Darwin climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Darwin?

Darwin has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 1,813 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Darwin?

The hottest day measured in Darwin between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1982, reaching 38.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Darwin?

The coldest day measured in Darwin between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1990, at 9.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Darwin?

Almost never: Darwin sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Darwin warmed?

Yes: Darwin warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Darwin?

The wettest day measured in Darwin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 2015, with 226 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Darwin?

The windiest day measured in Darwin between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2008, with winds reaching 68.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Darwin?

The warmest month in Darwin is October (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Darwin?

Darwin receives on average 1,813 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Darwin?

Darwin gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Darwin (Australia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 1,813 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (28.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (24.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.

Darwin averages 0 frost days, 308 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.

Darwin has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 18 October 1982) and the coldest 9.8 °C (on 4 August 1990).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

DarwinNorthern Territory

coords: -12.46°, 130.84°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthFebruaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

27.2°C

Average daily high

31.9°C

Average daily low

23.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,813mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

15.6km/h

Seasonal range

3.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

308 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

159 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.8 °C

Average feels-like low

26.3 °C

Average peak gust

34.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

313 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.24 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

38.8 °C

18 October 1982

Coldest day

9.8 °C

4 August 1990

Wettest day

226 mm

24 December 2015

Windiest day

68.7 km/h

5 January 2008

Strongest gust

118.8 km/h

5 January 2008

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

4 December 1996

Coldest feels-like

6.1 °C

4 August 1990

Sunniest day

12.7 h

4 January 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	37.7 °C4 October 2025	13.9 °C4 July 2025	27.4 °C	2,492 mm	338
2024	37.5 °C10 October 2024	13.2 °C19 July 2024	27.9 °C	2,204 mm	337
2023	37.6 °C19 October 2023	12.6 °C25 July 2023	27.5 °C	1,777 mm	328
2022	36.3 °C21 September 2022	13.3 °C24 July 2022	27.4 °C	2,109 mm	321
2021	37.4 °C21 September 2021	15.5 °C22 July 2021	27.7 °C	1,994 mm	334
2020	36.8 °C17 November 2020	15.1 °C18 July 2020	27.7 °C	1,675 mm	340
2019	38.2 °C19 October 2019	13.1 °C31 August 2019	27.3 °C	1,132 mm	346
2018	37.1 °C2 November 2018	13.2 °C24 July 2018	27.4 °C	1,791 mm	342
2017	36.9 °C16 September 2017	16.2 °C29 August 2017	27.5 °C	2,021 mm	336
2016	37.5 °C11 April 2016	13.1 °C7 August 2016	28.0 °C	1,492 mm	346
2015	37.8 °C24 November 2015	14.2 °C23 July 2015	27.4 °C	1,974 mm	330
2014	37.5 °C3 November 2014	13.1 °C24 August 2014	27.2 °C	2,028 mm	331
2013	36.5 °C16 October 2013	13.7 °C8 August 2013	27.5 °C	1,530 mm	334
2012	36.8 °C11 October 2012	12.4 °C15 August 2012	26.8 °C	1,882 mm	320
2011	36.2 °C20 October 2011	12.3 °C14 June 2011	26.4 °C	2,710 mm	281
2010	37.4 °C24 September 2010	15.5 °C14 August 2010	27.7 °C	1,954 mm	328
2009	38.4 °C18 October 2009	13.3 °C20 June 2009	27.5 °C	1,629 mm	326
2008	38.3 °C23 October 2008	12.4 °C27 July 2008	27.2 °C	2,086 mm	323
2007	36.2 °C19 October 2007	11.6 °C1 July 2007	27.1 °C	1,882 mm	312
2006	36.7 °C31 October 2006	14.2 °C20 July 2006	26.7 °C	1,981 mm	297
2005	36.6 °C5 October 2005	15.1 °C1 July 2005	27.6 °C	1,269 mm	341
