Australia · 12.46°S 130.84°E · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)
The best time to visit Darwin is April to November, when mean temperatures run from 25 °C77 °F to 29 °C84 °F and rainfall runs 0–136 mm0–5.4 in a month.
The monsoon runs December to March, with 272–464 mm11–18 in a month and peaking in January at 464 mm18 in. October is the hottest month at 29 °C84 °F and July the coldest at 25 °C77 °F.
Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -12.46, 130.84 — a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: April to November.
Open Darwin on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month
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 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Darwin'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.
| Month | Rain | Mean | Season | Tropical verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46418 | 2882 | monsoon | monsoon |
| February | 33613 | 2882 | monsoon | monsoon |
| March | 34414 | 2882 | monsoon | monsoon |
| April | 1044.1 | 2882 | showers | good |
| May | 160.6 | 2781 | dry | good |
| June | 00 | 2577 | dry | good |
| July | 00 | 2576 | dry | good |
| August | 80.3 | 2678 | dry | good |
| September | 160.6 | 2882 | dry | good |
| October | 803.1 | 2984 | showers | good |
| November | 1365.4 | 2984 | showers | good |
| December | 27211 | 2983 | monsoon | monsoon |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers | |
| Tropical | mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon | April to November |
| Beach | mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showers | April to November |
| Cool | mean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoon | |
| Snow | mean below 0 °C32 °F, any rain |
Yes. The monsoon runs December to March, with 272–464 mm11–18 in a month and peaking in January at 464 mm18 in. Outside it, May to September is dry.
October is the hottest month at 29 °C84 °F and July the coldest at 25 °C77 °F. Annual rainfall totals about 1,776 mm70 in.
The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Darwin doesn't:
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.