Darwin
12.44° S, 130.84° E
When to go?
Mean 28 °C, 22 rain days in the month (377 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 21 rain days in the month (368 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain18 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 19 rain days in the month (336 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
- Torrential rain18 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 9 rain days in the month (103 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 27 °C, 3 rain days in the month (13 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 25 °C, 1 rain day in the month (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (2 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
Mean 28 °C, 2 rain days in the month (15 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 29 °C, 7 rain days in the month (69 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 30 °C, 12 rain days in the month (176 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 31 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 29 °C, 17 rain days in the month (296 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
The best month is July. Ideal for the sea: April–November. Avoid August–June (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
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: Timor Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: Timor Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: Timor Sea (°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 +0.2 °C; in the last ten years by +0.6 °C. Warmest year: 2016 (+1.1 °C), coldest: 2011 (−0.8 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+0.5 and +0.4 °C), May the least (−0.1 °C).
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
≈no clear change of the sea compared with 1961–1990