McArthur River Mine weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · small town · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit McArthur River Mine is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with July and August close behind. McArthur River Mine averages about 3,407 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 2 mm of rain in June.
Jump to: month-by-month table · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 3,407
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 826 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Elevation
- 38 m
When is the best time to visit McArthur River Mine?
For sunshine, the best time to visit McArthur River Mine is June, then July and August. The dullest month is November (27/100, 50 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is McArthur River Mine?
McArthur River Mine is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,407 hours of sunshine a year. 72 Sunshine Score points separate June (99) from November (27), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #38 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 71% of the year's 826 mm falls in the three months around February.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58 | 34° / 93°F | 25° / 77°F | 225 mm | 12 |
| February | 58 | 34° / 93°F | 25° / 77°F | 206 mm | 12 |
| March | 65 | 33° / 91°F | 23° / 73°F | 153 mm | 12 |
| April | 83 | 33° / 91°F | 21° / 70°F | 41 mm | 11 |
| May | 98 | 31° / 88°F | 17° / 63°F | 5 mm | 8 |
| June | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 15° / 59°F | 2 mm | 7 |
| July | 99 | 30° / 86°F | 14° / 57°F | 1 mm | 8 |
| August | 99 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 9 |
| September | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 2 mm | 11 |
| October | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 14 mm | 12 |
| November | 27 | 39° / 102°F | 25° / 77°F | 50 mm | 12 |
| December | 31 | 38° / 100°F | 26° / 79°F | 126 mm | 12 |
See McArthur River Mine on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Darwin Australia · 717 km · best in Jun · 2,969 h sun/yr
- Alice Springs Australia · 850 km · best in Aug · 3,770 h sun/yr
- Merauke Indonesia · 998 km · best in Aug · 2,324 h sun/yr
- Cairns Australia · 1,031 km · best in Aug · 2,763 h sun/yr
- Townsville Australia · 1,173 km · best in Sep · 3,126 h sun/yr
- Proserpine Australia · 1,390 km · best in Sep · 3,060 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Groote Eylandt Australia · 278 km · 2,992 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tennant Creek Australia · 408 km · 3,679 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Nhulunbuy Australia · 471 km · 2,751 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Elcho Australia · 495 km · 2,907 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Milingimbi Australia · 500 km · 3,064 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Put the McArthur River Mine sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing McArthur River Mine's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: