Best time to visit Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie is a city of two halves. May scores 95 and December scores 48 — 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 April to October — 7 months within ten points of the best.

January is the warmest month at 36.4 °C and July the coolest at 18.1 °C — a 18.3 °C spread across the year. 137 days a year top 30 °C, more than a third of the calendar, so heat is the baseline here rather than a season.

Rain is spread evenly through the year — between 3 and 6 wet days in every month — so there is no dry season to aim for and no wet one to dodge. Whatever you plan, the odds of rain are much the same.

Daylight runs from 10.2 hours in winter to 14.1 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

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

Kalgoorlie month by month