Adelaide
Elevation 1 m34.93° S, 138.60° E
When to go?
Mean 23 °C, 3 rain days in the month (18 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 23 °C, 3 rain days in the month (18 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 22 °C
Mean 21 °C, 3 rain days in the month (20 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 18 °C, 4 rain days in the month (38 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 15 °C, 5 rain days in the month (62 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 12 °C, 6 rain days in the month (73 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 12 °C, 7 rain days in the month (77 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 12 °C, 7 rain days in the month (66 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 14 °C, 6 rain days in the month (59 mm).
Nothing against it.
Mean 16 °C, 5 rain days in the month (39 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 19 °C, 5 rain days in the month (34 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 21 °C, 4 rain days in the month (24 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are October–May. Ideal for the sea: January–February.
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.8 °C (cells at 125 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: Gulf St Vincent
Monthly mean sea temperature: Gulf St Vincent (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Gulf St Vincent (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.3 °C; in the last ten years by +0.4 °C. Warmest year: 1961 (+1.0 °C), coldest: 1992 (−0.7 °C).
September and January warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.6 °C), June the least (+0.1 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 17 °C) begins 5 days earlier and ends on the same days.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: no clear trend, dry and wet years alternate as before.
The sea, then and now
+0.5 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990