Best time to visit Broome

Broome is a city of two halves. June scores 83 and December scores 27 — a 56-point swing, which is the difference between a holiday and an endurance test. The month you pick matters more here than almost anywhere. The good window runs June to August — 3 months within ten points of the best.

November is the warmest month at 39.5 °C and June the coolest at 30.5 °C — a 9 °C spread across the year. 324 days a year top 30 °C, more than a third of the calendar, so heat is the baseline here rather than a season.

There is a real wet season here. January, February, March and December carry the rain — up to 20 wet days in a month — while May to October drop as low as 0. That 20-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Broome, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea never drops below 24.7 °C, so swimming is on the table year round. Daylight runs from 11.1 hours in winter to 13.2 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are June, July, August. The one to think twice about is December. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight, sea temperature and crowd levels.

Broome month by month