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Months & Seasons

Australia by month

Month-by-month Australia weather, the season reversal, the tropical wet/dry split and shoulder-season value, January through December.

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Month-by-month Australia weather, the season reversal, the tropical wet/dry split and shoulder-season value, January through December. We're writing the full guide now — in the meantime, the related guides below cover the same trip from a nearby angle.

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Australia in April
April

Australia in April

April is the temperate south's shoulder-season sweet spot and autumn-colour month, complicated by Easter and school-holiday crowding — while the Top End's dry season gets properly underway up north.

Australia in August
August

Australia in August

August is winter's last real stand in the south, the Top End's dry season still running close to perfect, and the very first wildflowers starting to open across Western Australia's north.

Australia in December
December

Australia in December

December is the start of summer, not the run-up to winter — Christmas and New Year's peak pricing, the Sydney Hobart's Boxing Day start, and the wet season breaking properly up north.

Australia in February
February

Australia in February

Still peak summer heat in Australia's temperate south, but without January's school-holiday crowds and prices — a genuine value month. The tropical north stays deep in its wet season.

Australia in January
January

Australia in January

January is Australia's hottest month and the peak of the temperate south's summer — plus the tropical north's wet season near its annual peak. The Australian Open, Sydney Festival and a Christmas/New Year price hangover, all at once.

Australia in July
July

Australia in July

July is the dead of winter in Sydney and Melbourne but the absolute best of the dry season up north — Kakadu wide open, Darwin bone-dry, and snow only where it's actually supposed to be.

Australia in June
June

Australia in June

June is the start of winter in Australia's temperate south — mild, not cold, outside the alpine areas — and genuinely one of the best months of the year for the Red Centre and the Top End's dry season.

Australia in March
March

Australia in March

March is early autumn and the start of shoulder season in Australia's temperate south, the tail end of the wet season up north, and grape-harvest "vintage" season across the country's wine regions.

Australia in May
May

Australia in May

May is late autumn cooling into winter in Australia's temperate south, the Top End's dry season hitting its stride, and the start of both Vivid Sydney and the east-coast whale migration.