What is the weather like in Australia during May-September.?

Question

I have heard mixed things about the weather. I was just wondering if anyone else had much of an idea, im going to stay there during these months, hope it will be sunny!

Answer 1

Darwin gets very little rain from May to September and few thunderstorms. It is the dry season in northern and eastern Australia with generally fine weather. Little rain, warm days, cool to mild nights. Inland you will get frosts. This is the time of year to visit the Northern Territory, Queensland and northern WA. South of Brisbane on the east coast the amount of rain increases but August and September are usually dry months in Sydney and Wollongong

In southern Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania it is winter with cool to cold nights and mild days, cold at times. It is also the rainy season in the westerly winds that prevail at that time of year. All inland areas are susceptible to frost and there is snow on the Australian Alps.

If theer is any particular place you are interested in, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has the climatic averages for many places in Australia here:
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/

Answer 2

Australia is a big place with many different temperature zones.

Darwin Tropical with thunderstorms and high humdfity temps ro 30C Pre cyclone season
Queensland Nth Tropical Similar ( Barrier reef area)
Queensland South and Central Sub Trop. Sunshine temps to 28C ( gold coast beaches)
Sydney Mixed weather at this time of year Cooler av Temp 25C
Lots of interesting places to visit historically.

Canberra Hot bed of politics, confusing road system No shops and mostly boring Gov't buildings and suits Avoid at all costs!


Melbourne Can be wet to very wet with temp ranging from 6-22C
The best, shopping Paradise great transport system!

Adelaide (desert type environment) temp 6-20C Wet windy with intermitternt sunshine. Festival City arts etc

Perth Generally fine with sime showers and very heavy rain to 300 millimeters in an hour. temp 9-20C

So its difficult to say what you will experience because you have not named a city or state.

Australia has a bit of everything Tropical climes, Snow, desert ,mountains, plains, rugged coasts, great surf, and beaches

Beautiful wildflowers, unusual animals and of course friendly people