Oceania · City travel

Best time to visit Darwin

Early Jun–Mid Aug is the best time to visit. During this period, the average daytime high is 31.4°C, with 0.1 rainy days per 10 days.

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Scenery of Darwin
Photo: Dietmar Rabich (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

Season calendar

Darwin season score, from early January through late December.Early Jan: Avoid (season score 5.9)Mid Jan: Avoid (season score 9.3)Late Jan: Avoid (season score 14.1)Early Feb: Off-season (season score 16.7)Mid Feb: Off-season (season score 17.0)Late Feb: Avoid (season score 13.3)Early Mar: Avoid (season score 14.1)Mid Mar: Avoid (season score 13.7)Late Mar: Off-season (season score 22.8)Early Apr: Fair (season score 30.4)Mid Apr: Fair (season score 41.8)Late Apr: Okay (season score 56.9)Early May: Great (season score 73.5)Mid May: Great (season score 77.4)Late May: Great (season score 80.1)Early Jun: Best (season score 91.4)Mid Jun: Best (season score 95.5)Late Jun: Best (season score 96.9)Early Jul: Best (season score 100.0)Mid Jul: Best (season score 99.7)Late Jul: Best (season score 96.7)Early Aug: Best (season score 95.7)Mid Aug: Best (season score 92.6)Late Aug: Great (season score 83.9)Early Sep: Great (season score 75.7)Mid Sep: Good (season score 64.8)Late Sep: Okay (season score 57.0)Early Oct: Okay (season score 50.1)Mid Oct: Fair (season score 41.8)Late Oct: Okay (season score 42.9)Early Nov: Off-season (season score 27.6)Mid Nov: Off-season (season score 23.1)Late Nov: Off-season (season score 16.0)Early Dec: Avoid (season score 12.4)Mid Dec: Avoid (season score 6.2)Late Dec: Avoid (season score 0.0)JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
AvoidOff-seasonFairOkayGoodGreatBest

Japan MOFA travel advice

No Japan MOFA travel advisory is in effect for this destination.

Climate and season score by month

MonthLevelDaytime highRainy days
(per 10 days)
Cloud cover
JanuaryAvoid32.0°C6.289.8%
FebruaryOff-season31.8°C6.186.0%
MarchOff-season32.3°C5.277.8%
AprilOkay33.0°C2.458.3%
MayGreat32.4°C0.544.6%
JuneBest31.3°C0.141.7%
JulyBest31.2°C0.036.6%
AugustBest32.1°C0.137.2%
SeptemberGood33.3°C0.742.7%
OctoberOkay33.9°C1.650.4%
NovemberOff-season33.9°C3.465.5%
DecemberAvoid33.1°C4.984.1%

How the score works

The season score is a relative 0–100 measure of how suitable each time of year is for travel at this destination, grouped into seven levels. It combines climate-normal trends in temperature, rain, cloud cover, and other conditions.

Weather station: DARWIN AIRPORT COMPARISON(6 km). Data: NASA POWER, NOAA GHCN-Daily, OISST, IBTrACS, and Natural Earth.

These are historical climate-normal trends, not a weather forecast.