Kowanyama weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Kowanyama is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with June and May close behind. Kowanyama averages about 3,195 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

3,195

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

98/100

Rain / year

1,249 mm

Midday UV at peak

13 (extreme)

Elevation

10 m

When is the best time to visit Kowanyama?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kowanyama is July, then June and May. The dullest month is November (44/100, 56 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kowanyama?

Kowanyama is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,195 hours of sunshine a year. 54 Sunshine Score points separate July (98) from November (44), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #50 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 75% of the year's 1,249 mm falls in the three months around February.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Cairns Australia · 454 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
• Townsville Australia · 677 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr
• Merauke Indonesia · 788 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
• Port Moresby Papua New Guinea · 896 km · best in Jul · 2,354 h sun/yr
• Proserpine Australia · 909 km · best in Sep · 3,060 h sun/yr
• Hamilton Island Australia · 934 km · best in Sep · 3,060 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Pormpuraaw Australia · 67 km · 3,181 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Aurukun Australia · 237 km · 3,023 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Coen Australia · 241 km · 2,668 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Normanton Australia · 255 km · 3,494 h sun/yr · best in Aug
• Weipa Australia · 313 km · 2,908 h sun/yr · best in Sep