Coober Pedy weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Coober Pedy is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with September and April close behind. Coober Pedy averages about 3,671 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 21°C / 70°F and roughly 6 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,671
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 124 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 14 (extreme)
- Population
- 2k
- Elevation
- 224 m
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When is the best time to visit Coober Pedy?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Coober Pedy is August, then September and April. The dullest month is January (30/100, 8 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Coober Pedy?
Coober Pedy is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,671 hours of sunshine a year. 69 Sunshine Score points separate August (99) from January (30), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #17 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. The year's 124 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 8 mm | 14 |
| February | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 21° / 70°F | 18 mm | 13 |
| March | 89 | 33° / 91°F | 18° / 64°F | 8 mm | 10 |
| April | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 14° / 57°F | 11 mm | 7 |
| May | 98 | 22° / 72°F | 9° / 48°F | 11 mm | 5 |
| June | 82 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 11 mm | 3 |
| July | 83 | 18° / 64°F | 5° / 41°F | 5 mm | 4 |
| August | 99 | 21° / 70°F | 6° / 43°F | 6 mm | 5 |
| September | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 10° / 50°F | 8 mm | 7 |
| October | 98 | 30° / 86°F | 13° / 55°F | 11 mm | 9 |
| November | 78 | 34° / 93°F | 17° / 63°F | 11 mm | 11 |
| December | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 16 mm | 13 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Alice Springs Australia · 587 km · best in Aug · 3,770 h sun/yr
- Adelaide Australia · 749 km · best in Jan · 3,118 h sun/yr
- Kalgoorlie Australia · 1,292 km · best in Apr · 3,498 h sun/yr
- Melbourne Australia · 1,341 km · best in Jan · 2,583 h sun/yr
- Canberra Australia · 1,528 km · best in Apr · 2,862 h sun/yr
- Newman Australia · 1,612 km · best in Aug · 3,765 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Mount Eba Australia · 108 km · 3,743 h sun/yr · best in Mar
- Olympic Dam Australia · 263 km · 3,690 h sun/yr · best in May
- Whyalla Australia · 520 km · 3,268 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Yulara Australia · 566 km · 3,753 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Port Lincoln Australia · 629 km · 2,862 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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