Weather, Seasons and Climates in Australia

Henley Beach. Photo: South Australian Tourism Commission

Australian Seasons

The seasons in Australia are opposite to ours in the U.S. That means when it’s the winter season here in the U.S., it’s summer season in Australia.

Here are Australia’s seasons by month:

Spring: September – November
Summer: December – February
Autumn: March – May
Winter: June – August

The best seasons to travel to Australia (nicest weather) are in either Spring or Autumn.

Australian Climate Averages by City

Weather in Sydney

Table 1. Climate Averages for Sydney (New South Wales), Australia

Sydney	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	26	26	25	23	20	17	17	18	20	22	24	26
Max °F	79	79	77	73	68	63	63	64	68	72	75	79
Min °C	19	19	17	14	11	8	7	8	10	13	15	17
Min °F	66	66	63	57	52	46	45	46	50	55	59	63
Rainfall (mm)	100	111	122	106	98	123	69	81	62	73	82	75
Sunny Days	20	20	19	20	20	20	22	21	21	20	20	20
Sunshine Hours	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8

Weather in Melbourne

Table 2. Climate Averages for Melbourne (Victoria), Australia

Melbourne	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	26	27	24	20	17	13	13	14	16	19	22	24
Max °F	79	81	75	68	63	55	55	57	61	66	72	75
Min °C	14	14	13	10	8	6	5	6	7	9	10	12
Min °F	57	57	55	50	46	43	41	43	45	48	50	54
Rainfall (mm)	46	41	39	47	46	41	37	47	51	59	60	49
Sunny Days	22	21	22	20	18	16	17	15	15	17	18	22
Sunshine Hours	8	9	7	7	4	3	4	6	6	7	7	8

Weather in Brisbane

Table 3. Climate Averages for Brisbane (South East Queensland), Australia

Brisbane	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	29	29	28	26	24	21	21	22	24	26	27	29
Max °F	84	84	82	79	75	70	70	72	75	79	81	84
Min °C	21	21	20	17	14	11	10	10	13	16	18	20
Min °F	70	70	68	63	57	52	50	50	55	61	64	68
Rainfall (mm)	158	172	139	90	99	71	63	43	35	94	97	126
Sunny Days	18	14	17	19	20	22	24	24	23	21	20	19
Sunshine Hours	9	8	8	7	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	9

Weather in Cairns

Table 4. Climate Averages for Cairns (North Queensland), Australia

Cairns	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	31	31	31	29	28	26	26	27	28	29	31	31
Max °F	88	88	88	84	82	79	79	81	82	84	88	88
Min °C	24	24	23	22	20	18	17	17	19	21	22	23
Min °F	75	75	73	72	68	64	63	63	66	70	72	73
Rainfall (mm)	395	457	418	200	96	48	29	29	36	41	97	184
Sunny Days	13	8	12	12	17	21	22	23	22	23	20	17
Sunshine Hours	7	6	6	7	7	8	7	8	9	9	8	8

Weather in the Great Barrier Reef

Table 5. Climate Averages for the Great Barrier Reef (Queensland), Australia

Great Barrier Reef	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	31.8	31.5	30.7	29.3	27.6	25.9	25.6	26.4	27.9	29.7	30.8	31.8
Max °F	89	88	87	84	81	78	78	79	82	85	87	89
Min °C	23.5	23.3	22.6	21.0	18.9	17.3	16.3	16.3	17.7	19.8	21.4	22.8
Min °F	74	73	72	69	66	63	61	61	63	67	70	73
Water Avg °C	28	28	27	26	26	25	22	22	23	26	26	27
Water Avg °F	84	84	82	80	79	78	72	72	74	79	80	82
Avg # Rainy Days	16.7	16.1	18.3	15.3	12.5	9.1	7.6	7.7	6.3	7.0	9.3	11.6
Avg Rainfall (mm)	401	386	392	225	92.2	55.9	32.5	30.6	26.1	34	68	126
Avg Rainfall (inches)	15.7	15.2	15.4	8.9	3.6	2.2	1.3	1.2	1.0	1.3	2.7	5.0

