Newman weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇺 Australia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Newman is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with September and May close behind. Newman averages about 3,765 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 3 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,765
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 381 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 14 (extreme)
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 524 m
When is the best time to visit Newman?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Newman is August, then September and May. The dullest month is December (19/100, 33 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Newman?
Newman is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,765 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate August (99) from December (19), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #8 of 118 destinations in Australia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,071 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 381 mm falls in the three months around February.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24 | 39° / 102°F | 25° / 77°F | 108 mm | 14 |
| February | 42 | 37° / 99°F | 24° / 75°F | 85 mm | 13 |
| March | 64 | 35° / 95°F | 21° / 70°F | 47 mm | 12 |
| April | 95 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 27 mm | 9 |
| May | 98 | 27° / 81°F | 12° / 54°F | 13 mm | 7 |
| June | 97 | 23° / 73°F | 8° / 46°F | 18 mm | 5 |
| July | 98 | 23° / 73°F | 7° / 45°F | 13 mm | 5 |
| August | 99 | 26° / 79°F | 9° / 48°F | 3 mm | 7 |
| September | 99 | 31° / 88°F | 13° / 55°F | 4 mm | 9 |
| October | 59 | 36° / 97°F | 18° / 64°F | 12 mm | 11 |
| November | 39 | 38° / 100°F | 22° / 72°F | 18 mm | 12 |
| December | 19 | 40° / 104°F | 24° / 75°F | 33 mm | 14 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Port Hedland Australia · 359 km · best in Aug · 3,669 h sun/yr
- Karratha Australia · 434 km · best in Aug · 3,645 h sun/yr
- Broome Australia · 658 km · best in Aug · 3,549 h sun/yr
- Kalgoorlie Australia · 836 km · best in Apr · 3,498 h sun/yr
- Perth Australia · 1,020 km · best in Mar · 3,335 h sun/yr
- Alice Springs Australia · 1,437 km · best in Aug · 3,770 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Christmas Creek Mine Australia · 119 km · 3,786 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Paraburdoo Australia · 212 km · 3,808 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Exmouth Australia · 600 km · 3,807 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Leonora Australia · 626 km · 3,655 h sun/yr · best in Sep
Head-to-head
How Newman compares month by month: Newman vs Perth · Newman vs Kalgoorlie · Newman vs Karratha · Newman vs Port Hedland · all comparisons
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