Australia climate
Dry interior, mild coasts, tropical north. Pick a state below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.
Popular cities:Sydney · Melbourne · Brisbane · Perth · Adelaide · Gold Coast
Browse Australia by state
78 cities with records — pick a state. Sorted A–Z.
A few cities, to show the range
A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Australia.
Climate types in Australia
Australia spans 10 climate types. The 8 most widespread:
Cfa
Humid subtropical · 29 citiesCfb
Oceanic / temperate · 17 citiesCsa
Hot-summer Mediterranean · 7 citiesCsb
Warm-summer Mediterranean · 6 citiesBSh
Hot semi-arid · 5 citiesAw
Tropical savanna (dry winter) · 5 citiesBWh
Hot desert · 4 citiesBSk
Cold semi-arid · 3 cities
… and 2 more.
Climate records across Australia — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest
Warmest Palmerston (82.1 °F avg) · Coolest Ballarat (54.4 °F avg) · Wettest Cairns (78 in/yr) · Driest Coober Pedy (6 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Australia sits well between them.