According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Australia is March to May and September to November. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Australia
- Best months
- March to May and September to November
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Oceania
What Australia is best for
Famous for the Great Barrier Reef, unique endemic wildlife, stunning coastlines, and the scenic Great Ocean Road.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in Australia by month
Monthly averages around Sydney; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 23 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| February | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (144 mm) |
| March best | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (102 mm) |
| April best | about 20 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| May best | about 17 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| June | about 15 °C | some rain (87 mm) |
| July | about 14 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| August | about 14 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| September best | about 17 °C | some rain (42 mm) |
| October best | about 18 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| November best | about 20 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| December | about 21 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Australia
- Capital
- Canberra
- Language
- English
- Currency
- Australian Dollar (AUD)
- Time
- UTC+8 to UTC+10:30 (several time zones)
- Plugs
- Type I · 230 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +61
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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