Days of
rain

13

13

15

11

10

8

7

7

7

9

10

11

Hours
sun

9h

8h

7h

7h

7h

6h

7h

8h

8h

8h

8h

8h

Water
temperature

25°

25°

24°

24°

23°

22°

21°

21°

21°

22°

24°

25°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

22°

22°

20°

18°

15°

12°

12°

13°

15°

17°

19°

20°

Night
temperature

12°

13°

11°

10°

10°

11°

Days of
rain

6

4

6

7

8

7

7

8

8

8

8

7

Hours
sun

8h

7h

6h

5h

4h

4h

4h

5h

6h

7h

7h

7h

Water
temperature

15°

16°

16°

14°

13°

12°

12°

11°

11°

12°

13°

14°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

34°

32°

30°

25°

21°

17°

17°

18°

22°

26°

29°

32°

Night
temperature

18°

18°

16°

13°

11°

14°

17°

Days of
rain

4

4

4

5

7

8

9

7

5

4

4

4

Hours
sun

11h

11h

9h

8h

7h

6h

7h

7h

8h

9h

11h

11h

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

23°

23°

21°

17°

14°

14°

11°

12°

14°

16°

19°

21°

Night
temperature

10°

10°

Days of
rain

8

7

8

10

12

13

15

16

13

13

11

10

Hours
sun

9h

8h

8h

6h

5h

5h

4h

6h

7h

8h

8h

9h

Water
temperature

11°

13°

15°

16°

15°

14°

12°

11°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

30°

30°

29°

27°

24°

22°

21°

22°

25°

27°

29°

30°

Night
temperature

24°

23°

22°

20°

17°

14°

13°

14°

17°

20°

22°

23°

Days of
rain

12

15

14

12

10

5

5

4

2

5

6

8

Hours
sun

9h

8h

8h

7h

7h

8h

8h

9h

10h

9h

9h

9h

Water
temperature

29°

29°

28°

27°

25°

24°

22°

22°

23°

25°

27°

28°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

26°

26°

24°

21°

17°

14°

14°

15°

17°

20°

22°

24°

Night
temperature

15°

16°

14°

12°

10°

10°

12°

14°

Days of
rain

5

4

6

6

9

8

9

11

10

9

8

6

Hours
sun

9h

8h

7h

6h

4h

4h

4h

5h

6h

7h

7h

8h

Water
temperature

18°

18°

18°

17°

16°

14°

14°

13°

14°

14°

15°

17°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

29°

30°

28°

24°

21°

18°

17°

18°

19°

21°

25°

27°

Night
temperature

18°

18°

17°

14°

12°

10°

10°

12°

14°

16°

Days of
rain

1

2

2

6

10

15

14

13

10

6

4

2

Hours
sun

10h

10h

9h

7h

6h

5h

5h

6h

7h

8h

10h

10h

Water
temperature

21°

21°

21°

21°

20°

18°

18°

18°

18°

18°

19°

19°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

36°

36°

37°

35°

30°

28°

27°

29°

32°

35°

36°

37°

Night
temperature

25°

25°

24°

21°

17°

14°

12°

13°

15°

18°

21°

24°

Days of
rain

5

7

4

2

3

3

2

1

1

1

1

2

Hours
sun

9h

7h

8h

9h

9h

9h

10h

10h

10h

11h

11h

9h

Water
temperature

22°

23°

23°

23°

22°

21°

20°

19°

19°

19°

20°

21°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

32°

31°

30°

29°

26°

23°

23°

25°

27°

29°

31°

32°

Night
temperature

22°

22°

21°

18°

15°

11°

11°

14°

17°

20°

21°

Days of
rain

9

11

9

6

5

4

5

3

2

5

6

7

Hours
sun

8h

7h

8h

8h

7h

8h

8h

9h

10h

10h

9h

9h

Water
temperature

28°

28°

27°

26°

24°

22°

21°

21°

22°

23°

26°

27°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

28°

27°

25°

25°

21°

20°

19°

20°

22°

24°

25°

27°

Night
temperature

22°

21°

20°

18°

15°

12°

10°

12°

14°

17°

19°

21°

Days of
rain

12

13

15

13

12

9

7

7

6

8

10

10

Hours
sun

9h

7h

8h

8h

6h

7h

8h

9h

9h

9h

9h

9h

Water
temperature

26°

27°

27°

26°

24°

22°

21°

21°

22°

23°

24°

26°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

26°

26°

25°

22°

19°

17°

17°

18°

20°

22°

24°

25°

Night
temperature

18°

19°

17°

14°

11°

11°

13°

16°

17°

Days of
rain

13

13

14

13

13

12

12

11

12

12

12

13

Hours
sun

8h

7h

6h

6h

6h

5h

6h

7h

7h

8h

8h

8h

Water
temperature

22°

22°

22°

20°

18°

18°

18°

18°

18°

18°

18°

20°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

31°

31°

31°

30°

28°

25°

25°

26°

28°

29°

31°

31°

Night
temperature

24°

24°

23°

21°

18°

15°

14°

15°

18°

21°

23°

24°

Days of
rain

10

12

11

6

5

2

2

2

1

3

5

8

Hours
sun

8h

7h

7h

8h

7h

8h

8h

9h

10h

10h

9h

9h

Water
temperature

27°

28°

27°

26°

24°

23°

22°

22°

24°

25°

26°

27°

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Day
temperature

26°

26°

25°

23°

20°

18°

18°

18°

20°

22°

25°

26°

Night
temperature

19°

19°

18°

15°

12°

10°

13°

14°

16°

19°

Days of
rain

9

10

10

9

9

8

6

6

7

9

10

7

Hours
sun

7h

7h

7h

7h

6h

7h

7h

7h

7h

8h

8h

8h

Water
temperature

23°

24°

23°

21°

18°

18°

16°

16°

18°

19°

19°

21°

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