Alice Springs weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Alice Springs is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with September and April close behind. Alice Springs averages about 3,770 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,770
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 260 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 14 (extreme)
- Population
- 26k
- Elevation
- 540 m
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When is the best time to visit Alice Springs?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Alice Springs is August, then September and April. The dullest month is January (37/100, 46 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Alice Springs?
Alice Springs is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,770 hours of sunshine a year. 62 Sunshine Score points separate August (99) from January (37), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #7 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around January, carries about 47% of the annual 260 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37 | 38° / 100°F | 24° / 75°F | 46 mm | 14 |
| February | 47 | 37° / 99°F | 22° / 72°F | 37 mm | 14 |
| March | 76 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 28 mm | 12 |
| April | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 11 mm | 9 |
| May | 98 | 24° / 75°F | 9° / 48°F | 13 mm | 6 |
| June | 98 | 20° / 68°F | 5° / 41°F | 9 mm | 5 |
| July | 97 | 21° / 70°F | 5° / 41°F | 15 mm | 6 |
| August | 99 | 24° / 75°F | 7° / 45°F | 3 mm | 7 |
| September | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 12° / 54°F | 8 mm | 9 |
| October | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 16° / 61°F | 18 mm | 11 |
| November | 56 | 36° / 97°F | 20° / 68°F | 34 mm | 12 |
| December | 47 | 37° / 99°F | 22° / 72°F | 38 mm | 13 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Darwin Australia · 1,306 km · best in Jun · 2,969 h sun/yr
- Adelaide Australia · 1,317 km · best in Jan · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Broome Australia · 1,376 km · best in Aug · 3,549 h sun/yr
- Townsville Australia · 1,423 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr
- Newman Australia · 1,437 km · best in Aug · 3,765 h sun/yr
- Kalgoorlie Australia · 1,452 km · best in Apr · 3,498 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Yulara Australia · 333 km · 3,753 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Tennant Creek Australia · 465 km · 3,679 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Bedourie Australia · 567 km · 3,852 h sun/yr · best in Apr
- Coober Pedy Australia · 587 km · 3,671 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Mount Isa Australia · 672 km · 3,655 h sun/yr · best in May
Head-to-head
How Alice Springs compares month by month: Alice Springs vs Adelaide · Alice Springs vs Darwin · Alice Springs vs Broome · all comparisons
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