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Best time to visit Brisbane

Australia · 27.47°S 153.03°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers)

The best time to visit Brisbane is June to October, when mean temperatures run from 15 °C59 °F to 21 °C70 °F and rainfall runs 40–96 mm1.6–3.8 in a month.

The rainy season runs November to May, and January to February is a true monsoon — 168–184 mm6.6–7.2 in a month, peaking in February at 184 mm7.2 in. January is the hottest month at 25 °C77 °F and July the coldest at 15 °C59 °F.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -27.47, 153.03 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Brisbane weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers

Good time to go for a Warm holiday: June to October.

Open Brisbane on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
25°77°JAN1686.625°77°FEB1847.224°75°MAR1445.722°71°APR1204.719°66°MAY1204.716°61°JUN642.515°59°JUL642.516°60°AUG401.618°64°SEP401.621°69°OCT963.823°73°NOV1124.425°76°DEC1365.4
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Brisbane's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonWarm verdict
January1686.62577monsoontoo hot
February1847.22577monsoontoo hot
March1445.72475rainytoo hot
April1204.72271rainytoo rainy
May1204.71966rainytoo rainy
June642.51661showersgood
July642.51559showersgood
August401.61660drygood
September401.61864drygood
October963.82169showersgood
November1124.42373rainytoo rainy
December1365.42576rainytoo hot

When to go to Brisbane, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersJune to October
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonMarch and December
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersno month
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Brisbane?

Yes. The rainy season runs November to May, and January to February is a true monsoon — 168–184 mm6.6–7.2 in a month, peaking in February at 184 mm7.2 in. Outside it, August to September is dry.

January is the hottest month at 25 °C77 °F and July the coldest at 15 °C59 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 1,288 mm51 in.

Where to go instead when Brisbane doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Warm preset in the months Brisbane doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.