2004	37.2 °C28 October 2004	13.2 °C20 June 2004	27.0 °C	1,618 mm	300
2003	37.0 °C9 October 2003	13.6 °C28 June 2003	27.6 °C	2,060 mm	327
2002	37.3 °C20 October 2002	13.1 °C17 August 2002	27.5 °C	1,321 mm	344
2001	36.4 °C29 April 2001	12.9 °C1 August 2001	27.2 °C	1,762 mm	327
2000	36.9 °C11 September 2000	14.0 °C3 June 2000	26.9 °C	2,180 mm	294
1999	36.5 °C27 September 1999	13.7 °C29 July 1999	26.8 °C	2,125 mm	311
1998	36.7 °C25 August 1998	14.4 °C30 August 1998	28.0 °C	2,032 mm	340
1997	37.2 °C3 April 1997	14.6 °C17 August 1997	27.3 °C	2,013 mm	323
1996	36.6 °C31 October 1996	13.4 °C1 August 1996	27.4 °C	1,837 mm	342
1995	37.2 °C12 September 1995	13.9 °C30 July 1995	27.3 °C	2,245 mm	321
1994	37.9 °C21 October 1994	12.5 °C4 August 1994	27.2 °C	1,490 mm	336
1993	38.2 °C1 November 1993	12.9 °C14 July 1993	27.7 °C	1,536 mm	330
1992	36.6 °C17 November 1992	14.8 °C3 August 1992	27.7 °C	1,402 mm	344
1991	38.1 °C11 October 1991	13.5 °C31 July 1991	27.4 °C	1,761 mm	320
1990	37.9 °C21 October 1990	9.8 °C4 August 1990	27.5 °C	1,474 mm	326
1989	36.9 °C22 September 1989	14.7 °C21 August 1989	27.5 °C	1,724 mm	327
1988	38.0 °C13 September 1988	17.1 °C18 June 1988	28.1 °C	1,621 mm	339
1987	37.1 °C30 October 1987	17.3 °C31 July 1987	27.9 °C	1,605 mm	324
1986	37.6 °C27 September 1986	14.8 °C9 August 1986	27.6 °C	1,566 mm	329
1985	36.8 °C20 September 1985	14.5 °C20 July 1985	27.3 °C	1,365 mm	318
1984	36.5 °C9 October 1984	14.8 °C5 July 1984	27.3 °C	2,073 mm	293
1983	37.4 °C17 September 1983	14.8 °C8 July 1983	27.5 °C	1,801 mm	323
1982	38.8 °C18 October 1982	16.2 °C15 July 1982	27.3 °C	1,718 mm	305
1981	37.2 °C30 October 1981	17.6 °C3 August 1981	27.9 °C	1,963 mm	326
1980	37.9 °C21 September 1980	16.5 °C12 July 1980	27.6 °C	1,862 mm	325
1979	37.5 °C8 November 1979	17.2 °C4 August 1979	27.7 °C	1,409 mm	329
1978	36.0 °C24 April 1978	13.3 °C16 July 1978	27.4 °C	1,865 mm	319
1977	36.3 °C11 October 1977	15.6 °C8 July 1977	26.7 °C	1,823 mm	267
1976	35.8 °C12 April 1976	15.8 °C23 June 1976	26.7 °C	2,089 mm	273
1975	36.3 °C18 September 1975	16.1 °C22 June 1975	26.9 °C	2,458 mm	286
1974	36.2 °C28 October 1974	14.8 °C10 July 1974	26.5 °C	2,283 mm	239
1973	37.7 °C22 October 1973	17.3 °C13 August 1973	27.7 °C	1,782 mm	316
1972	35.8 °C5 November 1972	16.9 °C9 July 1972	27.2 °C	1,586 mm	316
1971	36.3 °C11 October 1971	13.9 °C31 July 1971	27.0 °C	1,703 mm	284
1970	36.7 °C1 October 1970	16.1 °C25 July 1970	27.6 °C	1,536 mm	331
1969	35.5 °C9 October 1969	17.5 °C12 June 1969	27.2 °C	1,885 mm	305
1968	36.7 °C26 October 1968	16.7 °C18 August 1968	26.8 °C	2,554 mm	256
1967	35.7 °C30 September 1967	15.7 °C28 July 1967	26.6 °C	1,678 mm	251
1966	35.4 °C19 April 1966	16.8 °C20 July 1966	27.1 °C	1,549 mm	296
1965	35.1 °C29 April 1965	13.5 °C20 July 1965	26.6 °C	2,125 mm	265
1964	34.6 °C4 May 1964	15.4 °C6 July 1964	27.1 °C	1,911 mm	303
1963	34.9 °C2 October 1963	14.1 °C24 June 1963	26.6 °C	1,952 mm	263
1962	35.3 °C2 April 1962	17.7 °C1 August 1962	27.3 °C	1,582 mm	305
1961	34.4 °C2 May 1961	16.4 °C28 July 1961	26.9 °C	1,819 mm	287
1960	35.0 °C9 October 1960	16.8 °C15 July 1960	26.7 °C	2,117 mm	261
1959	37.0 °C5 November 1959	15.5 °C27 July 1959	27.1 °C	1,980 mm	301
1958	37.3 °C6 November 1958	15.1 °C3 July 1958	27.6 °C	1,395 mm	332
1957	37.1 °C25 October 1957	14.6 °C17 August 1957	26.9 °C	1,745 mm	279
1956	34.7 °C11 April 1956	16.5 °C11 June 1956	26.9 °C	2,016 mm	244
1955	36.2 °C15 October 1955	18.7 °C5 July 1955	27.3 °C	1,530 mm	296
1954	34.3 °C20 September 1954	15.7 °C13 July 1954	26.9 °C	1,892 mm	283
1953	34.6 °C9 October 1953	15.3 °C6 August 1953	26.9 °C	1,336 mm	263
1952	35.4 °C7 October 1952	15.0 °C9 August 1952	27.4 °C	1,236 mm	325
1951	35.6 °C4 September 1951	15.8 °C22 July 1951	26.9 °C	1,483 mm	280
1950	35.0 °C6 September 1950	15.3 °C26 June 1950	26.8 °C	2,292 mm	287
1949	34.7 °C10 April 1949	15.1 °C18 June 1949	26.6 °C	2,002 mm	258
1948	35.7 °C15 October 1948	16.9 °C17 June 1948	26.9 °C	1,639 mm	291
1947	35.7 °C21 October 1947	16.5 °C22 July 1947	27.1 °C	1,359 mm	323
1946	37.9 °C6 April 1946	15.6 °C21 July 1946	27.0 °C	1,460 mm	300
1945	36.3 °C24 April 1945	14.9 °C17 July 1945	26.8 °C	1,970 mm	287
1944	37.2 °C17 October 1944	17.8 °C22 July 1944	26.6 °C	2,139 mm	262
1943	38.2 °C24 October 1943	16.6 °C17 June 1943	26.8 °C	1,635 mm	271
1942	36.7 °C27 August 1942	16.4 °C1 August 1942	27.3 °C	1,815 mm	315
1941	36.0 °C31 October 1941	15.4 °C24 July 1941	26.6 °C	1,760 mm	276
1940	36.3 °C29 September 1940	15.4 °C20 July 1940	26.6 °C	1,801 mm	296

