Barcaldine weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Barcaldine is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with May and July close behind. Barcaldine averages about 3,618 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 7 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,618
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 376 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 267 m
When is the best time to visit Barcaldine?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Barcaldine is August, then May and July. The dullest month is December (36/100, 59 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Barcaldine?
Barcaldine is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,618 hours of sunshine a year. 63 Sunshine Score points separate August (99) from December (36), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #27 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 53% of the annual 376 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43 | 37° / 99°F | 23° / 73°F | 79 mm | 13 |
| February | 53 | 36° / 97°F | 22° / 72°F | 62 mm | 13 |
| March | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 33 mm | 12 |
| April | 97 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 17 mm | 9 |
| May | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 12 mm | 6 |
| June | 96 | 23° / 73°F | 9° / 48°F | 20 mm | 5 |
| July | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 9 mm | 5 |
| August | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 9° / 48°F | 7 mm | 7 |
| September | 97 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 18 mm | 9 |
| October | 68 | 35° / 95°F | 18° / 64°F | 17 mm | 11 |
| November | 55 | 36° / 97°F | 21° / 70°F | 43 mm | 12 |
| December | 36 | 38° / 100°F | 23° / 73°F | 59 mm | 12 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Proserpine Australia · 478 km · best in Sep · 3,060 h sun/yr
- Mackay Australia · 480 km · best in Aug · 3,009 h sun/yr
- Townsville Australia · 503 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr
- Hamilton Island Australia · 519 km · best in Sep · 3,060 h sun/yr
- Rockhampton Australia · 528 km · best in Aug · 3,135 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 745 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Blackall Australia · 97 km · 3,604 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Longreach Australia · 105 km · 3,670 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Emerald Australia · 293 km · 3,339 h sun/yr · best in May
- Hughenden Australia · 325 km · 3,647 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Moranbah Australia · 330 km · 3,225 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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