Australia Weather

Australia weather is generally mild along the east coast of the continent. And Sydney is particularly pleasant, with only a few very hot or moderately cold days each year.

Australia Weather

Here is a link to the official government Australia Weather Bureau link for the state of New South Wales. Once there you can click thru for Sydney weather.

The climate in Sydney very rarely goes above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) in summer, and in winter our Australia weather hardly ever drops below 58 degrees Fahrenheit (15 degrees Celsius).

The Australia weather gets much harsher and dryer as you travel inland, but even in the height of winter, the thermometer very rarely drops below freezing in most areas. (The summer heat can be bad, though, with 104 F, 40C or higher possible much of the time.) Snow is only seen in the mountain resorts, or in Tasmania (which is our coldest and most southern state).

Many people in New South Wales never bother to have air conditioning installed in their homes, because our Australia weather is so pleasant here. They might need to use an electric fan, however, for a few hot nights around December or January (which is our summer in the southern hemisphere).

Queensland (to the north of New South Wales) has hotter Australia weather, especially north of the Qld. state's capital, Brisbane.

Cairns further north in Queensland which has very hot and tropical Australia weather. And the steamiest rainforest jungle-like area is in Cape York, the spiky tip at the north-east point of the Australian continent.

At the top of the centre part of Australia lies the area called the Northern Territory (it's not a state, as such). Its capital city is Darwin, which has very hot and dry Australia weather... This is real Outback Australia, as is the so-called Red Centre, home of Ayers Rock (called Ularu by the native Aboriginal people).

Victoria (the state to the south of NSW) and its state capital, Melbourne, has cooler Australia weather and tends to be wetter than Sydney - though Melbournites swear that's a lie.

Tasmania, the Apple Isle (known as 'Tassie' to all Aussies) has the coldest and wettest Australian weather. It is a large island off the coast of Victoria, and is reached by air or by car ferry. The two main cities in Tasmania are Launceston in its north, and Hobart to the south. Tasmania has a wonderful National Park area called Cradle Mountain. The Australia weather there can be really cold and challenging.

South Australia lies west of Victoria and its capital is Adelaide, known as the City of Churches... And keep driving for a few thousand Kms more and you'll cross the vast Nullarbor Plain and reach West Australia and the capital city of Perth. By the way, the word Nullarbor isn't Aboriginal, like many people think... It's actually Latin, and it means "No Trees".

Perth is closer to Asia than it is to Sydney, so flights there from the east coast (Sydney or Melbourne) are not cheap. An international flight from Sydney to New Zealand can be cheaper than a domestic flight from Sydney to Perth!

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