Best time to visit Adelaide

March is the best month in Adelaide, scoring 93 out of 100, with July the weakest at 61. The 32-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. 6 of the twelve months sit within ten points of the best, so there is more than one right answer.

January is the warmest month at 30.6 °C and July the coolest at 14.8 °C — a 15.8 °C spread across the year. Around 61 days a year top 30 °C, concentrated in January and the months either side.

There is a real wet season here. May to August carry the rain — up to 13 wet days in a month — while January, February, March and December drop as low as 2. That 11-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Adelaide, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight runs from 9.8 hours in winter to 14.5 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are March, October, November. The one to think twice about is July. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Adelaide month by month