Australia

Weather locations in Australia

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Australia illustrated weather map

141 mapped locations

Illustrated map of Australia, featuring red kangaroo, golden wattle, red outback, eucalyptus woodland and coral reefs

Adelaide Airport Albany Andamooka Arltunga Armidale Balranald Barraba Batemans Bay Beverley Bicheno Bickley Bombala Borroloola Bradshaw Bridgetown Bridport Brisbane Brookton Bunbury Burnie Busselton Campania Canberra Carnegie Casterton Cessnock Charlotte Pass Charlton Cleve Coldstream Coolangatta Coonawarra Corrigin Dalwallinu Dartmoor Denham Donnybrook Dorrigo Dover Dwellingup Edithburgh Elliott Elliston Eneabba Esperance Eucla Eudunda Eyre Fingal Forrest Forster Gascoyne Junction Geeveston Gosford Grove Gundagai Gympie Harvey Hobart Hobart Airport Hyden Innisfail Jervois Kalbarri Kalumburu Katanning Keith Kempsey Kerang Kiama Kimba Kulgera Lajamanu Lancelin Larrimah Launceston Leonora Little Bay Liverpool Maitland Mandurah Manjimup Marrawah Maryborough Melbourne Meningie Merredin Merriwa Mullewa Murchison Murray Bridge Musgrave Narrogin Ngukurr Noarlunga Norseman Northam Oberon Oenpelli Omeo Onslow Orbost Orford Palmerville Papunya Parkes Pemberton Perth Price Ravensthorpe Redesdale Rhyll Roebourne Ross Rottnest Island Scamander Scottsdale Springwood Strathbogie Surat Swanbourne Sydney Tuggeranong Wagin Warra Warruwi Warwick Wellington Westmere Wilcannia Wiluna Windy Harbour Wittenoom Wonthaggi Woolbrook Wyndham Yarrawonga Yass Yongala York Yuendumu

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Climate of Australia

Country climate guide

Australia is a continent the size of a country, and its climate runs from the wet tropics of the far north to the arid red centre and the cool, wet south-east. About a third of the land is desert or near-desert, and the divide between the humid south-east and the dry interior follows the Great Dividing Range and its rain shadow. Monsoons from the north, warm oceans on both coasts and a rain-shadowed interior shape the whole picture.

Main climate types

The classification covers tropical savanna across the north, hot desert over the interior basin, humid subtropical and temperate conditions on the south-east coast, a Mediterranean climate on the south-west and the southern coast of South Australia, and alpine and sub-alpine types in the highlands of Tasmania, Victoria and the Snowy Mountains. The north is monsoonal, with heavy rain in the warm months and a long dry winter under the trade winds.

Temperatures

Winter and summer are clearly separated. Sydney averages about 23 °C in January and about 13 °C in July, and Brisbane about 25 °C in January and 16 °C in July. Darwin holds around 28 °C in the wet season and about 25 °C in June and July, its coolest. The interior is where extremes live: Alice Springs averages roughly 28 °C in January and about 18 °C in July, and days above 40 °C are common over the interior in the warm months.

Rainfall

Totals vary more than almost anywhere. Darwin takes about 1,700 mm a year, but nearly all of it arrives in the monsoon from December to March. Alice Springs takes only about 280 mm. On the south-east coast Sydney receives about 1,200 mm and Melbourne about 900 mm, spread fairly evenly, while Perth takes around 850 mm and loses most of it between May and August. Snow falls only in the highlands.

When to go

The tropical north is best in the dry season, from about May to September, and the Red Centre from April to September. The south-east, including Sydney, Melbourne and the Great Ocean Road, is at its best in spring and early summer, from September to November.

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