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.5 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

338 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

2492 mm

+679 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.9 °C	+1.4 °C	399 mm	+6 mm
Feb	31.7 °C	+1.5 °C	362 mm	-39 mm
Mar	31.7 °C	+0.7 °C	381 mm	+76 mm
Apr	32.1 °C	-0.5 °C	143 mm	+50 mm
May	33.0 °C	+0.2 °C	19 mm	+3 mm
Jun	31.6 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Jul	32.2 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	+1 mm
Aug	33.3 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Sep	34.2 °C	+0.7 °C	31 mm	+13 mm
Oct	34.5 °C	+0.9 °C	119 mm	+40 mm
Nov	31.8 °C	-0.8 °C	638 mm	+444 mm
Dec	32.0 °C	+0.5 °C	398 mm	+90 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.7 °C

4 Oct 2025

Coldest day

13.9 °C

4 Jul 2025

Wettest day

207.1 mm

23 Nov 2025

Windiest day

48.3 km/h

23 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

96.1 km/h

22 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.6 °C

6 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

4 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Darwin?

Darwin has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.2 °C and it receives 1,813 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Darwin?

The hottest day measured in Darwin between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 1982, reaching 38.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Darwin?

The coldest day measured in Darwin between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1990, at 9.8 °C.

Does it snow in Darwin?

Almost never: Darwin sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Darwin warmed?

Yes: Darwin warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Darwin?

The wettest day measured in Darwin between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 2015, with 226 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Darwin?

The windiest day measured in Darwin between 1940 and 2025 was 5 January 2008, with winds reaching 68.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Darwin?

The warmest month in Darwin is October (28.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (24.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Darwin?

Darwin receives on average 1,813 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Darwin?

Darwin gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Darwin?

Yes: Darwin has on average 313 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Darwin?

In Darwin, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 4 December 1996, and the lowest was 6.1 °C on 4 August 1990.

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