Noosa (Sunshine Coast) weather by month
The best time to visit Noosa (Sunshine Coast) is April, September and November — 88/100 in September, 24°C and 7 rainy days. The best season is spring, September to November (86/100 on average).
The worst month is March at 74/100 — hot, soaked, clean air. See March →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Planning the wider trip? Best time to visit Australia →
Best season: September to November (86/100 on average) · worst March (74/100)
- Days
- 24°C
- Nights
- 15°C
- Wet days
- 7
- Sun
- 10.1 h
- Humidity
- 71%
- Daylight
- 12 h
Noosa, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Noosa is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Noosa through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
- January
- Ex-tropical cyclone season1 Jan – 15 Apr (usually)Hazard
- February
- Noosa Summer Swim20–21 FebFestival
- March
- Easter long weekend3–6 AprHoliday
- June
- Noosa Food and Wine Festival10–25 Jun (usually)Festival
- Humpbacks off the headland15 Jun – 5 Nov (usually)Nature
- September
- Great Noosa Trail Walk3–5 OctFestival
- October
- Noosa Triathlon28 Oct – 1 NovFestival
- December
- Summer holiday peak18 Dec – 31 JanSeason
Crowds in Noosa in September
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
Quiettravelers describe it as quiet, Spring break in Australia, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it
Sourced from traveler notes: “…Coast, along with July, and rate it a pleasant, comfortably uncrowded time to visit. Swimming is a genuine question mark this ear…” — Tripadvisor community
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Noosa
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Noosa's forum generally rates March as a great time to visit - daily temperatures comfortably over 26C, a bit cooler and less humid than the peak of summer, and not as crowded. Some posters flagged February/March as technically the wettest stretch of the year, but the pattern described is an afternoon storm after a hot, humid day rather than extended rain ruining the trip. Overall the consensus was mostly lovely and sunny with a few showery days mixed in, still great for beaches, hikes and outdoor dining.
Forum posters describe September as warming up nicely - typically around 25C by day - but with noticeably cooler evenings, and generally arriving just ahead of the thunderstorms that mark the start of the wet season further into spring/summer. Posters call September one of the lower-rain months of the year on the Sunshine Coast, along with July, and rate it a pleasant, comfortably uncrowded time to visit. Swimming is a genuine question mark this early in spring - some posters say the water still runs too chilly for comfortable swimming in September, so beach time is more about walking and scenery than getting in the water for many visitors this month.
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