Weather & Climate in Australia
Tasmania has a temperate maritime climate with temperatures varying very little throughout the year. However, rainfall amounts vary dramatically across the island, which is unusual for an island of its size. Summers are comfortably warm, winters are cold and windy, and it is partly cloudy year round.
Adelaide
Kangaroo Island
Cradle Mountain, Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania
The northern part of Australia is more tropical than the south due to its location closer to the equator. In the winter (approximately May – October), northern Australia tends to be comfortably warm and dry with abundant sunshine. In the summer months (approximately December – March), the climate can be hot, humid and rainy. This wetter season supports the lush vegetation in the Daintree Rainforest, but even at the rainiest times, precipitation tends to be limited to exciting afternoon or evening thunderstorms that pass through quickly.