Weather in Uluru

Table 6. Climate Averages for Uluru (Ayers Rock, Northern Territory), Australia

Uluru	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	38	36	34	29	23	20	20	23	26	32	34	37
Max °F	100	97	93	84	73	68	68	73	79	90	93	99
Min °C	21	21	17	13	8	5	3	6	9	14	17	20
Min °F	70	70	63	55	46	41	37	43	48	57	63	68
Rainfall (mm)	48	46	52	25	22	21	9	13	19	24	35	19
Sunny Days	27	23	27	27	27	26	28	28	26	27	24	27
Sunshine Hours	9	8	9	8	7	6	7	8	9	9	9	10

Weather in Perth

Table 7. Climate Averages for Perth (Western Australia), Australia

Perth	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	32	32	30	25	22	19	18	18	20	22	26	29
Max °F	90	90	86	77	72	66	64	64	68	72	79	84
Min °C	17	17	16	13	10	9	8	8	9	10	13	15
Min °F	63	63	61	55	50	48	46	46	48	50	55	59
Rainfall (mm)	9	15	15	41	104	171	162	120	71	47	25	11
Sunny Days	28	25	27	22	18	13	13	15	17	21	23	27
Sunshine Hours	12	11	10	8	7	6	6	7	8	10	10	12

Weather in Canberra

Table 8. Climate Averages for Canberra (Australian Capital Territory), Australia

Canberra	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	28	27	24	20	15	12	11	13	16	19	22	26
Max °F	82	81	75	68	59	54	52	55	61	66	72	79
Min °C	13	13	11	7	3	1	0	1	3	6	9	11
Min °F	55	55	52	45	37	34	32	34	37	43	48	52
Rainfall (mm)	62	54	53	50	49	40	42	47	53	66	65	53
Sunny Days	23	21	24	23	23	21	21	20	20	20	20	23
Sunshine Hours	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	7	7	9	9	9

Weather in Adelaide

Table 9. Climate Averages for Adelaide (South Australia), Australia

Adelaide	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	28	28	25	22	18	16	15	16	18	21	24	26
Max °F	82	82	77	72	64	61	59	61	64	70	75	79
Min °C	16	16	14	12	10	8	7	8	9	11	13	14
Min °F	61	61	57	54	50	46	45	46	48	52	55	57
Rainfall (mm)	18	19	22	36	56	55	63	51	47	40	25	24
Sunny Days	26	24	25	21	18	16	15	15	17	20	22	24
Sunshine Hours	10	10	9	7	5	5	5	6	7	8	9	10

Weather in Hobart

Table 10. Climate Averages for Hobart (Tasmania), Australia

Hobart	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	22	22	21	18	15	13	12	13	15	17	19	21
Max °F	72	72	70	64	59	55	54	55	59	63	66	70
Min °C	12	12	11	9	7	5	4	5	6	7	9	11
Min °F	54	54	52	48	45	41	39	41	43	45	48	52
Rainfall (mm)	41	37	37	45	36	29	47	47	40	48	45	56
Sunny Days	22	20	21	19	19	19	17	17	16	17	17	19
Sunshine Hours	8	8	7	6	5	4	5	6	6	7	7	8

Weather in Darwin

Table 11. Climate Averages for Darwin (Northern Territory), Australia

Darwin	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Max °C	32	31	32	33	32	31	30	31	33	33	33	33
Max °F	90	88	90	91	90	88	86	88	91	91	91	91
Min °C	25	25	25	24	22	20	19	21	23	25	25	25
Min °F	77	77	77	75	72	68	66	70	73	77	77	77
Rainfall (mm)	426	354	322	102	21	1	1	6	16	73	140	249
Sunny Days	10	8	12	21	29	29	30	30	28	24	18	14
Sunshine Hours	6	6	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	7

Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) – Australian Climate Averages

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