The Tropic of Capricorn runs across the middle of Australia, and much of the country is therefore in the tropics, although only Darwin of the State and Territory capitals lies above it. That said, Brisbane is only a small distance from the Tropic (by Australian standards) and may reasonably be thought of as sub-tropical.

What follows is a table setting out typical maximum and minimum temperatures, together with indicative monthly rainfall figures - but bear in mind that statistics can be misleading - temperatures can reach 40 degrees C in Melbourne on certain days during the summer, and significantly higher in certain parts of northern Queensland, the Northern Territories, and Western Australia.

Note also that the temperature tends to stay fairly constant in locations north of the Tropic of Capricorn - although there are distinct rainy seasons from December through to March. Places to the south of Australia in the temperate region have what might (to those from the UK) be termed traditional seasons.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec
Adelaide
Temp (max) - ºC	28	28	25	22	18	16	15	16	18	21	24	26
Temp (min) - ºC	16	16	14	12	10	7	7	8	9	10	12	14
Rainfall - mm	17	19	22	38	59	52	65	50	43	38	24	23
No. of days of rain	5	4	6	9	14	13	17	16	13	11	8	7
Alice Springs
Temp (max) - ºC	36	35	32	28	23	20	19	22	26	31	34	36
Temp (min) - ºC	21	21	17	13	8	5	4	6	10	15	18	20
Rainfall - mm	36	42	35	14	19	14	16	11	9	21	26	37
No. of days of rain	5	5	5	2	3	3	3	2	2	5	5	5
Brisbane
Temp (max) - ºC	29	29	28	26	23	21	20	22	24	26	28	29
Temp (min) - ºC	21	21	19	17	13	11	10	10	13	16	18	20
Rainfall - mm	160	158	141	94	74	68	57	47	46	76	97	134
No. of days of rain	13	13	15	11	10	8	7	7	7	9	10	12
Broome
Temp (max) - ºC	33	33	34	34	31	29	28	30	32	33	33	34
Temp (min) - ºC	26	26	25	22	18	15	13	15	18	22	25	26
Rainfall - mm	178	162	94	26	31	20	5	2	2	2	9	42
No. of days of rain	12	11	8	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	5
Cairns
Temp (max) - ºC	31	31	30	29	27	26	26	27	28	29	31	32
Temp (min) - ºC	24	24	23	22	20	18	17	17	19	20	22	23
Rainfall - mm	407	422	447	200	98	50	27	25	36	38	94	179
No. of days of rain	18	19	20	17	14	9	9	8	8	8	10	13
Canberra
Temp (max) - ºC	28	27	24	20	15	12	11	13	16	19	23	26
Temp (min) - ºC	13	13	11	7	3	1	0	1	3	6	9	11
Rainfall - mm	58	27	56	53	49	37	40	47	50	67	63	53
No. of days of rain	7	7	7	8	9	9	10	12	10	11	10	8
Darwin
Temp (max) - ºC	32	32	33	33	33	31	31	32	33	34	34	33
Temp (min) - ºC	25	25	25	24	23	21	20	21	23	25	26	26
Rainfall - mm	393	330	258	103	14	3	1	2	13	52	124	242
No. of days of rain	19	18	16	7	1	1	1	1	2	5	10	14
Hobart
Temp (max) - ºC	25	25	25	24	23	21	20	21	23	25	26	26
Temp (min) - ºC	12	12	11	9	7	5	4	5	6	8	9	11
Rainfall - mm	48	40	47	52	49	56	54	52	52	64	55	57
No. of days of rain	11	10	11	12	14	14	15	15	15	16	14	13
Melbourne
Temp (max) - ºC	26	26	24	20	17	14	13	15	17	20	22	24
Temp (min) - ºC	14	14	13	11	8	7	6	7	8	9	11	13
Rainfall - mm	48	48	52	58	58	50	49	51	59	68	60	59
No. of days of rain	8	7	9	12	14	14	15	16	15	14	12	11
Perth
Temp (max) - ºC	30	30	29	25	21	19	18	18	20	22	25	27
Temp (min) - ºC	18	19	17	14	12	10	9	9	10	12	14	16
Rainfall - mm	9	12	19	46	123	182	173	135	80	55	21	14
No. of days of rain	3	3	4	8	14	17	18	17	14	11	6	4
Sydney
Temp (max) - ºC	26	26	25	22	19	17	16	18	20	22	24	25
Temp (min) - ºC	18	19	17	15	11	9	8	9	11	13	16	17
Rainfall - mm	104	117	135	129	121	131	100	81	69	79	82	78
No. of days of rain	12	12	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	11	11	12

Finally, if you are after an up to date weather forecast one of the first places to look is the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

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