Broome weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Broome is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with June and July close behind. Broome averages about 3,549 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,549
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 751 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 33°C / 91°F
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 15 m
When is the best time to visit Broome?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Broome is August, then June and July. The dullest month is November (29/100, 16 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Broome?
Broome is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,549 hours of sunshine a year. 70 Sunshine Score points separate August (99) from November (29), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #32 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 72% of the year's 751 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58 | 34° / 93°F | 26° / 79°F | 233 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
| February | 65 | 33° / 91°F | 26° / 79°F | 191 mm | 13 | 32° / 90°F |
| March | 71 | 33° / 91°F | 25° / 77°F | 117 mm | 12 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 23° / 73°F | 20 mm | 11 | 29° / 84°F |
| May | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 21 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| June | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 16° / 61°F | 12 mm | 7 | 24° / 75°F |
| July | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 15° / 59°F | 10 mm | 7 | 23° / 73°F |
| August | 99 | 32° / 90°F | 16° / 61°F | 3 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| September | 70 | 35° / 95°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| October | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 23° / 73°F | 7 mm | 12 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 26° / 79°F | 16 mm | 13 | 32° / 90°F |
| December | 39 | 37° / 99°F | 27° / 81°F | 120 mm | 13 | 33° / 91°F |
Sea temperature in Broome by month
The sea off Broome is warmest in December at around 33°C / 91°F, and coolest in July at 23°C / 73°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Port Hedland Australia · 465 km · best in Aug · 3,669 h sun/yr
- Karratha Australia · 650 km · best in Aug · 3,645 h sun/yr
- Newman Australia · 658 km · best in Aug · 3,765 h sun/yr
- Kupang Indonesia · 879 km · best in Aug · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Labuan Bajo, Manggarai Barat Indonesia · 1,083 km · best in Aug · 3,056 h sun/yr
- Darwin Australia · 1,114 km · best in Jun · 2,969 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Christmas Creek Mine Australia · 559 km · 3,786 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Kununurra Australia · 730 km · 3,464 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Paraburdoo Australia · 745 km · 3,808 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Broome compares month by month: Broome vs Darwin · Broome vs Alice Springs · Broome vs Karratha · Broome vs Port Hedland · all comparisons
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