Your holiday weather, at a glance

Australia in February: where is it warmest?

In February, Alice Springs is the warmest place with 35 °C by day, Hobart the coolest with 22 °C. 21 of 24 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in February, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Alice Springs	50	35°	–	10 h	4
Coober Pedy	50	35°	–	10 h	2
Broome	75	32°	30°	7 h	12
Perth	72	32°	23°	11 h	1
Airlie Beach (Whitsundays)	82	30°	29°	8 h	15
Darwin	69	30°	30°	6 h	26
Townsville	45	30°	29°	8 h	18
Cairns	71	29°	29°	6 h	21
Adelaide	94	28°	22°	10 h	2
Toowoomba	87	28°	–	8 h	7
Brisbane	74	28°	–	8 h	13
Mackay	71	28°	28°	6 h	18
Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)	86	27°	27°	8 h	12
Sunshine Coast	72	27°	27°	8 h	15
Melbourne	94	26°	21°	8 h	5
Byron Bay	84	26°	27°	8 h	14
Newcastle	81	26°	23°	7 h	10
Canberra	95	25°	–	9 h	6
Sydney	79	25°	24°	7 h	11
Port Lincoln	79	24°	20°	9 h	2
Wollongong	76	24°	24°	8 h	13
Geelong	95	23°	19°	8 h	4
Launceston	95	23°	–	9 h	6
Hobart	88	22°	17°	8 h	8

Australia in February: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in February are Alice Springs (35 °C), Coober Pedy (35 °C) and Broome (32 °C).

Australia in February: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Broome (30 °C), Darwin (30 °C) and Airlie Beach (Whitsundays) (29 °C).

Australia in February: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in February – warm, sunny and dry – is in Canberra, Geelong and Launceston.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences