Best time to visit Burnie

Burnie is a city of two halves. February scores 86 and August scores 39 — a 47-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 January to March — 3 months within ten points of the best.

February is the warmest month at 20.6 °C and July the coolest at 11.9 °C — a 8.7 °C spread across the year. It never reaches 30 °C in an average year, which takes heat off the list of reasons to avoid any particular month.

There is a real wet season here. July to September carry the rain — up to 20 wet days in a month — while January to March drop as low as 8. That 12-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Burnie, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea peaks at just 18.3 °C, which is wetsuit territory even at its warmest — a coast to look at rather than swim in. Daylight runs from 9.2 hours in winter to 15.1 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

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

Burnie month by month