Australia in February

February is one of Australia's weaker months (rank 10 of 12): its 31 destinations average 70/100, led by Hobart at 95 — 21°C and 5 rainy days — while Kakadu is warmer at 40°C and scores 40.

#10 of 12 months for Australia · 31 destinations · updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis

🇦🇺 Australia, month by month

70/100 in February

Where in Australia in February

#	Place	Type	Feels-like high	Rain	Comfort	At its best
1	Hobart	City	21°C	32 mm · 5 days	95 tier S	Yes
2	Launceston	City	24°C	34 mm · 4 days	95 tier S	Yes
3	Margaret River	Beach	26°C	22 mm · 3 days	92 tier S	Yes
4	Melbourne	City	26°C	25 mm · 4 days	92 tier S	Yes
5	Exmouth	Beach	36°C	14 mm · 2 days	91 tier S	—
6	Kangaroo Island	Island	25°C	19 mm · 2 days	90 tier S	Yes
7	Adelaide	City	29°C	13 mm · 2 days	89 tier A	—
8	Canberra	City	28°C	47 mm · 4 days	89 tier A	Yes
9	Cradle Mountain	National park	15°C	109 mm · 11 days	88 tier A	Yes
10	Hervey Bay	Beach	34°C	112 mm · 7 days	88 tier A	—
11	Lord Howe Island	Island	28°C	98 mm · 8 days	85 tier A	Yes
12	Gold Coast	Beach	32°C	191 mm · 11 days	83 tier A	—
13	Wollongong	Beach	27°C	154 mm · 10 days	83 tier A	Yes
14	Perth	City	32°C	24 mm · 2 days	82 tier A	—
15	Byron Bay	Beach	31°C	231 mm · 12 days	81 tier A	—
16	Katoomba	Trekking hub	24°C	166 mm · 15 days	81 tier A	—
17	Sydney	City	27°C	176 mm · 10 days	80 tier A	—
18	Noosa	Beach	32°C	259 mm · 14 days	79 tier B	—
19	Airlie Beach	Beach	35°C	247 mm · 12 days	77 tier B	—
20	Broome	Beach	39°C	159 mm · 8 days	77 tier B	—
21	Brisbane	City	34°C	198 mm · 9 days	66 tier C	—
22	Port Douglas	Beach	39°C	353 mm · 16 days	65 tier C	—
23	Cairns	Beach	38°C	320 mm · 21 days	64 tier C	—
24	Alice Springs	City	36°C	22 mm · 2 days	62 tier C	—
25	Darwin	City	38°C	331 mm · 16 days	46 tier F	—
26	Uluru	National park	34°C	22 mm · 2 days	43 tier F	—
27	Kakadu	National park	40°C	353 mm · 18 days	40 tier F	—
28	Mount Buller	Ski resort	16°C	52 mm · 5 days	16 tier F	—
29	Perisher Valley	Ski resort	17°C	108 mm · 10 days	15 tier F	—
30	Thredbo	Ski resort	17°C	95 mm · 8 days	15 tier F	—
31	Falls Creek	Ski resort	17°C	69 mm · 6 days	14 tier F	—

Comfort is SeasonMap's 0–100 score; each place is judged through the lens that suits it — beaches on beach weather, ski resorts on snow. "At its best" means February is one of that place's own top three months. Feels-like highs fold in humidity, wind and sun.

What's on in Australia in February

Australian Wooden Boat Festival · Hobart · 4–10 Feb (usually)
Australian Open · Melbourne · 12 Jan – 1 Feb
Chinese Lunar New Year Festival · Melbourne · 21 Jan – 5 Mar (usually)
Antipodes Festival · Melbourne · 25 Feb – 2 Mar (usually)
Turtle nesting and hatching · Exmouth · 1 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)
Adelaide Fringe · Adelaide · 15 Feb – 22 Mar (usually)
Enlighten Festival · Canberra · 27 Feb – 9 Mar
Tasmanian summer holidays · Cradle Mountain · 18 Dec – 1 Feb (usually)

Seasons in force

Cyclone season · 9 places Smoke season · 7 places Insects & disease · 6 places Trail season · 4 places Extreme heat · 3 places Harvest · 2 places Monsoon · 2 places Storm season · 2 places Summer season opens · 2 places Extreme cold · 1 place Flood season · 1 place Off-season shutdown · 1 place Sea warm enough · 1 place Wind season · 1 place

Peak crowds at 2 of Australia's 20 well-known places this month.

Better months for Australia

September · 80/100 August · 79/100 October · 77/100 Weakest: January · 68/100

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